Syntax

1) Laose  dianying-yuan
Old-adj   movie        place
2) Wo         qie     bingu
1st sing      eat    apple
3) Wo        qie      liang   ze                   bingu
1st sing    eat      two     partitive     apples
4) Wo        qie      le                           yi        ze                    bingu
1st sing     eat     perfective        one    partitive      apple
5) Wo       mingnian        qu        feizhou
1st sing    next year        go         Africa
6) Wo         huixi      nong
1st sing      like         you
7) Nong       huixi       wo
2nd sing      like          I
8) Wo          zong                  wuodang      lai
1st sing      prep-from      school            come
9) Yi               xiang        zengwei           yundong-yu
3rd sing       want         become            sports       person
10) Wo      sang           maobing          le
1st sing     become    sick                     now
11) Wo      song       yi               yi         du                    hu
1st sing     give         he/she    one    partitive      flower
12) Wo      song       yi               liang    du                 hu
1st sing      give        he/she    two     partitive     flower
13) Nong     huixi         wo        fa?
2nd sing       like            I             question
14) Fa yao       dao       louding    qi
No  want          prep     rooftop   go
15) Fa yao        ba    sou             fang   dao     xiangzi     lixiang
No want                      hand         put     prep    box            in
16) Nong   xiang     qie     sa?
2nd sing     want      eat    what
17) Sa   ning         xiang        qi      youyong?
What    person    want        go     swim

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