Chinese Mandarin| How to Interchange “把” and “被” in Mandarin

Hello everyone, I'm Eddie. Welcome to Hello Chinese. But on the other hand, being—that's a passive form signal word That means something is performed by the subject. However, if you see a 把 sentence and a 被 sentence, you can interchange them. But how can we switch them around? Stay tuned and watch until the end, I'll tell you at the end of this video. So don't close my video before you finish watching, okay? Or switch my channel, don't you dare! You know, I just watched my data being analyzed on YouTube. And I realized that the average viewing time is only 2 minutes. Are you kidding me? I'm the amazing Eddie G. How can the average watch time be only 2 minutes? Just watch until the end The sentence structure of "把" Subject plus 把 plus object plus verb plus 了 "le" is the past tense marker. Sentence No. 1 I ate the apples in the refrigerator. I ate the apple from the refrigerator. I "Put" means you are the action giver. Refrigerator means a fridge "Inside" means inside "de" is the possessive or adjective marker word So in the refrigerator in the fridge "Apple" means apple "eat" means to eat "le" is the past tense marker word I ate the apples in the refrigerator. I ate the apple from the fridge. Sentence No. 2 I went to the Chinese language classroom at Han Yu Bookstore. I means I "Ba" means you are the one performing the action. "Chinese language" means "漢語" "Book" means a book. Chinese book "Put" means to place Classroom means classroom. "le" is the past tense marker. I went to the Chinese bookstore classroom. I put the Chinese book in the classroom. Sentence No. 3 My roommate washed the bowl. I means I or my Here, it means me. It is the possessive form. roommate or flatmate roommate They are all roommates. "Put" is the action giver signal word. That means your roommate is the one initiating the action. Bowl means a bowl, such as a rice bowl. Wash means to wash "le" is the past tense marker. My roommate washed the bowl. My roommate washed the dishes. Actually, we don't really say "wash dishes" in Chinese. We say washbasins. We wash the rice bowls, not the plates, not the dishes Because to us, "wash bowls" sounds more natural and colloquial. Sentence No. 4 They deceived me. They means they, that's a pronoun "Put" means the action giver That means they are the ones initiating the action. I means I or me Here it is the object, so it is me "Deceive" means to cheat. to lie to someone, to deceive someone, to defraud someone "Le" is the past tense marker. They deceived me. They cheated me, they defrauded me. Hurry up and take your medicine. Take the medicine as soon as possible. Actually, to make the sentence sound more natural You can delete "you," which means "you," this word Because think about in English We have learned the sentence structure. Like when you want to give someone a suggestion Give someone an order You don't really need to mention the subject. For example, if you want to say "close the door" Turn on the light You don't need to say you're turning on the light. Or you close the door Here it is the same with Chinese. So for this very sentence If you want to make yourself sound more natural You just say Quickly take your medicine. That means take the medicine as soon as possible. You don't need to say you Because I am talking to you I know who the subject is. And I am giving you a suggestion or order. Just delete you, delete 你, this word Fast means soon or quickly. And here it's as soon as possible That's the action-giver signal word That means you are the one who gives the orders. Medicine "eat" or "take" In English, the only way you say to take medicine is "take medicine." To take the right You cannot say "have medicine" or "eat medicine." That's completely wrong But in Chinese, we don't have that distinction. Just to say "eat" to take medicine "le" is the past tense marker. Quickly take your medicine. Take the medicine as soon as possible The curtain blocked the light. The curtain blocked the light. Curtain That's the action-giver signal word So here, the curtain is the action giver. Even a curtain is just an object. It has no light. But it is still the one who initiates the action. curtain Light means light And it means natural light To遮住 means to block. Cover it up "of" that's the past tense signal word The curtain blocked the light. The curtain blocked the light. Your head is blocking my view. Your head blocked my view. That means your That's the possessive form. head That's the action-giver signal word. So here, your head is the one initiating the action. I that means I or me Here because it functions as an object So treat it as me but not I To block block is similar to遮住 So in many cases You can interchange 擋住 and 遮住. "le" is the past tense marker word Your head is blocking me. The security guard closed the gate. "Security guard" means a security guy. Or it could be a door watcher, gate watcher action giver signal word That means the security guard The door watcher is the one who gives the command. "Great Gate" means a gate "Big" means big Door means