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Lesson 8 of 10 / Sentence 4 of 5

Study: People Family and Daily Life

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Sentence Number 4

Mother buy food

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Chinese Sentence

妈妈买食物。

Full Pinyin

mā ma mǎi shí wù

Natural English

Mother buys food.

Short Description

A purchase sentence with a person-noun subject and Food object.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P004

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

Sentence Analysis

A purchase sentence with a person-noun subject and Food object.

Sentence Analysis

妈妈 / 买 / 食物 becomes Mother / buy / food. Buy's existing profile accepts Food, while the named subject and general food token remain editorially authored.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 mother 妈妈 mā ma mother
2 buy mǎi buy
3 food 食物 shí wù food

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