Sentence Pattern：Verb+错
  • heimaodian October 2015

    Every person makes mistakes, especially when you start learning Chinese. Today, let's learn how to use the result complement 错 (cuò) to express making mistakes!

    Structure


    To express that an action resulted in an error, you can use a result complement with 错(cuò). This covers what is often expressed with the adverb "incorrectly" in English.

    Object + Subject + Verb + 错 + 了


    Note: this sentence pattern puts the object first as a topic.

    Examples

    Zhè ɡè zì nǐ xiě cuò le.
    这 个 字 你 写 错 了。
    You wrote this character wrong.

    Nǐ shuō de huà wǒ tīnɡ cuò le.
    你 说 的 话 我 听 错 了。
    I misheard what you said.

    Wǒ jì cuò le.
    我 记 错 了。
    I remembered wrongly.

    duì bù qǐ ，zhè jiàn shì wǒ zuò cuò le 。
    对 不 起，  这  件 事  我 做 错  了。
    Sorry, I did this thing wrongly.
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