2015-06-05

Complement Sentence in Chinese Grammar

In iChineseLearning’s online mandarin class, the usage of complement is always a challenging thing. Now, let’s summarize how to make sentences with complements.

In Chinese, a verb can be followed by another word to explain its further meaning, which is known as a complement. A complement indicates the degree of the verb. In a complement sentence, the particle “” , which indicates how the actions are done is often used to connect the verb and the complement.

Learning sentence pattern is always a good way to learn Chinese grammar online. Now let’s see the pattern of a complement sentence:
S + N + V + + Complement
wǒ zúqiú tī dé hǎo.
1. 足球 好。
  I am good at playing football.

tā hànyǔ shuō dé hǎo.
2. 汉语 好。
  She is good at speaking Chinese.

When we want to express the negative meaning, “” can be added before the complement.
wǒ zúqiú tī dé bùhǎo.
3. 足球 不好。
  I am not good at playing football.

tā hànyǔ shuō dé bùhǎo.
4. 汉语 不好。
  She is not good at speaking Chinese.

There is another sentence pattern to express a complement in Chinese. If the verb is followed by an object, the verb should be repeated after the object.
S + V + O + V + + complement
tā shuōhànyǔ shuō dé hǎo.
5. 说汉语 好。
  She is good at speaking Chinese.

tā chànɡɡē chànɡ dé hǎotīnɡ.
6. 唱歌 好听。
  She is good at singing songs.


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