MANDARIN SENTENCE PATTERN
Basic word order
Build a statement with a subject, a verb, and an object.
Subject + verb + object
A useful starting pattern is subject–verb–object. Unlike English verbs, Mandarin verbs do not change their form to agree with I, you, or they.
Learn whole phrases alongside the pattern. Time, place, and topic expressions add other possibilities; not every Chinese sentence has an explicit object.
Examples
我学中文。
I study Chinese.
她喝茶。
She drinks tea.
我们看书。
We read books.
Keep in mind
Do not add 是 (shì) before every verb. 我学中文 is a complete statement.