Helping Verbs (Prepositions in English) Use - Cchatty

Helping Verbs (Prepositions in English)

Use different translations of the preposition “for,” depending on the meaning To express“for” as in “for the sake of,” use wèi 为:

I cooked for Mom (in the sense of “for her sake”/”for her benefit”).
Wǒ wèi Māma zuò le fàn.
我为妈妈做了饭。

To express “for” as in “giving someone the favor of . . . ,” use gěi 给:

I cooked for Mom.
Wǒ gěi Māma zuò le fàn .
我给妈妈做了饭。

To express “for” as in meaning “in place of” or “instead of,” use tì 替:

I cooked for Mom (substituting for her as our regular cook).
Wǒ tì Māma zuò le fàn
我替妈妈做了饭。