I want to make some notes on the general grammar of Chinese, and standard Chinese uses SVO or subject-verb-object. How do I say this in Chinese?
Google translate gives:
主语动词宾语
But other sites mention otherwise:
主动宾
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Sign up to join this communityI want to make some notes on the general grammar of Chinese, and standard Chinese uses SVO or subject-verb-object. How do I say this in Chinese?
Google translate gives:
主语动词宾语
But other sites mention otherwise:
主动宾
I think it is commonly called 主谓宾
(short for 主语,谓语,宾语
), where 主
is the subject, 谓
is the action/verb by the subject and 宾
is the object that is acted upon.
For example, in this sentence - I ate an apple
:
I
: 主语
ate
: 谓语
an apple
: 宾语
an
is used to quantify the quantiy of apple
, I think it is called 定语
.