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You how go school

你怎么去学校？

nǐ zěn me qù xué xiào

Natural English

How do you go to school?

A manner question with how before movement and target.

Sentence Category Questions
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    you
    Chinese Unit
    你
    Pinyin
    nǐ
    Linked Word
    you - 你
  2. 2
    English Token
    how
    Chinese Unit
    怎么
    Pinyin
    zěn me
    Linked Word
    how - 怎么
  3. 3
    English Token
    go
    Chinese Unit
    去
    Pinyin
    qù
    Linked Word
    go - 去
  4. 4
    English Token
    school
    Chinese Unit
    学校
    Pinyin
    xué xiào
    Linked Word
    school - 学校

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
你 / 怎么 / 去 / 学校
Chinglish Order
you / how / go / school
Natural English Order
How do you go to school?

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.

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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

you 你 nǐ how 怎么 zěn me go 去 qù school 学校 xué xiào