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| − | * 你 | + | * 你 想 <em>跟</em> 我 一起 <strong>去</strong> 吗？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xiǎng <em>gēn</em> wǒ yīqǐ <strong>qù</strong> ma? </span> <span class="trans">Do you want to go with me? </span> |
| − | * 我 昨天 <em>跟</em> 朋友 <strong>去</strong> 酒吧 了。 <span class="pinyin">Wǒ zuótiān <em>gēn</em> péngyou <strong> qù </strong> jiǔbā le.</span> <span class="trans">I went to the bar with friends yesterday.</span> | + | * 我 昨天 <em>跟</em> 朋友 <strong>去</strong> 酒吧 了。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ zuótiān <em>gēn</em> péngyou <strong> qù </strong> jiǔbā le. </span> <span class="trans">I went to the bar with friends yesterday. </span> |
| − | * | + | * 请 你们 <em>跟</em> 老师 <em>一起</em> <strong> 读 </strong>。<span class="pinyin">Qǐng nǐmen <em>gēn</em> lǎoshī <em>yīqǐ</em> <strong> dú </strong>. </span> <span class="trans">Please read together with the teacher. </span> |
| − | * 不要 <em>跟</em> 我 <strong>说话</strong> ！ <span class="pinyin">Bùyào <em>gēn</em> wǒ <strong>shuōhuà</strong>!</span> <span class="trans">Don't talk | + | * 不要 <em>跟</em> 我 <strong>说话</strong>！<span class="pinyin">Bùyào <em>gēn</em> wǒ <strong>shuōhuà</strong>! </span> <span class="trans">Don't talk with me! </span> |
| − | * 今年 中秋节 你 会 <em>跟</em> 家人<em>一起</em> <strong> 过 </strong> | + | * 今年 中秋节 你 会 <em>跟</em> 家人<em>一起</em> <strong> 过 </strong> 吗？<span class="pinyin">Jīnnián Zhōngqiūjié nǐ huì <em>gēn</em> jiārén<em> yīqǐ </em><strong>guò</strong> ma? </span> <span class="trans"> Are you going to spent this Mid-Autumn Festival with your family? </span> |
| − | * 我 下周 要 <em>跟</em> 两 个 同事 <strong>去</strong> 北京 出差。 <span class="pinyin">Wǒ xiàzhōu yào <em>gēn</em> liǎng gè tóngshì <strong>qù</strong> Běijīng chūchāi.</span> <span class="trans">I'm going with two co-workers to Beijing on business trips next week.</span> | + | * 我 下周 要 <em>跟</em> 两 个 同事 <strong>去</strong> 北京 出差。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ xiàzhōu yào <em>gēn</em> liǎng gè tóngshì <strong>qù</strong> Běijīng chūchāi. </span> <span class="trans">I'm going with two co-workers to Beijing on business trips next week. </span> |
| − | * 下 个 月 你 要 <em>跟</em> 你 的 男朋友 <strong>去</strong> 欧洲 吗？ <span class="pinyin">Xià gè yuè nǐ yào <em>gēn</em> nǐ de nánpéngyou <strong>qù</strong> Ōuzhōu ma?</span> <span class="trans">Are you going to go to Europe with your boyfriend next month?</span> | + | * 下 个 月 你 要 <em>跟</em> 你 的 男朋友 <strong>去</strong> 欧洲 吗？<span class="pinyin">Xià gè yuè nǐ yào <em>gēn</em> nǐ de nánpéngyou <strong>qù</strong> Ōuzhōu ma? </span> <span class="trans">Are you going to go to Europe with your boyfriend next month? </span> |
| − | * 你 <em>跟</em> 你女朋友 什么 时候 <strong>结婚</strong> ？ <span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>gēn</em> nǐnǚpéngyou shénme shíhou <strong>jiéhūn</strong>?</span> <span class="trans">When are you gonna marry your girlfriend?</span> | + | * 你 <em>跟</em> 你女朋友 什么 时候 <strong>结婚</strong>？ <span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>gēn</em> nǐnǚpéngyou shénme shíhou <strong>jiéhūn</strong>? </span> <span class="trans">When are you gonna marry your girlfriend? </span> |
| − | * 你 喜欢 <em>跟</em> 你父母 <strong>聊天</strong> 吗？ <span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin">Nǐ xǐhuan <em>gēn</em> nǐfùmǔ <strong>liáotiān</strong> ma?</span> <span class="trans">Do you like to talk with your parents?</span> | + | * 你 喜欢 <em>跟</em> 你父母 <strong>聊天</strong> 吗？ <span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin">Nǐ xǐhuan <em>gēn</em> nǐfùmǔ <strong>liáotiān</strong> ma? </span> <span class="trans">Do you like to talk with your parents? </span> |
