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  <h3><a name=
  "Serial verbs (after verbs of motion 来 and 去)"><span class=
  "english">Serial verbs (after verbs of motion</span> <span class=
  "hanzi" style="font-family: MS Gothic">来</span> and <span class=
  "hanzi" style="font-family: MS Gothic">去</span> <span class=
  "english">)</span></a></h3>
  <p><span class="english">The verbs</span> <span class="hanzi"
  style="font-family: MS Gothic">来</span> <span>lái</span> to come
  and <span class="hanzi" style="font-family: MS Gothic">去</span>
  <span class="english">qù</span> <span class="english">to
  go</span> <span class="english">are used to describe motion
  coming towards or moving way from a speaker. More explanations
  and examples will be given in the “directional complement”
  section, but we would like to demonstrate here how</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style="font-family: MS Gothic">来</span>
  <span>lái</span> and <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">去</span> <span class="english">qù</span>
  <span class="english">are followed by the noun or the main verbal
  clause of a sentence. For example:</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">他 <span>来</span></span> <span class=
  "hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">家</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">喝</span> <span class="hanzi">茶</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">tā <span>lái wǒ jiā</span> hē chá</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/ta%20lai%20wo%20jia%20he%20cha.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">He is coming to my house for tea.</span>
  <span class="english">(lit. he is coming to my home to drink
  tea)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The motion in the above sentence moves
  towards the speaker.</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">来</span> <span>lái</span> to come is
  followed by <span class="english">wǒ jiā</span> <span class=
  "english">my home</span> <span class="english">.</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">他 <span>来</span></span> <span class=
  "hanzi">喝</span> <span class="hanzi">茶</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">tā <span>lái hē chá</span></span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/ta%20lai%20he%20cha.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">He is coming for tea.</span>
  <span class="english">(lit. he is coming to drink tea)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The motion in the above sentence moves
  towards the speaker.</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">来</span> <span>lái</span> to come is
  followed by the verbal clause <span class="english">hē chá</span>
  <span class="english">drink tea.</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">去</span>
  <span class="hanzi">书</span> <span class="hanzi">店</span>
  <span class="hanzi">买</span> <span class="hanzi">书</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">wǒ <span>qù shū diàn</span> mǎi shū</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20qu%20shudian%20mai%20shu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">I’m going to the bookshop to buy
  books.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The motion in the above sentence moves
  away from the speaker.</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">去</span> <span class="english">qù</span>
  <span class="english">to go is followed by the noun</span>
  <span class="english">shū diàn</span> <span class=
  "english">bookshop</span> <span class="english">.</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%"></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">去</span>
  <span class="hanzi">买</span> <span class="hanzi">书</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">wǒ <span>qù mǎi shū</span></span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20qu%20mai%20shu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">I’m going out to buy books.</span>
  <span class="english">(lit. I’m going to buy books)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The motion in the above sentence moves
  away from the speaker.</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">去</span> <span class="english">qù</span>
  <span class="english">to go is followed by the verbal
  clause</span> <span class="hanzi">买书</span> <span class=
  "english">mǎi shū</span> <span class="english">buy books</span>
  <span class="english">.</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%"></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">Apart
  from indicating motion direction, <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: MS Gothic">来</span> <span>lái</span> has the
  following functions.</p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">1. It
  can mean that let sb. do sth …</p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%"></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">来</span>
  <span class="hanzi">给</span> <span class="hanzi">你</span>
  <span class="hanzi">作</span> <span class="hanzi">我</span>
  <span class="hanzi">来</span> <span class="hanzi">教</span>
  <span class="hanzi">你</span> <span class="hanzi">汉</span>
  <span class="hanzi">语</span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">wǒ <span>lái</span> gěi nǐ zuò</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20lai%20gei%20ni%20zuo.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class="english">wǒ
  <span>lái</span> jiāo nǐ hàn yǔ</span> <span class=
  "english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20lai%20jiao%20ni%20hanyu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p style=
  "margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height: 150%">
  <span class="english">Let me do it for you. Let me teach you
  Chinese.</span></p>
  <p>2. <span class="hanzi" style="font-family: MS Gothic">来</span>
  <span>lái</span> is used for ordering food and drinks in
  restaurants. The expression implies the ‘Bring me’ …that you
  might say to a waiter:</p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">来</span> <span class="hanzi">一瓶</span>
  <span class="hanzi">啤酒</span> <span class="hanzi">来</span>
  <span class="hanzi">一</span> <span class="hanzi">杯</span>
  <span class="hanzi">咖啡</span></p>
  <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: red">lái</span>
  <span>yì ping pí jiǔ</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/lai%20yi%20ping%20bijiu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span><span>lái</span> yì
  bēi kāfēi</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/lai%20yi%20bei%20kafei.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p>I’d like a bottle of beer. I’d like a cup of coffee.</p>
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