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Revision as of 06:18, 30 December 2011

See also: Word order

The most basic word order in Chinese is:

Subject + Verb

You can form very simple sentences with just two words:

Very simple SV sentences
Subject Verb
跑步
跳舞

A basic sentence usually has an object, and is formed with this structure:

Subject + Verb + Object

This is the same as in English, and is commonly referred to as SVO word order. You can express a huge variety of things with this simple structure. Some examples:

Simple SVO sentences
Subject Verb Object
包子
中文

See also

Sources and further reading

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