| − | * 我 明天 要 <em>跟</em> 新 客户 <strong>见面</strong>。 <span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin"> Wǒ míngtiān yào <em>gēn</em> xīn kèhù <strong>jiànmiàn</strong>.</span> <span class="trans">I'm going to meet new clients tomorrow.</span> | + | * 我 明天 要 <em>跟</em> 新 客户 <strong>见面</strong>。<span class="expl">(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟)</span><span class="pinyin"> Wǒ míngtiān yào <em>gēn</em> xīn kèhù <strong>jiànmiàn</strong>. </span> <span class="trans">I'm going to meet new clients tomorrow. </span> |
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| − | <li class="x">我 要 <strong>见面</strong> | + | <li class="x">我 要 <strong>见面</strong> 你。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ yào <strong>jiànmiàn </strong> nǐ.</span></li> |
| − | <li class="o">我 要 <em>跟</em> 你 <strong>见面</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ yào <em>gēn</em> nǐ <strong>jiànmiàn </strong>.</span><span class="trans">I want to meet (with) you.</span></li> | + | <li class="o">我 要 <em>跟</em> 你 <strong>见面</strong>。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ yào <em>gēn</em> nǐ <strong>jiànmiàn </strong>. </span><span class="trans">I want to meet (with) you.</span></li> |
| − | <li class="x">我 昨天 <strong>见面</strong> 他 | + | <li class="x">我 昨天 <strong>见面</strong> 他 了。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ zuótiān <strong>jiànmiàn </strong> tā le. </span></li> |
| − | <li class="o">我 昨天 <em>跟</em> 他 <strong>见面</strong> | + | <li class="o">我 昨天 <em>跟</em> 他 <strong>见面</strong> 了。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ zuótiān <em>gēn</em> tā <strong>jiànmiàn </strong> le. </span><span class="trans">I met with him yesterday. </span></li> |
| − | <li class="x">你 什么时候 <strong>见面</strong> 她 ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ shénme shíhou <strong>jiànmiàn </strong> tā?</span></li> | + | <li class="x">你 什么时候 <strong>见面</strong> 她 ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ shénme shíhou <strong>jiànmiàn </strong> tā? </span></li> |
| − | <li class="o">你 什么时候 <em>跟</em> 她 <strong>见面</strong> ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ shénme shíhou <em>gēn</em> tā <strong>jiànmiàn </strong>?</span><span class="trans">When are you going to meet (with) her?</span></li> | + | <li class="o">你 什么时候 <em>跟</em> 她 <strong>见面</strong> ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ shénme shíhou <em>gēn</em> tā <strong>jiànmiàn </strong>? </span><span class="trans">When are you going to meet (with) her? </span></li> |
| − | <li class="x">明天 我 要<strong>见面</strong> 我 男朋友 的 家人。<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ yào <strong>jiànmiàn</strong> wǒ nánpéngyou de jiārén.</span></li> | + | <li class="x">明天 我 要<strong>见面</strong> 我 男朋友 的 家人。<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ yào <strong>jiànmiàn</strong> wǒ nánpéngyou de jiārén. </span></li> |
| − | <li class="o">明天 我 要 <em>跟</em> 我 男朋友 的 家人 <strong>见面</strong> 。<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ yào <em>gēn</em> wǒ nánpéngyou de jiārén <strong>jiànmiàn</strong>.</span><span class="trans">Tomorrow I am going to meet my boyfriend's family.</span></li> | + | <li class="o">明天 我 要 <em>跟</em> 我 男朋友 的 家人 <strong>见面</strong>。<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ yào <em>gēn</em> wǒ nánpéngyou de jiārén <strong>jiànmiàn</strong>. </span><span class="trans">Tomorrow I am going to meet my boyfriend's family. </span></li> |
