What are the differences in sentence structure between English and Chinese?

Differences:

1, sentence length: English has more long sentences and Chinese has more short sentences. Since English is a language of "rule of law", as long as there are no mistakes in the structure, many meanings can be expressed in one long sentence;

Chinese is just the opposite, the semantics are expressed directly through the words, and different meanings are often expressed through different phrases.

2, sentence differences: English has more subordinate clauses, Chinese has more clauses. English sentences can not only use very long modifiers in simple sentences to make them longer, but also use subordinate clauses to make them more complex, and these subordinate clauses are often connected to the main sentence or other subordinate clauses through subordinate clauses, and the whole sentence, though superficially intricate and complex, is a whole. The Chinese language prefers to use short sentences, and the structure of expression is relatively loose, so the clauses in English sentences often become clauses when they are translated into Chinese.

3, compositional differences: subject, object and other noun components "English more pronouns, Chinese more nouns" in the sentence, English more nouns and prepositions, Chinese more verbs. English not only has we, you, he, they and other personal pronouns,

And there are that, which and other relational pronouns in long and complex sentences, in order to make the sentence structure correct, semantic clarity, while avoiding repetition of expression, the English language tends to use a lot of pronouns. Although Chinese also has pronouns,

but because of the relatively loose structure and relatively short sentences, Chinese can not use too many pronouns, the use of nouns tends to make the semantics clearer.

4, sentence form differences: English more changes, Chinese more repetitions, the English expression of the same meaning often change the way of expression. Chinese is much simpler to change expressions, and many of the changes in English can be translated as repetitions.

5, sentence composition differences: English more passive, Chinese more active, English prefers passive voice. Although there are words like "被", "由", which indicate that the action is passive, such expressions are far less common than the passive voice in English.

Therefore, the passive in English often becomes active in Chinese translation.

Expanded Information:

English Tenses:

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In grammar, tense or tenses indicate the relationship between the time when an action occurs and when it is spoken. They are generally divided into past, present, and future tenses, and are often used in conjunction with the progressive and perfect tenses, which indicate the progress or termination of an action.

Tense, together with tone, inflection, style and person, are the five grammatical characteristics that a verb form may exhibit.

Some languages, such as analytic Chinese, do not use tense, but still have temporal adverbs to assist when necessary. Other languages, such as Japanese, have verb-like tense properties, where adjectives change form to convey temporal information.

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