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Lesson
10: Review of Pivotal SentencesPivotal sentences combine two kernel sentences into one, longer, sentence. The object of the first kernel sentence forms the subject of the second kernel sentence. Therefore, the first kernel sentence must be a S-V-Obj sentence. The second kernel sentence may have a variety of structures, for example, there may be no object. In lesson 3, you learned that 請 can function as the pivot between the two. If the entire sentence begins 請你, you may assume the subject is 我 and the meaning is similar to "please," that is, "I request you (to do something)."
Now you know several
other verbs that can act as a pivot between two kernel sentences: 約,
幫(助)and
教.
See the examples below.
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S-V-Obj (N1-V1-N2) |
S-V-(Obj) (N2-V2-N3) |
N1-V1-N2-V2-(Obj) |
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I invite you. |
You eat (a meal). |
I invite you to eat (a meal). |
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I request you. Please. |
你問他 You ask him. |
I request you to ask him. Please ask him. |
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Mrs. Gao asked her daughter. |
Her daughter cooked dinner. |
Mrs. Gao asked her daughter to cook dinner. |
| 我會幫助你 I'll help you. |
你復習中文 You review Chinese. |
我會幫助你復習中文。
I'll help you review Chinese. |
| 他教我 He teaches me. |
我寫漢字 I write Chinese characters. |
他教我寫漢字。
He teaches me to write Chinese characters. |
| 謝老師約了我們 Teacher Xie made an arrangement with us. |
我們去聽音樂會 We go hear a concert. |
謝老師約了我們去聽音樂會。
Teacher Xie arranged for us to go hear a concert. |
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