A1

Basic Sentence Structure

基本句型

About this concept

Chinese word order: Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). No verb conjugation. Topic-comment structure common. Time before place before manner.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A1.

Examples

我吃饭。I eat rice/food.

她学中文。She studies Chinese.

我明天去北京。I tomorrow go to Beijing.

这本书很好。This book is very good.

Prerequisite

Personal PronounsA1

Concepts that build on this

是 SentencesA1 有 SentencesA1 Adjectives with 很A1 Negation 不/没A1 Yes/No Questions with 吗A1 Common VerbsA1 被 PassiveA2 ConjunctionsA2 Topic-Comment StructureB1 连...都/也 ConstructionB2 Classical Chinese ElementsC1 Basic PrepositionsA1 Basic ConjunctionsA1 Common AdverbsA1 Suggestions and ImperativesB1 Reported SpeechB2 Emphasis PatternsB2

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