Expressing "until" with "dao"

One of the cool features of Chinese is complements, and in this article we introduce a few of them.

Structure

One kind of complement in Chinese involves putting 到, 给 or 在 after the verb. These are used to indicate direction, target and location, respectively.

Subject + Verb + 到 / 给 / 在 ...

Examples

• 我 工作 到 十点半。
• 你 坐 在 我 旁 边儿。
• 我 发 电子邮件 给 你。

See also

• Verbs with gei
• "Zai" following verbs
• To go to a place

Sources and further reading

Books

• New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 240) →buy

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