Difference between revisions of "Expressing "until" with "dao""

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One of the cool features of Chinese is complements, and in this article we introduce a few of them.

One kind of complement in Chinese involves putting 到, 给 or 在 after the verb. These are used to indicate direction, target and location, respectively.

到 indicates that the action has obtained a goal or a certain state. Any verb that uses the complement 见 can also use 到.

在 indicates a person or thing coming to a certain place. It is usually followed my a location or a place.

Subject + Verb + 到 / 给 / 在 ...

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-One of the cool features of Chinese is complements, and in this article we introduce a few of them.
+One of the cool features of Chinese is [[complements]], and in this article we introduce a few of them.
 == Structure ==
 One kind of [[complement]] in Chinese involves putting 到, 给 or 在 after the verb. These are used to indicate direction, target and location, respectively.
+* 到 indicates that the action has obtained a goal or a certain state. Any verb that uses the complement [[Result complements "dao" and "jian"| 见]] can also use 到.
+* 给 indicates that you have passed something from one person to another.
+* 在 indicates a person or thing coming to a certain place. It is usually followed my a location or a place.
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