将 (a formal 把) · 主语 + 将 + 宾语 + 动词短语
A notice requests a closed door
- A written notice says 请将门关上。 — Please close the door. 将 introduces 门, the thing acted on, before 关上, the action and result.
- This is a request to change the door’s state. Reading it does not establish that anyone has already closed the door.
A notice requests a closed door
- A written notice says to ask请将门close关上。 — Please close the door. object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 introduces door门, the thing acted on, before close关上, the action and result.
- This is a request to change the door’s state. Reading it does not establish that anyone has already closed the door.
A written instruction asks someone to close the door. What does 请将门关上。 communicate?
将 places the door before the action performed on it. This is the disposal use, similar to 把. In 会议将举行, 将 instead marks a future event.
Name the object, then what happens to it
- This pattern is subject + 将 + object + verb phrase. In a request beginning 请, the person asked to act may be understood rather than named.
- 请将门关上 has the same object-and-action structure as 请把门关上. 将 is common in formal written instructions.
please请(把)将door门close关上。
Name the object, then what happens to it
- This pattern is subject + object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 + object + verb phrase. In a request beginning to ask请, the person asked to act may be understood rather than named.
- to ask请将门close关上 has the same object-and-action structure as to ask请to stand as a goalkeeper把门close关上. object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 is common in formal written instructions.
please请(把)将door门close关上。
Use this lesson’s formal object marker 将: 请 ____ 门关上。
将 + Object + Verb Phrase = formal 把: 请将门关上. · 将 + 宾语 + 动词短语 = 书面的 把:请将门关上。
Read the requested result
- 请将文件放在桌上。 — Please put the document on the table. 文件 is the object; 放在桌上 tells where it should end up.
- Changing 桌上 to 包里 changes the requested destination. Naming the object alone does not give a complete instruction.
Read the requested result
- to ask请object marker like 把 / future event (context)将document文件放在桌上。 — Please put the document on the table. document文件 is the object; 放在桌上 tells where it should end up.
- Changing 桌上 to to cover包li, ancient measure of…里 changes the requested destination. Naming the object alone does not give a complete instruction.
In 请将门关上, 将 has a similar object-marking role to which word?
将 = written 把: 将门关上 = 把门关上. · 将 = 书面的 把:将门关上 = 把门关上。
The notice 请将文件放在桌上。 proves the document is already on the table.
It requests placement on the table; it does not report that placement has happened.
The same character has another job
- 会议将举行。 — The meeting will be held. Here 将 signals a future event, with no introduced object between 将 and 举行.
- 门被关上了。 reports that the door was closed. 被 gives a passive report; it is not the instruction’s 将 object marker.
The same character has another job
- meeting会议object marker like 把 / future event (context)将to hold (a meeting…举行。 — The meeting will be held. Here object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 signals a future event, with no introduced object between object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 and to hold (a meeting…举行.
- door门(passive: by)被close关上(completed / change)了。 reports that the door was closed. (passive: by)被 gives a passive report; it is not the instruction’s object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 object marker.
In 请将门关上, 将 introduces the object 门 before the action 关上.
This instruction has the 将 + object + verb phrase structure. The future use in 会议将举行 differs.
In 请将门关上, 将 serves solely as a future-event marker.
Here 将 introduces 门 as the object to be acted on. Compare the future use in 会议将举行.
Match each sentence to the role highlighted in this lesson.
Object marker, future event and passive report have different sentence structures.
Follow the object in a new instruction
- 请将旧文件删除。 — Please delete the old file. 旧文件 is the target; the instruction does not request deleting every file.
- 请不要将旧文件删除。 — Please do not delete the old file. 不要 changes the request while 将 still introduces its object.
Follow the object in a new instruction
- to ask请object marker like 把 / future event (context)将old旧document文件to delete删除。 — Please delete the old file. old旧document文件 is the target; the instruction does not request deleting every file.
- to ask请don't不要object marker like 把 / future event (context)将old旧document文件to delete删除。 — Please do not delete the old file. don't不要 changes the request while object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 still introduces its object.
请不要将旧文件删除。 What does the instruction request?
不要 makes this a request not to delete the named old file. It does not ask to delete all other files.
Read the sentence around 将
- In 请将门关上, locate the object 门 and the requested result 关上. In 会议将举行, read 将 with the event that follows.
- Decide the word’s role from its sentence. A future time mentioned elsewhere does not automatically turn every 将 into a future marker.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar.
Read the sentence around object marker like 把 / future event (context)将
- In to ask请将门close关上, locate the object door门 and the requested result close关上. In meeting会议object marker like 把 / future event (context)将to hold (a meeting…举行, read object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 with the event that follows.
- Decide the word’s role from its sentence. A future time mentioned elsewhere does not automatically turn every object marker like 把 / future event (context)将 into a future marker.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar.