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- <h1>Directional verbs "<span class="pinyin">lai</span>" "<span class="hanzi">来</span>" and "<span class="pinyin">qu</span>" "<span class="hanzi">去</span>"</h1>
- <p><span class="hanzi">来</span> (<span class="pinyin">lái</span>) and <span class="hanzi">去</span> (<span class="pinyin">qù</span>) are both words that help to express direction from the perspective of the speaker. <span class="hanzi">来</span> (<span class="pinyin">lái</span>) means "come" (towards the speaker), while <span class="hanzi">去</span> (<span class="pinyin">qù</span>) means "go" (away from the speaker). For example, if you are in China, a local person might ask you: "When did you come to China?" using <span class="hanzi">来</span> (<span class="pinyin">lái</span>). Another example is if you want to go from China to Japan, your friends might ask you: “When are you going to Japan?" using <span class="hanzi">去</span> (<span class="pinyin">qù</span>).</p>
- <p>Seems really easy, right? Well, learn them well now, because you'll get a lot of mileage out of these words in future grammar patterns.</p>
- <h2 id="basic-usage">Basic Usage</h2>
- <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
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- <p><span class="hanzist">来</span> / <span class="hanzist">去</span> + Place</p>
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- <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
- <p>For the examples below, keep in mind that if the speaker uses <span class="hanzi">去</span> (<span class="pinyin">qù</span>), then she is not at the place mentioned now. If the speaker uses <span class="hanzi">来</span> (<span class="pinyin">lái</span>), she must already be at the place mentioned. Just stay consistent with this, and you're good.</p>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">妈妈 要 <span class="fondjaune">去</span> 超市。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Māma yào <span class="fondjaune">qù</span> chāoshì.</span><br/> Mom will go to the supermarket.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">老板 今天 <span class="fondjaune">来</span> 公司 吗？</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn jīntiān <span class="fondjaune">lái</span> gōngsī ma?</span><br/> Is the boss coming into the office today?</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">你 现在 <span class="fondjaune">来</span>南京 路 吧。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Nǐ xiànzài <span class="fondjaune">lái</span> Nánjīng Lù ba.</span> <br/>Come to Nanjing Road now.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">你 不 想 <span class="fondjaune">来</span> 我们 公司 工作 吗？</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐ bù xiǎng <span class="fondjaune">lái</span> wǒmen gōngsī gōngzuò ma?</span> <br/>Do you not want to come to work for our company?</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">去年 她 <span class="fondjaune">去</span> 美国 工作 了 几 个 月 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Qùnián tā <span class="fondjaune">qù</span> Měiguó gōngzuò le jǐ gè yuè.</span><br/> Last year she went to work in the USA for a few months.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">你们 想 <span class="fondjaune">去</span> Starbucks 还是 Costa？</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐmen xiǎng <span class="fondjaune">qù</span> Starbucks háishì Costa?</span><br/> Would you like to go to Starbucks or Costa?</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">周末 我 喜欢 <span class="fondjaune">去</span> 朋友 家。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Zhōumò wǒ xǐhuan <span class="fondjaune">qù</span> péngyou jiā.</span> <br/>I like to go to my friends' places on the weekends.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">爸爸 明天 <span class="fondjaune">去</span> 北京 出差。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Bàba míngtiān <span class="fondjaune">qù</span> Běijīng chūchāi.</span> <br/>Dad will go to Beijing on a business trip tomorrow.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">我 今天 不 上班，你们 可以 <span class="fondjaune">来</span> 我 家 吃饭 。</span><br/> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ jīntiān bù shàngbān, nǐmen kěyǐ <span class="fondjaune">lái</span> wǒ jiā chīfàn.</span> <br/>I don't have to go to work today. You can come to my home to eat dinner.</li>
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- <h2 id="advanced-usage">Advanced Usage</h2>
- <p><span class="hanzi">来</span> (<span class="pinyin">lái</span>) and <span class="hanzi">去</span> (<span class="pinyin">qù</span>) can both be paired with other simple verbs to demonstrate the direction an action has taken. For example, <span class="hanzi">进来</span> (<span class="pinyin">jìnlái</span>, "<b>come in</b>"), <span class="hanzi">进去</span> (<span class="pinyin">jìnqù</span>, "<b>go in</b>"), <span class="hanzi">出来</span> (<span class="pinyin">chūlái</span>, "<b>come out</b>"), <span class="hanzi">出去</span> (<span class="pinyin">chūqù</span>, "<b>go out</b>"), <span class="hanzi">回来</span> (<span class="pinyin">huílái</span>, "<b>come back</b>"), <span class="hanzi">回去</span> (<span class="pinyin">huíqù</span>, "<b>go back</b>"), etc.</p>
- <p>When you start tacking these two-character verbs onto the ends of other verbs, they are called <a href="direction_complement" title="wikilink">direction complements</a>, and are covered in detail in a more advanced article.</p>
- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Direction_complement" title="wikilink">Direction complement</a></li>
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