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Study: Basic Questions

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Sentence Number 1

You go where

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Chinese Sentence

你去哪里?

Full Pinyin

nǐ qù nǎ lǐ

Natural English

Where are you going?

Short Description

A place question retaining the question word after the movement action.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P011

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

Sentence Analysis

A place question retaining the question word after the movement action.

Sentence Analysis

你 / 去 / 哪里 gives You / go / where. Natural English fronts where and adds auxiliary structure, but Chinglish preserves the Chinese question position.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 you you
2 go go
3 where 哪里 nǎ lǐ where

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