The Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) sentence patterns (9)

Most commonly-used Chinese sentences are like English ones, and use a subject-verb-object pattern:

wǒ shì Zhōngguóliú xuéshēng

I am an overseas student from China

wǒ jiào Dīng Yún

I am called Ding Yun .

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Assignments.

Translate the following sentences into Chinese (9, svo)

I drink Chinese tea.

British people drink coffee and English tea.

I study Chinese.

I know Mr Ding.

His surname is Wang.

Mr Ding smokes Chinese cigarettes.

We all drink French wine. French wine is nice to drink.