Sentence Structure

One of the first grammar rules to learn is the structure of the Chinese sentence. The common structure for a simple declarative sentences is:

subject + verb + object

我喝咖啡

Wǒ hē kāfēi

I drink coffee

Because Chinese verbs are not conjugated, is extremely important to understand the use of adverbs and other particles. With them Chinese language expresses the differences that we do in English with the verb conjugation.

subject + adverbs +  verb + object

她明天去学校

Tā míngtiān qù xuéxiào

She will go to school tomorrow

subject + adverbs + verb + object

他昨天买的

Tā zuótiān mǎi de

He bought it yesterday

Let's see a more complex sentence, be aware about the time adverb, because you are free to place it before or after the subject:

adverbs + subject + verb + object

上个月我和我爸去山

Shàng gè yuè wǒ hé wǒ bà qù shān

Last month me and my dad went to the mountain

To compose Chinese basic sentencescorrectly, the rule is very simple: place the subject and adverbs before the verb. Remember: don't change the order of this particles like in English or other European languages.

 

 

 

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