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Mother tell family

妈妈告诉家人。

mā ma gào su jiā rén

Natural English

The mother tells the family.

A person-noun subject with a recipient-oriented speech action.

Sentence Category Family and People
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    mother
    Chinese Unit
    妈妈
    Pinyin
    mā ma
    Linked Word
    mother - 妈妈
  2. 2
    English Token
    tell
    Chinese Unit
    告诉
    Pinyin
    gào su
    Linked Word
    tell - 告诉
  3. 3
    English Token
    family
    Chinese Unit
    家人
    Pinyin
    jiā rén
    Linked Word
    family - 家人

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
妈妈 / 告诉 / 家人
Chinglish Order
mother / tell / family
Natural English Order
The mother tells the family.

Sentence Analysis

A person-noun subject with a recipient-oriented speech action.

Sentence Analysis

妈妈 / 告诉 / 家人 maps to Mother / tell / family. Tell preserves the recipient semantics of 告诉, while the person-noun and action profiles remain manual-only.

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Standard Notes

Standard Status
Standard
Usage Context
Official Batch 002 candidate for manual editorial review.
Comprehensibility
Understandable with context

Related Words

mother 妈妈 mā ma tell 告诉 gào su family 家人 jiā rén