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Mother buy food

妈妈买食物。

mā ma mǎi shí wù

Natural English

Mother buys food.

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

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
    buy
    Chinese Unit
    买
    Pinyin
    mǎi
    Linked Word
    buy - 买
  3. 3
    English Token
    food
    Chinese Unit
    食物
    Pinyin
    shí wù
    Linked Word
    food - 食物

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
妈妈 / 买 / 食物
Chinglish Order
mother / buy / food
Natural English Order
Mother buys food.

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.

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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 buy 买 mǎi food 食物 shí wù