In this video lesson we'll learn how to position a Place Word in a Chinese sentence, which is a very important sentence word order. We'll also learn the structure of a noun modifying another noun in Chinese.
HSK | CHINESE |
PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | AUDIO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 学习 | xuéxí | v. | to learn(something); to study | |
1 | 汉语 | Hànyǔ | pn. | the Chinese language | |
n/a | 英语 | Yīngyǔ | pn. | the English language | |
n/a | 美国 | Měiguó | pn. | USA | |
n/a | 法国 | Fǎguó | pn. | France | |
n/a | 法语 | Fǎyǔ | pn. | the French language |
Unlike in English where the "Place Word" usually goes at the end of a sentence, if we want to put a "Place Word" in a Chinese sentence, suggesting where the action occurs, we put it between the Subject and the Verb.
(1) xuéxí 学习: to learn in Chinese VS. to study in Chinese
When followed by an object, 学 means to learn something in Chinese:
When not followed by an object, 学 means to study in general:
(2) xuéxí 学习 VS. xué 学: to learn in Chinese
When followed by an object, 学习 and 学 are interchangeable:
zài 在 to be in/on/at (+somewhere)
Sometimes a noun can be used to modify another noun in Chinese. We can just put Noun1 before Noun2:
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