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  <h1>Verbs that take double objects</h1>

  <p>There are some common verbs in Chinese that can take two objects. In this article, we will look at how they are used.</p>

  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <p>As in English, some verbs in Chinese take two objects. A typical example for English is "to bake someone a cake," and there are countless more. The structure in Chinese is:</p>

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    <p>Subj. + Verb + [Indirect Obj.] + [Direct Obj.]</p>
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  <p>If you don't know what direct and indirect objects are, don't worry - the terms can be thought of as "object 1" and "object 2." The main point is that there are two of them. A simple way to think about it is that the direct object is the thing that the action happens to (e.g. the cake that gets baked) while the indirect object is the recipient of the direct object (e.g. the person the cake is given to).</p>

  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">老师，我 可以 问 你 一 个 问题 吗？</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Lǎoshī, wǒ kěyǐ wèn nǐ yī gè wèntí ma?</span> <br/>Teacher, may I ask you a question?</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">大家 都 叫 他 “怪叔叔”。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Dàjiā dōu jiào tā "guài shūshu."</span><br/> Everyone calls him "Uncle Weirdo."</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 想 告诉 你 一 个 好 消息 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ xiǎng gàosu nǐ yī gè hǎo xiāoxi.</span><br/> I want to tell you the good news.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他们 给 了 你 多少 钱？</span><br/> <span class="pinyin">Tāmen gěi le nǐ duōshao qián?</span><br/> How much money did they give you?</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他 送 了 女朋友 很 多 花。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Tā sòng le nǚpéngyou hěn duō huā.</span> <br/>He gave his girlfriend lots of flowers.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 想 送给 你 一 本 书。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Wǒ xiǎng sòng gěi nǐ yī běn shū.</span><br/> I want to give you a book.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">爸爸 要 送给 我 一 个 很 贵 的 生日 礼物。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Bàba yào sòng gěi wǒ yī gè hěn guì de shēngrì lǐwù.</span><br/> My dad is going to give me a very expensive birthday gift.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">你 可以 借 我 两 千 块 钱 吗？</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐ kěyǐ jiè wǒ liǎng qiān kuài qián ma?</span> <br/>Can you lend me 2000 kuai?</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">老板 刚 发给 我 上个月 的 工资。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Lǎobǎn gāng fā gěi wǒ shàng gè yuè de gōngzī.</span> <br/>The boss just gave me my pay for last month.</li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 个 人 骗 了 我 很 多 钱。</span><br/><span class="pinyin"> Zhège rén piàn le wǒ hěn duō qián.</span> <br/>This person cheated me out of a lot of money.</li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>

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    <li>Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditransitive_verb">"ditransitive" verbs</a></li>
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  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

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    <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 182-3)</li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本1</span>) (pp. 165-6)</li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本1</span>)(2nd ed) (pp. 187-8)</li>

    <li>40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (<span class="hanzi">基础汉语40课上册</span>） (p. 125)</li>
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