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A simple and direct way to indicate that you arrived somewhere is to use the verb 到 (dào).
 
 
 
== Structure for place==
 
 
 
The verb 到 (dào) is used to talk about going to places.
 
 
 
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Subject + 到 + Place
 
 
 
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== Examples ==
 
 
 
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* 我 <em>到</em> 上海。<span class="trans">I arrived at Shanghai.</span>
 
* 你 要 <em>到</em> 哪儿?<span class="trans">Where are you going to?</span>
 
* 他们 <em>到</em> 酒吧。<span class="trans">They got to the bar.</span>
 
* 我 刚<em>到</em>家。<span class="trans">I just got home.</span>
 
* 你<em>到</em>公司 了 吗?<span class="trans">Did you get to the company?</span>
 
* 我们 先<em>到</em>北京,然后<em>到</em>香港。<span class="trans">First we'll arrive in Beijing, then in Hong Kong.</span>
 
* 你<em>到</em>南京路 的 时候 给 我 打 电话 吧。<span class="trans">When you arrive at Nanjing Road, give me a call.</span>
 
* 两 年 以前 我<em>到</em> 了 中国。<span class="trans">Two years ago I arrived in China.</span>
 
* 从 这里 <em>到</em> 那 里 需要 一 个 小时。<span class="trans">To arrive there from here takes an hour.</span>
 
* 请 问 这 个 地铁 <em>到</em> 火车站 吗?<span class="trans">Can you ask the metro what train station we arrived at?</span>
 
 
 
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== Structure for place and action==
 
 
 
If you are going to a place to do something else, you can add 去 and the verb. This has the meaning of "going to the place to do something."
 
 
 
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Subject + 到 + Place + 去 + Action
 
 
 
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== Examples ==
 
 
 
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* 我 <em>到</em> 中国 去 学习 中文。<span class="trans">I go to China to study Chinese.</span>
 
* 你 <em>到</em> 那儿 去 做 什么?<span class="trans">What did you go there to do?</span>
 
* 他们 要 <em>到</em> 酒吧 去 喝 酒。<span class="trans">They are going to the bar to drink.</span>
 
* 今年 我们 <em>到</em> 中国 去 旅游。<span class="trans">This year we are going to China to travel.</span>
 
* 我们 <em>到</em> 公园 去 看 书 吧。<span class="trans">Let's go to the park to read.</span>
 
* 我们 经常 <em>到</em> KTV 去 唱 歌。<span class="trans">We often go to Karaoke to sing songs.</span>
 
* 明天 我 <em>到</em> 女朋友 家 里 去 见 她 的 父母。<span class="trans">Tomorrow I am going to my girlfriend's house to meet her parents.</span>
 
* 我 想 <em>到</em> 商店 去 买 点 水果。<span class="trans">I want to go to the store to buy fruit.</span>
 
* 我们 <em>到</em> 哪 里 去 吃 饭 啊?<span class="trans">Did you all go there to eat food?</span>
 
* 小 狗 <em>到</em> 沙发 上 去 睡觉 了。<span class="trans">The small dog went on top of the sofa to sleep.</span>
 
 
 
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==See also==
 
*[[Using "zai" with verbs]]
 
*[[Complements with "dao", "gei" and "zai"]]
 
*[["From… To…" with "cong… dao…"]]
 
 
 
== Sources and further reading ==
 
 
 
=== Books ===
 
 
 
* [[40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册)]] (pp. 200)
 
* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)]] (pp. 72) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
 
{{Used for|Expressing movement}}
 
{{Basic Grammar|到|A2|到 + Place|我 <em>到</em> 上海。|grammar point|ASGLFX54}}
 
{{Rel char|去}}
 
{{Similar|Using "zai" with verbs}}
 
{{Similar|Complements with "dao", "gei" and "zai"}}
 
{{Similar|"From… To…" with "cong… dao…"}}
 
{{Similar|Using the verb "qu"}}
 
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{{Subprop|Verb phrases}}
 
{{Translation|go}}
 

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