Verb + 上 + object：吃不上饺子；说上几句话

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Verb + 上 + object

Consider the two uses of verb + 上:

(1) to get (the chance) to do something (See grammar 4.19.2 verb + 上)

看来今天吃不上羊肉饺子了。

It looks like we won’t get to eat mutton dumplings today.

(2) verb suffix, meaning “to do something for a little bit”

接着他开始沿着队列向前走去，时而说上几句话。

Then he began to walk along the lines, saying here and there.

我常常跟着电视学唱京剧，然后一遍一遍地练习，偶尔跟中国人一起唱上几句。(Standard Course HSK 4下 Lesson 13 Dialog 2)

I sometimes sing a few lines with Chinese people.

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