The location of time phrases and verbs within a sentence.
他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。I saw this sentence in a textbook. I do not understand why the 礼拜六 comes after 请我？ I thought that time phrases come before the verb.

Thank you for your help.

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The location of time phrases and verbs within a sentence.
他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。I saw this sentence in a textbook. I do not understand why the 礼拜六 comes after 请我？ I thought that time phrases come before the verb.

Thank you for your help.

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他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影。He asked me to go to a movie with him on Saturday.(the movie is on saturday)
他礼拜六请我跟他去看电影。Saturday is the day he asked me to go to a movie with him.

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他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影（还没发生）
他礼拜六请我跟他去看（了）电影（已经发生了）last saturday

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Thank you so much for your help. Your explanation was very clear :)

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他请我跟他礼拜六去看电影=他请我礼拜六跟他去看电影=他请我跟他去看礼拜六的电影

在口语里是比较灵活的，that is chinese。

但是“他礼拜六请我跟他去看电影”这个表述就很模糊了。让人不知道是哪个礼拜六？这个礼拜六还是上个礼拜六？他请过你看电影。

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@Nanren888: The sentenced I was supposed to translate was,“ He invited me to go see a movie with him on Saturday”.

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