Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 142 – The prepositions in Chinese (III)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 142 – The prepositions in Chinese (III)

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about the prepositions in Chinese part II.Today, we will talk about the prepositions in Chinese part III

Most of the preposition in Chinese language come from verbs that have lost their original meanings in traditional Chinese. So, some prepositions, for example, 在，给，比, etc. can be used as verbs. But some prepositions, for example, 从，被，对于，关于，由于, etc.  they are only used as prepositions.

Verbs	Prepositions
tā zài jiā lǐ. 他 在  家里。 (He is at home.)	tā zài jiā zuò zuo yè. 她 在  家   做   作  业。 (She is doing homework at home.)
tā gěi wǒ. 她  给  我。 (She gives to me.)	wǒ gěi tā shū tóu.  我   给 她  梳   头。 (I brush hair for her.)
nǐ liǎ bǐ bǐ. 你俩 比 比。 (You two have a race or competition.)	tā bǐ wǒ dà. 她比  我  大。 (She is older than me.)

Ok, that is all for today.

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