Monday, June 11, 2007

Chinese/English Sentence Order

I learned something interesting yesterday.

In English, we say "subject do something in somewhere". In Chinese, they say "subject in somewhere do something". We would say, "We learn English in America." However, in Chinese, we would say, "We in America learn English."

Zuo tian wo xue hui mou shi juan yong.

En Ying Yu, wo men shuo "subject do something in somewhere". Dan shi, yong zhong wen shi "subject in somewhere do something". Li ru, wo men shuo "We learn English in America". Dan shi, yong zhong wen wo men shuo, "Wo men zai meiguo xue hui Ying Yu".

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