Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Basic-structure-of-a-sentence

Basic structure of a sentence in Chinese

In its most basic form, the order of words in Chinese is quite similar to the order of words in English.

However, do not expect to have a completely similar order, especially when you try more complex sentences.

subject-predicate

The most basic word order in Chinese is: Structure Subject + verb You can create very simple sentences with only two words.

Examples

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Subject, verb and complement

A simple sentence is often composed of a complement and follows this structure: Structure Subject + Verb + Complement It's exactly like in French, a word order designated by the name SVC. You can express a whole range of information with this very simple structure.

Examples

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