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Chinese in Daily Life-0025(Sentence: 174 -- 0176):How to Say "Catch a Bus or a Train"

 

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I have not published this column for a while because of time problems and also because I have been thinking of how best to improve it. Today I am trying out a new style to introduce some new sentences about catching a bus or a train and I hope to hear your comments.

In Chinese, when we want to express the meaning of catching some vehicle, we usually say "Wo Gan Che", "Wo Gan Gong gongqichen", "Wo Gan Huozhe", "Wo Gan Feiji" and so on. The sentence pattern is as below:

Sentence Pattern

No.0174: 莎区拾 鐚 I catch a bus ( or a train).
鐚 W gn ch

No.0175: 荀莎区拾 鐚鐚want to catch a bus (or a train).
鐚 Wo yao gan che

No.0176: 荀サ莎区拾 鐚 I am going to catch a bus (or a ttrain).
鐚 Wo yao qu gan che   

Practice of Sentence Pattern

Practice of No. 0174:

莎区拾 鐚 I catch a bus (or a train).
鐚I catch a train.
篋よ拾 -- I catch a bus
-- I take an airplane.
-- I take a ship.

Practice of No. 017鐚:

荀莎区拾 鐚鐚want to catch a bus ( or a train).
鐚鐚want to catch a train.
篋よ拾 鐚鐚want to catch a bus.
鐚鐚want to take an airplane
鐚鐚want to take a ship.

Practice of No. 176:

荀サ莎区拾 鐚鐚am going to catch a bus (or a train).
鐚鐚am going to catch a train.
篋よ拾 鐚鐚am going to catch a bus.
鐚鐚am going to take an airplane.
鐚鐚am going to take a ship.

Key Words:

catch a bus or a train莎区拾 -- gnch

Grammar:

                          
subject      verb         object

                                      
subject adverbial    verb          object

      莎区拾
subject    adverbial    verb          object

New Words and Pronunciation :

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If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, you are welcome.

--Shirley Zhang

Written, Edited and Recorded On Sun, April 22, 2007