Difference between revisions of "Verbs that take double objects"

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== Sources and further reading ==
 
== Sources and further reading ==
  
* [http://www.amazon.cn/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC-1-%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC/dp/B003GA1UR8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313553554&sr=8-2 New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)] (pp. 165 - 166)
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* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)]][http://www.amazon.cn/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC-1-%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC/dp/B003GA1UR8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313553554&sr=8-2 →buy] (pp. 165 - 166)

Revision as of 03:32, 30 December 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