Chinese Word Order

In the Chinese grammar, the word order is very basic and important. Word order will let people know what happen.

We start from basic Mandarin word order is

SVO: subject + verb + object

From this sentence structure, it is easily to find that Chinese word order is very similar to English . ^^

Example:      我        喜欢   她（他）

                    Subject+  Verb +  object

Pinyin :         wo xihuan ta

English:        I like her/him

Example:  他      是      中国人

              Subject+  Verb +  object

Pinyin:    ta shi  zhong guo ren

English:  He is a Chinese

Negative Sentences:  subject + 不（bu） verb + object

In Chinese grammar, when people impress negation in the sentence, there is one word,不(bu),to be added before the verb.

Example:  我    不         喜欢    她（她）

subject+ 不（bu）  Verb +  object

Pingyin:    wo bu xihuan ta

English:    I do not like her/him

Example:  他    不          是     中国人

subject+ 不（bu）  Verb +  object

English： He is not a Chinese.

Adverbials: time, action and place

 Subject+ time+place + action

If we want to make the sentence more information, such as time, action and place, the word structure is a bit complicate. Now, there are much different between Chinese and English.

Example: 我          昨天    在图书馆       读书 ( I yesterday at the library studied)

Subject+ time+ place + action

Pinyin：wo zuitian zaitushuguan dushu

English:  I studied at the library yesterday.

Example: 我        明天   在公园  等你 ( I tomorrow in the park meet you)

   Subject+ time+ place + action (verb+object)

Pinyin:  wo mingtian  zai gongyuan dengni

English: I will meet you in the park tomorrow