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4 Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence
1 a. >ᡇ@ᱞཟ䐕ᵁਁਹ>ॾ侣@ҼȾ
ᡇ@ᱞཟ䐕ᵁਁਹ>ॾ伥@ҼȾ
[Wi] zuótian gbn péngyou chc [wjfàn] le.
Yesterday [I] ate [lunch] with friends.
b. ᡇⲺ>ᕕᕕ@∅ཟⵁ>⭫㿼@Ⱦ
ᡇⲺ>ᕕᕕ@∅ཟⵁ>䴱㿌@Ⱦ
Wi de [dìdi] mgitian kàn [diànshì].
My [younger brother] watches [television] every day.
c. ѣളⲺ>ཝᆜ⭕@ҕр>㖇@੍ϋ
ѣുⲺ>ཝᆮ⭕@ҕр>9日@ఄϋ
Zhdngguó de [dàxuéshbng] yg shàng [wfng] ma?
Do Chinese [university students] also surf the web?
d. ค䠂Ⲻ>Ҝᓍ@ᴿᖾཐ>ཌളҜ@Ⱦ
ค㼅Ⲻ>ᴮᓍ@ᴿᖾཐ>ཌുᴮ@Ⱦ
Chéng lh de [shediàn] yiu hgn dud [wàiguó she].
The [bookstore] in the city has a lot of [foreign books].
e. ᡇ@Ԁཟсॾ൞ޢണⲺ䰞ਙ@ᅀ֖@Ⱦ
ᡇ@Ԁཟсॾ൞ޢൈⲺ䮶ਙ@ᅀ֖@Ⱦ
[Wi] jcntian xiàwj zài gdngyuán de [ménkiu] dgng [nh].
[I] will wait for [you] at the park [gate] this afternoon.
2 a. ᡇ㔏ྫྷྫྷؗߏҼȾ
ᡇ㎜ྫྷྫྷሡؗҼȾ
Wi ggi nfinai xig xìn le.
I wrote a letter to my grandma.
b. ᡇሯᗹ⨼ᆜᖾᴿު䏙Ⱦ
ᡇቃᗹ⨼ᆮᖾᴿ㠾䏙Ⱦ
Wi duì xcnlhxué hgn yiu xìngqù.
I am very interested in psychology.
c. ᡇᖾ⅘䐕ᵁਁৱ⧟Ⱦ
ᡇᖾ↗䐕ᵁਁৱ⧟Ⱦ
Wi hgn xhhuan ggn péngyou qù wán.
I really like to go out with my friends.
d. 㾷ᱥ֖ᘏθᡇਥԛᴵ֖֒䘏ԬӁȾ
㾷ᱥ֖ᘏθᡇਥԛᴵ֖֒䙏ԬӁȾ
Yàoshi nh máng, wi kgyh tì nh zuò zhè jiàn shì.
If you are busy I can do that for you.
e. ֖ӶѾᰬُࡦᡇᇬᶛϋ
ϋּᡇᇬࡦ⭐哳ᱸُ֖
Nh shénme shíhòu dào wi jia lái?
When are you coming to my house?