The simple directional complement (2)
A verb can take a simple directional complement and an object at the same time.
The kind of object matters:
a place goes BEFORE 来 / 去;
a thing may go either before or after 来 / 去.
1. When the object is a place
Verb + place + 来 / 去
That is, the place name comes before 来 / 去.
Examples
你们太客气了，还拿这么多礼物来！
你们太客气了nǐmen tài kèqi leyou are too kind
拿nácarry
这么多礼物zhème duō lǐwùso many gifts
来láimarks movement toward here
Here 礼物 is a thing, and it stands before 来.
家月给我送来了一本书
家月JiāyuèJiayue
给我gěi wǒto me
送来sòng láibring over
一本书yì běn shūa book
Here 一本书 is a thing and stands after 来.
So with a thing, both orders work:
拿 + 礼物 + 来
or
送 + 来 + 一本书
上课了，你们快进教室来吧
上课了shàngkè leclass has started
你们nǐmenyou
快kuàiquickly
进教室来jìn jiàoshì láicome into the classroom
吧baan urging tone
Here 教室 is a place, so it comes before 来: 进教室来
With the other directional complements
Verbs like 开、买、拿、请、送、要、找、走 also combine with 上、下、进、出、回、过. The verb usually takes an object, and the object most often follows 上 / 下 / 进 / 出 / 回 / 过.
Verb + 上 / 下 / 进 / 出 / 回 / 过 + object
爸爸今天买回了很多水果
爸爸bàbadad
今天jīntiāntoday
买回mǎi huíbuy and bring back
很多水果hěn duō shuǐguǒa lot of fruit
Here 回 marks the direction of returning.
妈妈拿出了二十块钱，让小雪自己去买点儿吃的
妈妈māmamum
拿出ná chūtake out
二十块钱èrshí kuài qiántwenty yuan
让小雪ràng Xiǎoxuětell Xiaoxue to
自己去买zìjǐ qù mǎigo and buy it herself
点儿吃的diǎnr chī desomething to eat
Here 出 marks movement from inside to outside.
Quick rule
When the object is a place:
Verb + place + 来 / 去
进教室来 — come into the classroom
When the object is a thing, it may go either before or after 来 / 去:
拿礼物来 — bring a gift
送来一本书 — bring a book over
With the other directional complements:
Verb + 上 / 下 / 进 / 出 / 回 / 过 + object
买回很多水果 — buy and bring back a lot of fruit
拿出二十块钱 — take out twenty yuan