Mandarin · Chapter 3 · Lesson 3 · Grammar primer
Verb-object verbs: 吃饭, 说话, 唱歌, 看书
Many Mandarin verbs come paired with a generic object (吃饭 'eat-food', 说话 'speak-speech'). How the object splits off when a specific one shows up.
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