Lesson 2

Video and text
Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises
Characters
Multiple choice

Question: Tell your friends that you will go to the theatre from the library.

Hint 1   从 should be used
Hint 2   The main verb 去 should be placed after 从 图 书 馆
Answer  我 从 图 书 馆 去 剧 场 。 Listen
Comments  从 cóng start from, is a co-verb in Chinese. The co-verb clause 从 图 书 馆 cóng túshū guăn should be placed before the main verb clause 去 剧 场 qù jùchăng. A sequence of actions is usually displayed in chronological order in Chinese sentences. The action that occurs first should appear first.
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