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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: 我赶车 - I catch a bus ( or a train).
        - Wǒ gǎn chē。

No.0175: 我要赶车 -Iwant to catch a bus (or a train). 
         - Wo yao gan che。

No.0176: 我要去赶车 - I am going to catch a bus (or a ttrain).
          - Wo yao qu gan che。    

Practice of Sentence Pattern

Practice of No. 0174:

我赶车 - I catch a bus (or a train).
火车 - I catch a train.
公交车 -- I catch a bus
飞机 -- I take an airplane.
-- I take a ship.

Practice of No. 0175:

我要赶车 -Iwant to catch a bus ( or a train).
火车 -Iwant to catch a train.
公交车 -Iwant to catch a bus.
飞机 -Iwant to take an airplane
-Iwant to take a ship.

Practice of No. 176:

我要去赶车 -Iam going to catch a bus (or a train).
火车 -Iam going to catch a train.
公交车 -Iam going to catch a bus.
飞机 -Iam going to take an airplane.
-Iam going to take a ship.

Key Words:

catch a bus or a train∶赶车 -- gǎnchē

Grammar:

                          
subject      verb         object

                                      
subject  adverbial    verb          object

                  赶车
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



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