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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 2 · Chapter 41

我用手机给你发 I'll send it via phone

Wǒ yòng shǒujī gěi nǐ fā

Huang An sends Fang Hong messages. Vocab: 给 / 用 / 发 / 收 / 看到 / 收到 / 信 / 信息 / 新闻 / 网上. Introduces preposition 给 (二26) + double-object sentences (二61).

我给你发信息 — I'll send you the message

  1. 黄安 fānghóng, gěishàngyuèdebàogào. Fang Hong, I'll send you last month's report.
  2. 方红 hǎo. yòngwēixìnhuánshìyòng email? OK. WeChat or email?
  3. 黄安 yòngwēixìn. mengōngtàiyòng email. WeChat. Our company doesn't use email much.
  4. 方红 hǎode. xiànzàishàngwǎng, huìerjiùnéngkàndào. OK. I'm online now — I'll see it shortly.
  5. 黄安 gāngle. kànkànshōudàolema? Just sent. Did you get it?
  6. 方红 shōudàole. xièxiè. Got it. Thanks.

看新闻 — Reading the news

  1. 方红 huángān, kànxīnwénlema? Huang An, did you see the news?
  2. 黄安 shénmexīnwén? What news?
  3. 方红 wǎngshàngde, shìgōngdeshì. gāngkàndào. Online, about a company matter. I just saw it.
  4. 黄安 gěixiàxìn. Send me the info.
  5. 方红 hǎo. xìnle. OK. Sent.
  6. 黄安 shōudào. kànxià. Got it. Let me look.

我教你 — I'll teach you

  1. 方红 huángān, néngjiàoyòngwēixìnxìnma? Huang An, can you teach me to send messages on WeChat?
  2. 黄安 dāngrán. sòngběnjiǎndāndeshū, xiānkàn, ránhòumenzuò. Of course. I'll give you a simple book — read it first, then we'll do it together.
  3. 方红 tàihǎole. xièxièhuángān. Great. Thanks Huang An.
  4. 黄安 bié. qiánhuìyòng. xièpíngjiàode. No problem. I didn't know how either before. Xie Ping taught me.
  5. 方红 tóngshìxuézuìhǎo. Learning with colleagues is the best.
  6. 黄安 shìde. xué, jìn. Yes. Learn together, grow together.
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
gěi prep. to / for (二26)
yòng prep./v. use / with (Level 1 revisit)
v. send
shōu v. receive
看到 kàndào v. see (received the message)
收到 shōudào v. received (got it)
xìn n. letter; message
信息 xìnxī n. information; message
新闻 xīnwén n. news
网上 wǎng shàng n. online; on the internet
汉字พินอินชนิดคำความหมาย
shōu receive 收到 shōudào — received (got it)收拾 shōushi — pack up; tidy up

gěi give; to / for เขียน

9 strokes left-right radical 纟

Modern: "give / to / for." Anchors the 二26 preposition lesson.

yòng use (Level 1 revisit; formal preposition) เขียน

5 strokes standalone

send; emit เขียน

5 strokes top-bottom

Modern: "send / emit / develop." Anchors 发 (send), 发现 (discover, Level 3+), 发烧 (Bk2 ch4 fever).

shōu receive เขียน

6 strokes left-right

Modern: "receive / collect." Anchors 收到 (received, this chapter).

dào arrive; result-marker (Level 1 revisit) จดจำ

8 strokes left-right

jiàn item; piece (in 信息) จดจำ

6 strokes left-right radical 亻

breath; rest (Bk2 ch1 revisit; in 信息 / 休息) จดจำ

10 strokes top-bottom radical 心

wén hear; smell (in 新闻) จดจำ

9 strokes enclosure

xīn new (Level 1 revisit; in 新闻 / 新人) จดจำ

13 strokes left-right

介词「给」 + 双宾语句 Preposition 给 + double-object sentences

本课两个相关项目. (1) 介词 给 (二26): 句式: 给 + 人 + V. 表示动作的接收者. 例: 给我打电话 = "call me". 我给你发 = "I send to you". 注意 给 是介词时, 后面不能加形容词, 必须有动作 V. (2) 双宾语句 (二61): 句式: 主语 + V + 间接宾语 (人) + 直接宾语 (物). 例: 我送你一本书 = "I give you a book" (V = 送, 间接宾语 = 你, 直接宾语 = 一本书). 关键: (a) 双宾语句的常用动词: 给 / 送 / 教 / 告诉 / 借. (b) 不要把"给"加在双宾语动词中间——*我送给你一本书 / 我给你一本书 都对, 但意思稍有不同.

Two related items: (1) Preposition 给 (二26): Pattern: 给 + person + V. Marks the recipient. 给我打电话 ("call me"); 我给你发 ("I send to you"). 给 as preposition cannot take an adjective — must lead to a verb. (2) Double-object sentences (二61): Pattern: Subject + V + indirect object (person) + direct object (thing). 我送你一本书 ("I give you a book"). KEY: (a) Common double-object verbs: 给, 送, 教, 告诉, 借. (b) 我送给你一本书 (with 给) and 我送你一本书 (without) are both correct, slightly different feels. Beginners: stick to V + person + thing.

  • 我用手机给你发. Wǒ yòng shǒujī gěi nǐ fā. I'll send it via phone.
  • 黄安送方红一本书. Huáng Ān sòng Fāng Hóng yì běn shū. Huang An gives Fang Hong a book.
  • 我教你怎么用微信. Wǒ jiāo nǐ zěnme yòng wēixìn. I'll teach you how to use WeChat.
  • 收到了吗? 我刚发给你. Shōudào le ma? Wǒ gāng fā gěi nǐ. Got it? I just sent it to you.

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