Advanced 把 (把 + Obj + Verb + result)
IntroducedShow what happens to a known object
- You ask a friend to finish a particular book.
- to ask请(把: marks the object)把this这root本book书to see看to finish完。 — (把: marks the object)把 brings the known book before the action and its result.
You ask a friend to finish a particular book. What does 请把这本书看完。 communicate?
把 brings the known book before the action and its result. 把 sentences also occur as requests, plans and negations. They do not always report an action already completed.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Advanced (把: marks the object)把 ((把: marks the object)把 + Obj + Verb + result). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我把book书finish reading看完了。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: I finished reading the book: 我 ____ 书看完了。
把 + Obj + Verb + result: 把书看完了.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, to ask请(把: marks the object)把this这root本book书to see看to finish完。: (把: marks the object)把 brings the known book before the action and its result.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which version supplies a clear result for the taught 把 construction?
The first gives the result 完. For this ordinary reading sentence, a bare 看 does not supply the needed information; this is not a rule rejecting every idiomatic bare-verb 把 expression.
Know the boundary
- (把: marks the object)把 sentences also occur as requests, plans and negations.
- They do not always report an action already completed.
把 fronts the object before the verb.
Yes — 把 + 书 + 看完了.
In the opening situation: 把 brings the known book before the action and its result.
把 sentences also occur as requests, plans and negations. They do not always report an action already completed. 把 brings the known book before the action and its result.
Use the distinction
- (把: marks the object)把 brings the known book before the action and its result.
- (把: marks the object)把 sentences also occur as requests, plans and negations. They do not always report an action already completed.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Sentence patterns.
You ask a friend to finish a particular book. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.