Subject + adverb [place or Time] + Verb + object
Subject – 主词 (who 是谁?)
Just like English,
Mandarin Chinese subjects come at the beginning of the sentence.
Time 时间 (when 何时?)
Time expressions come immediately before or after the subject.
John yesterday went to the doctor.
约翰昨天看了医生。
Yesterday John went to the doctor.
昨天,约翰看了医生。
Place 地方 (where 何处?)
To explain where an event happened, the place expression comes before the verb.
Mary in school met her friend.
玛丽在学校见到了朋友。
Prepositional Phrase (with whom, to whom etc.)
These are phrases which qualify an activity.
They are placed before the verb
and after the place expression.
Susan yesterday at work with her friend ate lunch.
苏珊昨天在公司与朋友吃午餐。
Object 宾语
The Mandarin Chinese object has a great deal of flexibility.
It is usually placed after the verb, but other possibilities include before the verb,
before the subject, or even omitted.
Conversational Mandarin often omits both the subject and the object when the context makes the meaning clear.
I like on the train read the newspaper.
我喜欢在火车上看报纸。
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