I teach them in 'silly English' word order as well. The one I tell my
Year 10 and 11s again and again is 'someone + time+ place + do
something' as they always say it in the English word order.
Hopeful it helps.
Hanghang Huang
On 10/20/11, Penny Lynch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Quite hard to explain, but in terms of teaching, I always encourage my
> students to speak "Chinglish" i.e. English words with Chinese word order.
> They find this fun and it helps them to remember the word order (they can
> also amaze their friends who don't learn Chinese, which means they practise
> and remember the word order even more!)
>
> Hope this is a helpful comment
> Penny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ??
> Sent: 20 October 2011 07:26
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: English and Chinese syntax
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
> I would like some advice about the syntax in Chinese. I find difficult to
> explain why the words are in such order in a sentence in Chinese (different
> from the English syntax). Could you recommend a website, or a book?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> 桑甜
>
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