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How do you say : "put the pen on the table" ?
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The action is 放 fàng to put. The pen is going to be put on the 桌子zhuōzi table. The correct complement is 在...上 zài...shàng to locate ... on. 桌子zhuōzi table is placed between 在 zài and 上 shàng.
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把笔放在桌子上
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The other verbs which can precede 在...上 are 写 xiě as in 写在纸上 xiě zài zhĭ shng to write something on the paper; 挂 as in 挂在墙上 guà zài qiáng shàng to hang something on the wall; 坐 as in 坐在椅子上 zuò zài yĭzi shng to sit on the chair and 睡 as in 睡在床上 suì zài chuáng shang to sleep on the bed.
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