74 Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence
1 Underline the main verb and bracket the main nouns (the ones that serve as
subject and direct object) in the following Mandarin sentences.
Example:>Ԍ@ 㔏 >ᡇ@ >жᵢҜ@Ⱦ
Ԍ@ ㎜ >ᡇ@ >жᵢᴮ@Ⱦ
[To] gui [ww] [yq bun shs].
[He] gave (gives) [me] [one book].
a. ᡇᱞཟ䐕ᵁਁਹॾ侣ҼȾ
ᡇᱞཟ䐕ᵁਁਹॾ伥ҼȾ
Wi zuótian gbn péngyou chc wjfàn le.
Yesterday I ate lunch with friends.
b. ᡇⲺᕕᕕ∅ཟⵁ⭫㿼Ⱦ
ᡇⲺᕕᕕ∅ཟⵁ䴱㿌Ⱦ
Wi de dìdi mgitian kàn diànshì.
My younger brother watches television every day.
c. ѣളⲺཝᆜ⭕ҕр㖇੍ϋ
ѣുⲺཝᆮ⭕ҕр9日ఄϋ
Zhdngguó de dàxuéshbng yg shàng wfng ma?
Do Chinese university students also surf the web?
d. ค䠂ⲺҜᓍᴿᖾཐཌളҜȾ
ค㼅ⲺᴮᓍᴿᖾཐཌുᴮȾ
Chéng lh de shediàn yiu hgn dud wàiguó she.
The bookstore in the city has a lot of foreign books.
e. ᡇԀཟсॾ൞ޢണⲺ䰞ਙᅀ֖Ⱦ
ᡇԀཟсॾ൞ޢൈⲺ䮶ਙᅀ֖Ⱦ
Wi jcntian xiàwj zài gdngyuán de ménkiu dgng nh.
I’ll wait for you at the park gate this afternoon.
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