• How to Express Time – Verb Tenses – in Mandarin Chinese – Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

·         The basic sentence sturcture is:  Subject + Character for when the event takes place + Verb. In thes video we use the example of going to Shanghai and learn to say “Today I go to Shanghai”, “Yesterday I went to Shanghai” and “Tomorrow I will go to Shanghai”.

·         Mandarin Chinese Present Tense
我今天去上海 = wǒ jīn tiān qù shàng hǎi
I (wǒ) today (jīn tiān ) go (qù) Shanghai

·         Mandarin Chinese Future Tense
我明天去上海 = wǒ míng tiān qù shàng hǎi

·         I (wǒ) tomorrow (míng tiān ) go (qù) Shanghai

Mandarin Chinese Past tense
我昨天去上海 = wǒ zuó tiān qù shàng hǎi
I (wǒ) yesterday (zuó tiān ) go (qù) Shanghai