MANDARIN LANGUAGE • SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION- Mandarin: • SUBJECT VERB OBJECT • Wo xue xi Zhong wen • I study Chinese • 1. There are also phrases that describe actions such as objects ,place ,directions and time: • Example: Subject • Ta Time Verb wan shang hui lai • He will come back in the evening. • All of them should be placed before the verb for example • 1. SUBJECT • Ta cong PLACE mei guo VERB hui lai • He has come back from the United States of America. • 2. SUBJECT • 1. Ni OBJECT jin tian • Today do you eat rice? VERB chi fan ma?