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Study: Scope Quantity and Sequence

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Sentence Number 1

They buy many book

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Chinese Sentence

他们买很多书。

Full Pinyin

tā men mǎi hěn duō shū

Natural English

They buy many books.

Short Description

A quantity modifier before a canonical base-form object token.

Sentence Pattern

CWB-P018

Level

basic

Sentence Type

Standardized Expression

Standard Status

standard

Sentence Analysis

A quantity modifier before a canonical base-form object token.

Sentence Analysis

他们 / 买 / 很多 / 书 maps to They / buy / many / book. Natural English may pluralize books; canonical Chinglish keeps book unchanged.

Token Mapping

Position Surface Token Chinese Unit Pinyin Linked Word
1 they 他们 tā men they
2 buy mǎi buy
3 many 很多 hěn duō many
4 book shū book

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