Mandarin · Chapter 19 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

Serial verb constructions

Stacking verbs in the order the actions happen: 我去商店买东西 (I go to the shop to buy things). The verbs share one subject and run in real-world sequence, with no conjunction between them, covering purpose (去...买), means (坐车去) and instrument (用筷子吃).

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