New Members Robi Posted April 12, 2020 at 05:43 PM New Members Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 at 05:43 PM Is it correct to put yao before gei in a sentence? e.g. 我要给他去学校。 And what about yao and zai in the same sentence? Is it correcs to say 我们要在大学见 ? thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted April 14, 2020 at 01:49 PM Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 at 01:49 PM Welcome to the forum! Nothing wrong with putting 要 before 给 and nothing wrong with using 要 and 在 in the same sentence. But both your example sentences sound very odd to my ear. Are they from a textbook, or did you make them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted April 14, 2020 at 02:53 PM Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 at 02:53 PM English uses want and like a lot to express a future intent. My impression is that the 要 pattern isn't as common in spoken Chinese, and that over-use of 要 is characteristic of foreigner Chinese. That's just my impression, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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