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Sentence Number 5

You how go school

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Chinese Sentence

你怎么去学校?

Full Pinyin

nǐ zěn me qù xué xiào

Natural English

How do you go to school?

Short Description

A manner question with how before movement and target.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P013

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

Sentence Analysis

A manner question with how before movement and target.

Sentence Analysis

你 / 怎么 / 去 / 学校 yields You / how / go / school. Chinese places the manner unit between subject and movement, while natural English fronts how and inserts do and to.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 you you
2 how 怎么 zěn me how
3 go go
4 school 学校 xué xiào school

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