Never make these mistakes in Chinese 67

Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.

          Wǒmen ɡēn tā kéyǐ tánhuà le.
False: 我们跟他可以谈话了。
          Wǒmen kéyǐ ɡēn tā tánhuà le.
True: 我们可以跟他谈话了。

介宾词组(“跟他”)和能源动词(“可以”)出现在同一动词之前,它们的排列顺序是:介宾词组靠近动词,其次是能源动词,应把“跟他”放在“可以”的后头。
Where a prepositional phrase(跟他) and an auxiliary verb(可以)occur simultaneously before the same verb, the order is: the prepositional phrase immediately precedes the verb, and the auxiliary verb goes before the prepositional phrase. One should place 跟他 after 可以. 

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