Chinese Grammar
 
  Dec 02  •  643 read 

Helping Verbs (Prepositions in English)

Use tì 替 to express “for” in the sense of “substituting for”; “in place of”

Mrs. Li taught for Mrs. Wang.
Lǐ tàitai tì Wáng tàitai jiāoshū le.
李太太替王太太教书了。

My daughter cooked for me last night.
Wǒde nǚer zuótiān wǎnshang tì wǒ zuòfàn le.
我的女儿昨天晚上替我做饭了。

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