door Large door that serves as a gate "Guān" means to close. To turn off, to switch off in some other cases "of" that's the past tense signal word The security guard closed the gate. Great, now you know how to use 把 sentences. But what about being? Let's get right into it The first sentence structure of "被" is Object plus "bei" plus subject plus verb plus "le" Here is the past tense signal word. There's something you all need to be careful about. Just now when I said the sentence structure I said "object," and you see that "object" comes first, right? And I refer to somebody or something That thing or that person is given an action. Or they receive an action from the subject That's why I placed the subject behind the object. And the object comes first And when I say subject That subject gives the action to the object At the beginning of the sentence Well, I still think it sounds a bit confusing. Don't worry, I will give you sentences. She ate the apple in the refrigerator. The apple in the fridge was eaten by her. The fridge—just now we talked about it It means in the refrigerator "Apple" means apple Be that's the passive form signal word She is a pronoun meaning she or her. "eat" means to eat "le" is the past tense marker. She ate the apple in the refrigerator. The apple in the fridge was eaten by her. I washed the bowl. The bowls or the dishes were washed by me. "Bowl" literally means a bowl, such as a rice bowl. Be that's the passive form signal word I that means I or me Wash means to clean with water or a liquid. "le" is the past tense marker word I washed the bowl. Don't let them deceive you. Don't be scammed by them You mean you Don't That's the negative form signal word Be that the passive form signal word They "Deceive" means to fraud, to scam, to cheat somebody. "of" that's the past tense signal word Don't let them deceive you. Don't be scammed by them Actually, in the sentence, you can delete the word "you." Because you see that I put the brackets You don't have to say You don't necessarily need to say "you." Because we know We both know we're talking about you. Because I'm talking to you The second sentence structure of "being" Object plus "being" plus verb plus other possible elements plus "le" "le" is the past tense marker word He has been transferred to another city. He was transferred to other cities. He means he "Be" is the passive signal word. Transfer (to a different position or location) is a verb. That means to transfer Like to transfer someone to another city Other means other City means city. "of" that's the past tense signal word He has been transferred to another city. He was transferred to other cities. Do you guys notice in this kind of sentence? We only have the object, which means him. Because he was transferred to other cities But we don't really have the subject. Who transferred this person to another city? We don't know who Maybe it could be his boss. Or his superior or his supervisor As long as the position is higher than his But actually in the sentence That is not the point. The point about this sentence is not who transferred him. It is about him being transferred to another city. That's the point of the sentence So we didn't mention the subject I hope you all understand why I didn't include the subject My phone was stolen. My phone was stolen. My means mine That's the possessive indicator word Phone "Be" is the passive signal word. "Steal" means to take something that does not belong to you. "of" that's the past tense signal word My phone was stolen. My phone was stolen. Here you also notice that we don't have the subject. We only know that the object is my phone. Because my phone was stolen But stolen by whom? We didn't mention it. Actually, because we know exactly who stole the phone That damn thief And damn it, thieves always steal things from people. So we just delete the word "thief" I hope you all understand what I mean And do you guys remember at the beginning of this video I said that some of the cases "and" and "be" can be interchanged in sentences, right? One example I ate the apples in the refrigerator. I ate the apple in the refrigerator. Are exactly the same The only difference is the sentence structure. One is "ba" and the other one is "bei." And the focus is a bit different Because in the first sentence It focuses on the action giver. But the second sentence focuses on The thing or the person who receives an action Go back and watch the video again To determine which two sentences can also be swapped That's your homework, guys. All right Teacher Eddie Ji is really freaking hot. Because I don't have the air conditioner in my bedroom But in order to make you perfect content I always lock myself in my little bedroom with a lot of heat. I hope you understand how hard my work is right now. Please subscribe Please like, comment, and share my videos As teacher Eddie always lectures you, hardworking Chinese learners Practice makes perfect. Practice makes perfect. You guys keep making progress to make Teacher Eddie proud. Alright, that's enough for today. See you next time Goodbye