📝 How to Build a Chinese Sentence: Subject + Verb + Object

Chinese grammar can feel like a big puzzle… but let’s start with the easiest and most useful part:

👉 The Subject + Verb + Object sentence structure.

If you know this, you can already say a lot in Chinese!

📚 What Is Subject + Verb + Object?

It’s simple.

You just follow this order in a Chinese sentence:

👤 Subject + 🏃 Verb + 🎯 Object

English	Chinese	Pinyin
I eat an apple.	我吃苹果。	Wǒ chī píngguǒ.

我 (wǒ) = I

吃 (chī) = eat

苹果 (píngguǒ) = apple

See? Very clear.

No need to change the word order like in some other languages.

💡 More Examples

他喝茶。

(Tā hē chá.)

→ He drinks tea.

👉 Let’s break it down:

Subject	Verb	Object
他	喝	茶
tā	hē	chá
he	drink	tea

他们看电影。

(Tāmen kàn diànyǐng.)

→ They watch a movie.

👉 Let’s break it down:

Subject	Verb	Object
他们	看	电影
tāmen	kàn	diànyǐng
they	watch	movie

我们学中文。

(Wǒmen xué Zhōngwén.)

→ We learn Chinese.

👉 Let’s break it down:

Subject	Verb	Object
我们	学	中文
wǒmen	xué	Zhōngwén
we	learn	Chinese

🎯 Practice Time!

👉 Rearrange the words to make a correct Chinese sentence.

1️⃣ 学，我，汉语

→ _______________________

2️⃣ 咖啡，喝，你

→ _______________________

3️⃣ 书，她，看

→ _______________________

✅ Answers:

1️⃣ 我学汉语。

(Wǒ xué Hànyǔ.)

I learn Chinese.

2️⃣ 你喝咖啡。

(Nǐ hē kāfēi.)

You drink coffee.

3️⃣ 她看书。

(Tā kàn shū.)

She reads a book.

💡 Easy Tip to Remember

Chinese keeps things simple and clear.

Just think:

WHO + DO WHAT + TO WHAT.

Subject + Verb + Object. Easy!

🚀 Final Thoughts

This is the foundation of your Chinese grammar.

You’ll use it every day in conversations.

📘 Ready to learn more?

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