Language Course

坐火车Travelling by train

Sentence Patterns and Grammatical Explanations

检票上车

Xiān jiǎn piào zài shàng chē.

You will have your ticket checked first, and then you can board the train.

If you want to indicate the relationship of ''first..., then...'', the adverbs '' xiān'' and '' zài'' are commonly used. In China, it is important that you have your ticket checked first, and then you get on the train.

+ VP1 ++ VP2
Xiān
检票
jiǎn piào
zài
上车。
shàng chē.
First check ticket then get on the train.
你先
Nǐ xiān
买票
mǎi piào
zài
上公共汽车。
shàng gōnggòng qìchē.
You first buy ticket then get on the bus.
我们先
Wǒmen xiān
吃饭
chī fàn
zài
去看电影。
qù kàn diànyǐng.
We first eat then go to see a film.
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