Time words and word order

Nível: HSK 1 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

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. Time words can appear in one of two positions in the sentence in Chinese: either at the beginning of the sentence (before the subject), or directly after the subject. The structures are: Time + Subj. + Verb + Obj. Subj. + Time + Verb + Obj. So if you start speaking with "time first" English word order, you can carry on and get away with it. If, however, you're saving the time word for the end of the sentence, you can be pretty sure that it doesn't sound at all natural to your Chinese audience.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 昨天我去了酒吧。 (zuótiān wǒ qù le jǐuba 。): "I went to the bar yesterday."
• 我昨天去了酒吧。 (wǒ zuótiān qù le jǐuba 。): "I went to the bar yesterday."
• 下个星期他要回国。 (xià gè xīngqī tā yào húi guó 。): "He will return to China next week."
• 他下个星期要回国。 (tā xià gè xīngqī yào húi guó 。): "He will return home next week."

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