Chinese Grammar: How To Conjugate Verbs
Written byZoe Mei
Conjugating verbs in Chinese is different to other languages.
You can only use the infinitive form and add the correct pronouns because the verb does not change.
Present Tense
The present tense works the same as it does in English.
Structure: Subject + Verb
| Present | |||||
| English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin | English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin |
| I | 我 | Wǒ | I Write | 我寫 | Wǒ xiě |
| You | 你 | nǐ | You Write | 你寫 | Nǐ xiě |
| He/She | 他 / 她 / 它 | tā/ tā/ tā | He/She Writes | 他寫道： | Tā xiě dào: |
| We | 我们 | wǒmen | We Write | 我們寫 | Wǒmen xiě |
| You | 你们 | nǐmen | You Write | 你寫 | Nǐ xiě |
| They | 他们 | tāmen | They Write | 他們寫 | Tāmen xiě |
Simple past
One must add "了" at the end of the sentence.
Structure: Subject + Verb + "了" (le)
| Past | |||||
| English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin | English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin |
| I | 我 | Wǒ | I Wrote | 我寫了 | Wǒ xiě le |
| You | 你 | nǐ | You Wrote | 你寫了 | Nǐ xiě le |
| He/She | 他 / 她 / 它 | tā/ tā/ tā | He/She Wrote | 他寫了 | Tā xiě le |
| We | 我们 | wǒmen | We Wrote | 我們寫了 | Wǒmen xiě le |
| You | 你们 | nǐmen | You Wrote | 你寫了 | Nǐ xiě le |
| They | 他们 | tāmen | They Wrote | 他們寫道了 | Tāmen xiě le |
Future Tense:
One must add "會 (huì)" before the Verb.
Structure: Subject + "會 (huì)" + Verb
| Future | |||||
| English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin | English | Chinese Characters | Pinyin |
| I | 我 | Wǒ | I will write | 我會寫 | Wǒ huì xiě |
| You | 你 | nǐ | You will write | 你會寫 | Nǐ huì xiě |
| He/She | 他 / 她 / 它 | tā/ tā/ tā | He/She will write | 他 / 她 / 它會寫 | Tā huì xiě |
| We | 我们 | wǒmen | We will write | 我们會寫 | Wǒmen huì xiě |
| You | 你们 | nǐmen | You will write | 你们會寫 | Nǐmen huì xiě |
| They | 他们 | tāmen | They will write | 他们會寫 | Tāmen huì xiě |
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