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Present Habits

Learn how to describe daily routines and active habits in Chinese using the standard SVO sentence structure.

Chinese verbs are extremely regular and do not conjugate for tense, person, or number. To talk about present habits, routines, or general facts, simply follow the Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) pattern:

我看書。

I read a book.

For interactive sports like tennis or badminton, Chinese uses the active verb 打 (dǎ - to play/strike/hit):

我打網球。

I play tennis.

Practice

Follow along with these examples to strengthen your understanding.

Assistant

你喝咖啡嗎？

Do you drink coffee?

我喝咖啡。

I drink coffee.

Assistant

你看書嗎？

Do you read books?

我看書。

I read a book.

Assistant

你打網球嗎？

Do you play tennis?

我打網球。

I play tennis.

Assistant

你打掃房間嗎？

Do you clean the room?

我打掃房間。

I clean the room.

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