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 Dao<\/p>\n

To express movement, we can use the Mandarin Chinese dào \u5230, which translates as to.<\/p>\n

Dào is used with qù \u53bb to indicate movement to a place – away from the speaker. Dào can also be used with lái \u4f86 to give a reason for coming to a place. Qù and lái are placed after the place word.<\/p>\n

The co<\/em>nstruction of this sentence is:<\/p>\n

    SUBJECT dào PLACE qù.<\/p>\n

    or<\/p>\n

    SUBJECT dào PLACE lái REASON. <\/p>\n

Examples of Dao<\/p>\n

    T\u0101 dào yóujú qù le.
    He went to the post office.
    (trad) \u4ed6\u5230\u90f5\u5c40\u53bb\u4e86\uff61
    (simp) \u4ed6\u5230\u90ae\u5c40\u53bb\u4e86\uff61<\/p>\n

    T\u0101men dào g\u014dngs\u012b qù le.
    They went to the office.
    (trad) \u4ed6\u5011\u5230\u516c\u53f8\u53bb\u4e86\uff61
    (simp) \u4ed6\u4eec\u5230\u516c\u53f8\u53bb\u4e86\uff61 <\/p>\n

Dao in Negative Sentences<\/p>\n

    W\u01d2 bù dào t\u0101 ji\u0101 qù le.
    I didn’t go to her house.
    \u6211\u4e0d\u5230\u5979\u5bb6\u53bb\u4e86\uff61<\/p>\n

    T\u0101 bù dào xuéxiào qù le.
    She didn’t go to school.
    (trad) \u5979\u4e0d\u5230\u5b78\u6821\u53bb\u4e86\uff61
    (simp) \u5979\u4e0d\u5230\u5b66\u6821\u53bb\u4e86\uff61 <\/p>\n

Dao in Questions<\/p>\n

    N\u01d0men dào f\u01ceguó qù ma?
    Are you going to France?
    (trad) \u4f60\u5011\u5230\u6cd5\u570b\u53bb\u55ce?
    (simp) \u4f60\u4eec\u5230\u6cd5\u56fd\u53bb\u5417?<\/p>\n

    N\u01d0 dào yínháng qù ma?
    Are you going to the bank?
    (trad) \u4f60\u5230\u9280\u884c\u53bb\u55ce?
    (simp) \u4f60\u5230\u94f6\u884c\u53bb\u5417? <\/p>\n

Giving Reasons<\/p>\n

    W\u01d2men dào g\u014dngyuán lái sànbù.
    We came to the park to take a walk.
    (trad) \u6211\u5011\u5230\u516c\u5712\u4f86\u6563\u6b65\uff61
    (simp) \u6211\u4eec\u5230\u516c\u56ed\u6765\u6563\u6b65\uff61<\/p>\n

    T\u0101 dào M\u011biguó lái zuò sh\u0113ngyi.
    He came to America on business.
    (trad) \u4ed6\u5230\u7f8e\u570b\u4f86\u505a\u751f\u610f\uff61
    (simp) \u4ed6\u5230\u7f8e\u56fd\u6765\u505a\u751f\u610f\uff61 <\/p>\n

Is Not Coming<\/p>\n

    T\u0101 bù dào Táib\u011bi lái le.
    She is not coming to Taipei.
    \u5979\u4e0d\u5230\u53f0\u5317\u4f86\u4e86\uff61<\/p>\n

    W\u01d2 bù dào n\u01d0 ji\u0101 lái le.
    I am not coming to your house.
    \u6211\u4e0d\u5230\u4f60\u5bb6\u4f86\u4e86\uff61 <\/p>\n

Why Did You Come?<\/p>\n

    N\u01d0 dào xuéxiào lái zuò shénme?
    Why did you come to school?
    (trad) \u59b3\u5230\u5b78\u6821\u4f86\u505a\u4ec0\u9ebc?
    (simp) \u59b3\u5230\u5b66\u6821\u6765\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48?<\/p>\n

    T\u0101men lái n\u01d0 ji\u0101 zuò shénme?
    Why did they come to your house?
    (trad) \u4ed6\u5011\u4f86\u4f60\u5bb6\u505a\u4ec0\u9ebc?
    (simp) \u4ed6\u4eec\u6765\u4f60\u5bb6\u505a\u4ec0\u4e48?
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