The 把 (bǎ) sentence, explained
把 brings the object before the verb, to say what you did to a definite thing and how it ended up: 我把书放在桌子上 (I put the book on the table).
The verb never stands alone after 把: something has to follow it, such as a place, a result or a complement.
The essentials
- Subject + 把 + definite object + verb + what happens to it.
- The object is something specific that both of you know about: 把这本书, not 把一本书.
- Results and complements after the verb: 把作业做完, 把门关上, 把这句话翻译成英文.
- Negatives and modal verbs go before 把: 我没把门关上, 你能把窗户打开吗？
Every lesson on this topic
Each lesson has a full explanation, examples in characters and pinyin you can listen to, and exercises with answers.
A2 (the A2 course)
- 把: doing something to a definite thing: 我把书放在桌子上: 把 brings the object before the verb to say what you did to it and how it ended up.
B1 (the B1 course)
- 把 with results and complements: 把作业做完, 把门关上, 把这句话翻译成英文: 把 + a definite object + verb + what happens to it.
In the app, these lessons are taught one idea at a time with audio, practised with questions you can answer in characters or pinyin, and brought back for review.
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- 被 (bèi) and the passive in Chinese
- 是…的 (shì…de): when, where and how
- Comparisons with 比 (bǐ)
- 过 (guò) and 着 (zhe): experience and ongoing states
- Chinese complements: result, direction and potential
- Questions in Chinese: 吗, question words and particles
- 不 (bù) or 没 (méi): negation in Chinese
- Chinese conjunctions: because, although, if
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- Chinese numbers, dates and time
- Chinese tones and pinyin