HSK3Sentence patterns
The 把 Construction in Mandarin
Learn when Mandarin uses 把 to bring an object into focus before the verb.
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The 把 construction places the object before the verb when the speaker wants to emphasize what happens to that object.
Basic pattern
The common pattern is subject + 把 + object + verb + result or complement.
For example:
The verb normally needs a result, location, quantity, or other complement that shows what happened to the object.