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* 我 问 <em>老师</em> <strong>一 个 问题</strong>。
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* 我 给 我 <em>朋友</em> <strong>一 瓶 啤酒</strong>。
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* 我 给 我 <em>朋友</em> <strong>一 瓶 啤酒</strong>。<span class="trans">I gave my friend a bottle of beer.</span>
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* 她 找 <em>你</em> <strong>那个 朋友</strong>。
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Learning how to use ditransitive verbs in Chinese is relatively straight forward.

Structure

As in English, some verbs in Chinese take two objects (these are known as "ditransitive" verbs). The classic example for English is "to bake someone a cake", and there are countless more. The structure in Chinese is:

Subject + Verb + Direct Object + Indirect Object

If you don't know what direct and indirect objects are, don't worry - the terms can be thought of as "object 1" and "object 2". The main point is that there are two of them.

Examples

  • 我 问 老师 一 个 问题。I asked the teacher a question.
  • 我 给 我 朋友 一 瓶 啤酒。I gave my friend a bottle of beer.
  • 她 找 你 那个 朋友。She found you that friend.

Sources and further reading

Books


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