The Basic Structure of Mandarin

Take a moment to appreciate that this is not Japanese or Korean and the order is not flipped.

Nice and easy basic sentences, just like in English.

A simple predicate can be just a verb.

The most basic word order in Chinese are:

Subject + verb	wǒ chī. ——> I eat. 我吃.
	nǐ kàn. ——>You look. 你看.
	tā shuō. ——> He speaks. 他说.
	tā gōngzuò. ——> She works. 她工作.
Subject + verb + object	Wǒ jiào Evan. ——> I am Evan. 我叫Evan。
	Nǐmen xué zhōngwén. ——> You learn Chinese. 你们学中文。
	Tāmen shì wǒ de xuéshēng. ——>They are my students. 他们是我的学生。
	Tā de péngyǒu shì lǎoshī. ——> His friend is a teacher. 他的朋友是老师。
Subject + adverb + verb + object	Wǒmen de xuéshēng dōushì měiguórén. ——> Our students are all Americans. 我们的学生都是美国人。
	Wǒ yě yǒu píngguǒ. ——> I also have apples. 我也有苹果。
	tā de lǎogōng yě bù xǐhuān māo. ——> Her husband also doesn’t like cats. 她的老公也不喜欢猫。