▎跟, gēn, (Prep), Companionship (1)

 

Function The preposition 跟 brings in a companion is an undertaking.

1 我常跟哥哥去看棒球比賽。

Wǒ cháng gēn gēge qù kàn bàngqiú bǐsài.

I often go see baseball games with my brother.

2 我跟朋友在餐廳吃飯。

Wǒ gēn péngyǒu zài cāntīng chīfàn.

I am having a meal at a restaurant with friends.

3 我週末要跟同學去參觀故宮。

Wǒ zhōumò yào gēn tóngxué qù cānguān Gùgōng.

I’m going to go visit the Palace Museum this weekend with a classmate.

 

Structures The ‘跟＋somebody’ expression appears before the VP as do all prepositional phrases. The adverb 一起yìqǐ is commonly associated with 跟 and is placed in front of the main verb.

Negation：The negation marker 不bù or 沒méi appears before 跟.

1 我今天不跟同學去上書法課。

Wǒ jīntiān bù gēn tóngxué qù shàng shūfǎ kè.

I am not going to go to the calligraphy class with my classmate today.

2 他沒跟我一起去 KTV 唱歌。

Tā méi gēn wǒ yìqǐ qù KTV chànggē.

He didn’t go to KTV with me.

3 妹妹沒跟我去吃越南菜。

Mèimei méi gēn wǒ qù chī Yuènán cài.

My sister didn’t go with me to have Vietnamese food.

Questions：

1 你要跟他去日本嗎？

Nǐ yào gēn tā qù Rìběn ma?

Are you going to go to Japan with him?

2 你常跟誰去看電影？

Nǐ cháng gēn shéi qù kàn diànyǐng?

Who do you often go with to see movies?

3 你跟不跟我去圖書館看書？

Nǐ gēn bù gēn wǒ qù túshūguǎn kàn shū?

Are you going to go with me to the library to study?