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As in English, some verbs in Chinese take two objects (these are known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditransitive_verb|"ditransitive" verbs]). The classic example for English is "to bake someone a cake", and there are countless more. The structure in Chinese is:
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As in English, some verbs in Chinese take two objects (these are known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditransitive_verb "ditransitive" verbs]). The classic example for English is "to bake someone a cake", and there are countless more. The structure in Chinese is:
  
 
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Revision as of 07:35, 18 November 2011

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.

Some examples:

  • 我 问 老师 一 个 问题
  • 我 给 我 朋友 一 瓶 啤酒
  • 她 找 一 个 女 朋友

Sources and further reading