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I have not published this column for a while because of time problems and also because I have been thinking of how best to improve it. Today I am trying out a new style to introduce some new sentences about catching a bus or a train and I hope to hear your comments.

In Chinese, when we want to express the meaning of catching some vehicle, we usually say "Wo Gan Che", "Wo Gan Gong gongqichen", "Wo Gan Huozhe", "Wo Gan Feiji" and so on. The sentence pattern is as below:

Sentence Pattern

No.0174: 我赶车 － I catch a bus ( or a train).
　　　　　　　　－ Wǒ gǎn chē。

No.0175: 我要赶车 －Ｉwant to catch a bus (or a train).　
　　　　　　　　　－ Wo yao gan che。

No.0176: 我要去赶车 － I am going to catch a bus (or a ttrain).
　　　　　　　　　　－ Wo yao qu gan che。   　

Practice of Sentence Pattern

Practice of No. 0174:

我赶车 － I catch a bus (or a train).
我赶火车　－　I catch a train.
我赶公交车 -- I catch a bus
我赶飞机 -- I take an airplane.
我赶船 -- I take a ship.

Practice of No. 017５:

我要赶车 －Ｉwant to catch a bus ( or a train).
我要赶火车 －Ｉwant to catch a train.
我要赶公交车 －Ｉwant to catch a bus.
我要赶飞机 －Ｉwant to take an airplane
我要赶船 －Ｉwant to take a ship.

Practice of No. 176:

我要去赶车 －Ｉam going to catch a bus (or a train).
我要去赶火车 －Ｉam going to catch a train.
我要去赶公交车 －Ｉam going to catch a bus.
我要去赶飞机 －Ｉam going to take an airplane.
我要去赶船 －Ｉam going to take a ship.

Key Words:

catch a bus or a train∶赶车 -- gǎnchē

Grammar:

我               赶             车。
subject      verb         object

我               要             赶            车。
subject 　adverbial    verb          object

我　　　      要　　 　 去　　　　赶车
subject    adverbial    verb          object

New Words and Pronunciation :

Please click on any Chinese character to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then to read it after me..


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, you are welcome.

--Shirley Zhang

Written, Edited and Recorded On Sun, April 22, 2007