The location of time phrases and verbs within a sentence.
他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。I saw this sentence in a textbook. I do not understand why the 礼拜六 comes after 请我？ I thought that time phrases come before the verb.

Thank you for your help.

Question

The location of time phrases and verbs within a sentence.
他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。I saw this sentence in a textbook. I do not understand why the 礼拜六 comes after 请我？ I thought that time phrases come before the verb.

Thank you for your help.

Answer

他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。He asked me to go to a movie with him on Saturday.(the movie is on saturday)
他礼拜六请我跟他去看电影。Saturday is the day he asked me to go to a movie with him.

Answer

他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影（还没发生）
他礼拜六请我跟他去看（了）电影（已经发生了）last saturday

Answer

Thank you so much for your help. Your explanation was very clear :)

Answer

他请我跟他礼拜六去看电影=他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影=他请我跟他去看礼拜六的电影

在口语里是比较灵活的，that is chinese。

但是“他礼拜六请我跟他去看电影”这个表述就很模糊了。让人不知道是哪个礼拜六？这个礼拜六还是上个礼拜六？他请过你看电影。

Answer

@Nanren888: The sentenced I was supposed to translate was,“ He invited me to go see a movie with him on Saturday”.

Đừng bỏ lỡ cơ hội học ngoại ngữ ngay tại nhà. Hãy xem danh sách các gia sư ngôn ngữ giàu kinh nghiệm của chúng tôi và đăng ký buổi học đầu tiên ngay hôm nay!