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时间词作状语

HSK 1Lesson 11
Time Words Before the Verb
结构Pattern
时间 (time)主语 (subject)时间 (time)动词 (verb phrase)
我们中午12点吃饭
中午12点我们吃饭
他明天回北京
解释Explanation

表示时间的词语要放在动词前面,可以放在主语后面,也可以放在句子开头,但不能放在句子最后。

In Chinese, "when" comes before "what you do". A time word goes either right after the subject or at the very start of the sentence — never at the end as in English. 我们中午12点吃饭 and 中午12点我们吃饭 are both correct; *我们吃饭中午12点 is wrong.

例句Examples
  • 我们中午12点吃饭。
    Wǒmen zhōngwǔ shí'èr diǎn chī fàn.
    We eat at 12 noon.
  • 明天下午我去商店。
    Míngtiān xiàwǔ wǒ qù shāngdiàn.
    I'm going to the shop tomorrow afternoon.
  • 她星期六看电影。
    Tā xīngqīliù kàn diànyǐng.
    She's watching a film on Saturday.
  • 你几点回家?
    Nǐ jǐ diǎn huí jiā?
    What time are you going home?
练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: What time are you going home?

Arrange the sentence0/3
(all chips placed — tap one in the answer to take it back)