| − | <li class="x">你 有没有 <strong>见面</strong> 过 Obama?<span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu <strong>jiànmiàn</strong> guò Obama?</span></li> | + | <li class="x">你 有没有 <strong>见面</strong> 过 Obama? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu <strong>jiànmiàn</strong> guò Obama? </span></li> |
| − | <li class="o">你 有没有 <em>跟</em> Obama <strong>见过面</strong> ？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu <em>gēn</em> Obama <strong>jiànguòmiàn</strong>?</span><span class="trans">Have you ever met Obama?</span></li> | + | <li class="o">你 有没有 <em>跟</em> Obama <strong>见过面</strong>？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu <em>gēn</em> Obama <strong>jiànguòmiàn</strong>? </span><span class="trans">Have you ever met Obama? </span></li> |
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Using 跟 (gēn) to express "with" is so simple and helpful, after studying it briefly, it will always be with you! 跟 (gēn) is a very common word that will help complete many sentence structures.
Structure
The preposition 跟 (gēn) is commonly used to express "with." Just remember that the "with" phrase comes before the verb.
Subj. + 跟 + Person + Verb + Obj.
The word 一起 (yīqǐ) is used a lot with 跟 (gēn), expressing the idea of "doing something together with somebody." It may seem kind of redundant, but it's totally normal in Chinese to use both.
Subj. + 跟 + Person + 一起 + Verb + Obj.
Certain Chinese verbs use 跟 (gēn) a lot, so be on the lookout for them (examples below)!
Examples
- 你 想 跟 我 一起 去 吗？ Do you want to go with me?
- 我 昨天 跟 朋友 去 酒吧 了。 I went to the bar with friends yesterday.
- 请 你们 跟 老师 一起 读 。 Please read together with the teacher.
- 不要 跟 我 说话！ Don't talk with me!
- 今年 中秋节 你 会 跟 家人一起 过 吗？ Are you going to spent this Mid-Autumn Festival with your family?
- 我 下周 要 跟 两 个 同事 去 北京 出差。 I'm going with two co-workers to Beijing on business trips next week.
- 下 个 月 你 要 跟 你 的 男朋友 去 欧洲 吗？ Are you going to go to Europe with your boyfriend next month?
- 你 跟 你女朋友 什么 时候 结婚？ (This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟) When are you gonna marry your girlfriend?
- 你 喜欢 跟 你父母 聊天 吗？ (This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟) Do you like to talk with your parents?
- 我 明天 要 跟 新 客户 见面。(This is one of those verbs that often appears with 跟) I'm going to meet new clients tomorrow.
Note: One of the most common beginner mistakes is to fail to use 跟 (gēn) with 见面 (jiànmiàn), "to meet." It might help to think of 见面 (jiànmiàn) as "to meet with (somebody)," the "with" cluing you into the fact that you need a 跟 (gēn) in there.
Check out the examples below:
- 我 要 见面 你。
- 我 要 跟 你 见面。I want to meet (with) you.
- 我 昨天 见面 他 了。
- 我 昨天 跟 他 见面 了。I met with him yesterday.
- 你 什么时候 见面 她 ？
- 你 什么时候 跟 她 见面 ？When are you going to meet (with) her?
- 明天 我 要见面 我 男朋友 的 家人。
- 明天 我 要 跟 我 男朋友 的 家人 见面。Tomorrow I am going to meet my boyfriend's family.
- 你 有没有 见面 过 Obama?
- 你 有没有 跟 Obama 见过面？Have you ever met Obama?
Later on you'll learn more about why this is the case, but for now just memorize the correct pattern.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (p.84, p.88)→buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (pp.166-167) →buy
