Basic sentence order
- See also: Word order
The most basic word order in Chinese is:
Subject + Verb
You can form very simple sentences with just two words:
Subject | Verb | |
---|---|---|
你 | 吃 | 。 |
他 | 跑步 | 。 |
我 | 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:
Subject | Verb | Object | |
---|---|---|---|
你 | 吃 | 包子 | 。 |
他 | 说 | 中文 | 。 |
我 | 爱 | 你 | 。 |
See also
- word order (a more in depth article)
- Time words and word order
- [Using "zai" with verbs]]