HSK 1 grammar · new HSK syllabus
去 + place + action
To say where you go to do something, put the action after the place: 我去商店买东西.
Structure
- Subject + 去 / 来 + place + verb
How it works
Chinese lists actions in the order they happen. Going comes first, then what you do there: 我去商店买东西 = I’m going to the shop to buy things.
来 works the same way for coming: 他来我家吃饭.
You can also say how you go, before 去: 我坐出租车去医院.
Examples
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我去商店买东西。
Wǒ qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi.
I’m going to the shop to buy things.
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他来我家吃饭。
Tā lái wǒ jiā chī fàn.
He’s coming to my house for dinner.
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我们去饭店吃饭吧。
Wǒmen qù fàndiàn chī fàn ba.
Let’s go to a restaurant to eat.
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我坐出租车去医院。
Wǒ zuò chūzūchē qù yīyuàn.
I’m taking a taxi to the hospital.
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你明天去学校做什么？
Nǐ míngtiān qù xuéxiào zuò shénme?
What are you going to school for tomorrow?
Words in these examples (21)
| 我 | wǒ | I; me | HSK 1 |
| 去 | qù | to go | HSK 1 |
| 商店 | shāngdiàn | shop; store | HSK 1 |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy | HSK 1 |
| 东西 | dōngxi | thing; stuff | HSK 1 |
| 他 | tā | he; him | HSK 1 |
| 来 | lái | to come | HSK 1 |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; (measure word for shops and companies) | HSK 1 |
| 吃 | chī | to eat | HSK 1 |
| 饭 | fàn | meal; cooked rice | HSK 1 |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us | HSK 1 |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel | HSK 1 |
| 吧 | ba | (particle for suggestions: "let's…", "…, OK?") | HSK 1 |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take (bus, plane) | HSK 1 |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi | HSK 1 |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital | HSK 1 |
| 你 | nǐ | you | HSK 1 |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow | HSK 1 |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school | HSK 1 |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to make | HSK 1 |
| 什么 | shénme | what | HSK 1 |
Common mistakes
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✗我去买东西商店。
✓我去商店买东西。
Place first, then the action.
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✗我去出租车医院。
✓我坐出租车去医院。
How you go (坐出租车) comes before 去.
Check yourself
Choose the word that fills the gap.
1. 我去书店 。
2. 我 去学校。
3. 他来北京 汉语。