<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>If you want to express that you are doing something <em>together</em> with someone else, 一起 (yīqǐ) is your word!</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> The pinyin for 一起 is written "yīqǐ" but pronounced "yìqǐ" due to a <a href= "http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/Tone_change_rules"> tone change rule</a>.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <p>一起 (yīqǐ) is the easiest way to express an action being done together with other people.</p> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Subj. + 一起 + Verb + Obj.</p> </div> <p>The subject must be plural - a plural noun or two or more nouns linked with a <a href="conjunctions" title= "wikilink">conjunction</a>. You can't do things together on your own, after all.</p> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>我们 <em>一起</em> 吃 晚饭 吧。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen <em>yīqǐ</em> chī wǎnfàn ba.</span><span class="trans">Let's eat dinner together.</span></li> <li>早上 我 和 老公 <em>一起</em> 去 上班。<span class="pinyin">Zǎoshang wǒ hé lǎogōng <em>yīqǐ</em> qù shàngbān.</span><span class="trans">In the morning, I go to work together with my husband.</span></li> <li>周末 我们 <em>一起</em> 去 看电影，好 吗？<span class="pinyin">Zhōumò wǒmen <em>yīqǐ</em> qù kàn diànyǐng, hǎo ma?</span> <span class= "trans">Let's go to the movies this weekend, shall we?</span></li> <li>这 两 个 公司 <em>一起</em> 做 这个 产品。<span class="pinyin">Zhè liǎng gè gōngsī <em>yīqǐ</em> zuò zhège chǎnpǐn.</span><span class= "trans">These two businesses made this product together.</span></li> <li>下班 以后，你们 <em>一起</em> 来 我 家 吧。<span class="pinyin">Xiàbān yǐhòu, nǐmen <em>yīqǐ</em> lái wǒ jiā ba.</span><span class="trans">After work, why don't you all come to my home together?</span></li> <li>下 个 月 我 和 妈妈 <em>一起</em> 去 旅行。<span class="pinyin">Xià gè yuè wǒ hé māma <em>yīqǐ</em> qù lǚxíng.</span><span class="trans">Next month I'll go on a trip together with mom.</span></li> <li>你们 有没有 <em>一起</em> 玩 过 这 个 游戏？<span class="pinyin">Nǐmen yǒu méiyǒu <em>yīqǐ</em> wán guo zhège yóuxì?</span> <span class= "trans">Have you all ever played this game together?</span></li> <li>他 想 和 他太太 <em>一起</em> 学 中文。<span class="pinyin">Tā xiǎng hé tā tàitai <em>yīqǐ</em> xué Zhōngwén.</span><span class="trans">He wants to study Chinese together with his wife.</span></li> <li>结婚以后，你 和 父母 会 <em>一起</em> 住 吗？<span class="pinyin">Jiéhūn yǐhòu, nǐ hé fùmǔ huì <em>yīqǐ</em> zhù ma?</span> <span class= "trans">Will you live together with your parents after you get married?</span></li> <li>今天 晚上 老板 要 和 我们 <em>一起</em> 加班。<span class="pinyin">Jīntiān wǎnshang, lǎobǎn yào hé wǒmen <em>yīqǐ</em> jiābān.</span><span class="trans">Tonight the boss is going to to work overtime together with us.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Using_"gen"" title="wikilink">Using "gen"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href="Modern_Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar:_A_Practical_Guide" title="wikilink">Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide</a> (p. 84, p88)<a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108">→buy</a></li> <li><a href="Basic_Patterns_of_Chinese_Grammar" title= "wikilink">Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar</a> (pp. 74-5) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899"> →buy</a></li> <li><a href="Chinese:_An_Essential_Grammar,_Second_Edition" title= "wikilink">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition</a> (pp. 14-5) <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0415372615"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:A2_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:A2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>