Use “ A 把 B + V + Complement of Result / Direction” to construct a “把bǎ” sentence (III)

Recap that in our previous lessons, a “把 (bǎ)” sentence is a useful structure to express an action that has been completed by a definite person of thing. The ba-sentence is often used to request a person to perform an action and put emphasis on the result of the action. We have already learnt the simple 把 (bǎ) sentence with its grammatical structure is “A把B + V + …” to indicate that A is a person who perform an action on an object B.

We supplemented the preposition “ 在 / 到 / 给 ” for the ba-sentence with the grammatical structure of the ba-sentence is

“A 把 B + V + 在 / 到 / 给 + Location / Somebody”

In this unit, we further learn a new grammatical structure of the ba-sentence “ A 把 B + V + Complement of Result / Direction”, where:

(1) Complement of result is used to express an outcome when an action has been performed on a definite person or thing, or

(2) Complement of direction is used to express a position change when an action has been performed on a definite person or thing.

Examples:

妈妈把衣服洗好了。(Note: complement of result is “洗好了”)

Mother washed the clothes.

同学们把书本拿出来。(Note: complement of direction is “拿出来”)

The students took out the books.

Use the structure “先…, 再 / 又…, 然后…” to express the sequence of a series of actions.

We use the structure “先…, 再 / 又…, 然后…” to express the sequence of a series of actions.

In English, “先” means "first",

“再” and “又” mean "then”,

“然后” means "after that".

The difference between “再” and “又” is that “再” expresses that an action has not yet occurred whereas “又” expresses that an action which has already occurred.

Examples:

你们要先举手，然后再发问。

You have to raise your hands before asking questions.

今天晚上我们先去看电影，然后吃晚饭。

Tonight we will go to the movies first and then have dinner.

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The bird that hits the glass 撞到玻璃的鸟儿

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