短语：新朋友 · 交朋友 · 听懂 · 心情好
phrase types: how words join into a phrase, and what the phrase then works as
Structure
联合 A 和 B · 偏正 修饰语 + 中心语 · 动宾 动词 + 宾语 · 动补 动词 + 补语 · 主谓 主语 + 谓语
What it means
Words join into phrases in five ways. The whole phrase then works like one noun, verb or adjective in a bigger sentence.
How it is built
Two equal parts: 老师和同学. Describer + main word: 新朋友, 很热情. Verb + object: 交朋友. Verb + result: 听懂. Subject + predicate: 心情好. 我交了两个新朋友 (I made two new friends).
When to use it
Spotting the type helps with long sentences: in 我心情很好, literally “I, mood very good”, the phrase 心情很好 works as one adjective.
Watch out
The describer always comes first. ✗ 朋友新 ✓ 新朋友. ✗ 去常常 ✓ 常常去.
Examples
老师和同学都对我很友好。
The teacher and my classmates were all very friendly to me.
我交了两个新朋友。
I made two new friends.
张老师的话我都听懂了。
I understood everything Teacher Zhang said.
今天我心情很好。
I’m in a good mood today.
Learn this in HSK 2 · Lesson 24: 大家对我很好 (My Chinese diary)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.
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