Mandarin Chinese Sentence Pattern
Basic Mandarin Chinese
Sentence Pattern
In this post, we are going to learn about basic Mandarin Chinese sentence pattern.
1.Subject+Adverb of Degree+Adjective
e.g:
a. 我很高兴。
Wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I am (very) happy.
b. 马丁很累。
Mǎdīng hěn lèi.
Martin is (very) tired.
Actually 很(hěn) doesn’t really mean ‘very’, so I put it in a bracket. To say ‘very’ you can use 非常 (fēicháng).
他非常忙 。
Tā fēicháng máng.
He is very busy.
很(hěn) just functions to connect a subject and an adjective.
2. Subject+Verb+Object
e.g:
a. 他喜欢你。
Tā xǐhuān nǐ.
He likes you.
b. 我学习日语。
Wǒ xuéxí Rìyǔ.
I study Japanese.
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