Difference between revisions of "Actions in a row"

Revision as of 07:11, 3 July 2015

Linking actions together in a sentence is very straightforward and to the point. Because of this, there is no new word or phrase needed!

我们去咖啡店喝咖啡吧。 Wǒmen qù kāfēidiàn hē kāfēi bā. Let's go to the cafe and drink coffee.
我要回家吃饭。 Wǒ yào huí jiā chī fàn. I want to go home and eat.
他不去图书馆看书。 Tā bù qù túshūguǎn kàn shū. He does not go to the library and read.
我想去海南看海。 Wǒ xiǎng qù hǎinán kàn hǎi. I want to go to Hainan and see the sea.
你要去超市买东西吗？ Nǐ yào qù chāoshì mǎi dōngxī ma? Do you want to go to the supermarket to buy things?
你 打电话 告诉他了吗？ Nǐ dǎ diànhuà gàosu tā le ma? Did you call him and tell him?
我要 打电话 订位子。 Wǒ yào dǎ diànhuà dìng wèi zi. I want to call to make the reservation.
我要上网买机票。 Wǒ yào shàngwǎng mǎi jīpiào. I will use the internet to buy airplane tickets.
我下周去美国旅行。 Wǒ xiàzhōu qù Měiguó lǚxíng. Next week I go to U.S. to travel.
周末我需要买菜做饭。 Zhōumò wǒ xūyào mǎi cài zuò fàn. I need to buy food to cook on the weekend.

Note that the English translations of these sentences use the word "and", but there is no equivalent to it in Chinese.

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 Linking actions together in a sentence is very straightforward and to the point. Because of this, there is no new word or phrase needed!
-== Structure ==
+=== Structure ===
 In Chinese it's very easy to describe two actions in a row. Simply place one [[verb phrase]] after another, in this structure:
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 No connecting word is needed. A common mistake in the early stages of learning Chinese is to try and link verbs with 和 (hé). This is incorrect - 和 (hé) can only link nouns. Just place one verb after another.
-== Examples ==
+=== Examples ===
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