A2 · Grammar reference · ASG5RWKO
Time words and word order
Remembering where to put the time words, such as "yesterday," "tomorrow," "this week," etc. in a sentence is really important in order to speak Chinese correctly. In Chinese you get two equally correct choices.
- Keywords
- none
- Used for
- Expressing time and date · Sentence Patterns · Sequencing events in time
- Classification
- Nouns · HSK1
Examples (10)
昨天我去了酒吧。
我昨天去了酒吧。
下个星期他要回国。
他下个星期要回国。
明年我要开一个公司。
我明年要开一个公司。
下个月我们结婚吧？
我们下个月结婚吧？
现在你能来我办公室吗？
你现在能来我办公室吗？
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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