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Location complements follow motion verbs and indicate the location the subject ends in as a result of the motion. None motion verbs can not take location complements.
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Location complements follow verbs to indicate the location of the subject after completing the action of the verb.  
  
 
==When to use Location Complements==
 
==When to use Location Complements==
  
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Only verbs that imply motion of the subject can take location complements
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Only verbs that imply motion of the subject can take location complements. For example, 走 (walk), 停 (park), 爬上 (climb), 跌入 (fall) all imply some sort of motion. If you want to indicate the location that action of the verb ends in then you should use a location complement.
  
 
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Other verbs that don't imply motion can't take location complements. Some verbs may take place in a location but do not imply motion towards that location. In that case an adverbial location phrase should be used before the verb. For more on word order of place phrases see the [[Word Order#Placement of place words in a sentence|Placement of place words in a sentence in word order]]. A few examples of sentences where an adverbial place phrase should be used and not a location complement：
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* <span class="liju">我 在家 学习</span>
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* <span class="liju">你 在上海 工作</span>
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* <span class="liju">他们 在篮球场上 打羽毛球</span>
  
 
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Revision as of 08:13, 10 August 2011

Also known as: 处所补语 (chǔsuǒbǔyǔ), locational complements and complements of location.

Location complements follow verbs to indicate the location of the subject after completing the action of the verb.

When to use Location Complements

Only verbs that imply motion of the subject can take location complements. For example, 走 (walk), 停 (park), 爬上 (climb), 跌入 (fall) all imply some sort of motion. If you want to indicate the location that action of the verb ends in then you should use a location complement.

Location Complements Sentences
Subject Verb Location Complement
她 走到 超级市场 。
汽车 停 在停车场 。
我 爬上 泰山 。
孩子 跌入 游泳池里 。
我 坐 在椅子 。
蝴蝶 落 在花朵上 。

Other verbs that don't imply motion can't take location complements. Some verbs may take place in a location but do not imply motion towards that location. In that case an adverbial location phrase should be used before the verb. For more on word order of place phrases see the Placement of place words in a sentence in word order. A few examples of sentences where an adverbial place phrase should be used and not a location complement：

  • 我 在家 学习
  • 你 在上海 工作
  • 他们 在篮球场上 打羽毛球

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