Chinese grammar - 'From' using 从 (cóng) |
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In Chinese the preposition 从 (cóng) means 'from', indicating the starting point of the action. When used with 来 (lái) it means 'to come from'. When used with 去 (qù) it means 'to go from [a place] to [another place]'. Note that the structure of the sentence changes when 从 is used - the verbs 来 and 去 appear after the prepositional component. |
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他从学校来。
tā cóng xuéxiào lái. He comes from school.
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我从图书馆来。
wǒ cóng túshūguǎn lái. I come from the library. |
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她从商店来。
tā cóng shāngdiàn lái. She comes from the store. |
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他们从家里来。
tāmen cóng jiālǐ lái. They come from home.
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你从哪里来？
nǐ cóng nálǐ lái? Where do you come from? |
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我从北京来。
wǒ cóng běijīng lái. I come from Beijing. |
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他不从北京来，他从香港来。
tā bù cóng běijīng lái,#tā cóng xiānggǎng lái. He does not come from Beijing, he comes from Hong Kong.
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他不从办公室来。
tā bù cóng bàngōngshì lái. He does not come from the office.
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她从医院来。
tā cóng yīyuàn lái. She comes from the hospital. |
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我们从车站来。
wǒmen cóng chēzhàn lái. We come from the station.
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我从家里去学校。
wǒ cóng jiālǐ qù xuéxiào. I go from home to school. |
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他从北京去上海。
tā cóng běijīng qù shànghǎi. He goes from Beijing to Shanghai. |
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她从超市去图书馆。
tā cóng chāoshì qù túshūguǎn. She goes from the supermarket to the library.
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你从哪里去机场？
nǐ cóng nǎlǐ qù jīchǎng? Where are you going to the airport from? |
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我们从电影院去饭馆。
wǒmen cóng diànyǐngyuàn qù fànguǎn. We go from the cinema to the restaurant.
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