Word
学校 对 作业 的 标准 是， 每天 至少 写 三 个 句子。xuéxiào duì zuòyè de biāozhǔn shì, měitiān zhìshǎo xiě sān gè jùzi.
Meaning
The school’s standard for homework is to write at least three sentences every day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of xuéxiào duì zuòyè de biāozhǔn shì, měitiān zhìshǎo xiě sān gè jùzi.
是shì
to be
个gè
noun classifier
Used when counting nouns or when specifying a specific instance of a noun.
There are also classifiers for people, for bound items such as books and magazines, for cups/glasses, etc.
The classifier 个 is a general one that can be used for any of these.
的de
possessive particle
Questions & Answers about xuéxiào duì zuòyè de biāozhǔn shì, měitiān zhìshǎo xiě sān gè jùzi.
What is the overall structure of this sentence? It feels long and I’m not sure what is the subject and what is the predicate.
The structure is:
- 学校对作业的标准 – topic/subject phrase: the school’s standard for homework
- 是 – linking verb “is”
- ，每天至少写三个句子 – the standard itself: to write at least three sentences every day
So you can map it directly to English:
学校对作业的标准 是 每天至少写三个句子。
The school’s standard for homework is to write at least three sentences every day.
The part 每天至少写三个句子 is a verb phrase used as a complement after 是. There is no explicit subject (“students”), but it is understood from context—this is very common in Chinese.
What exactly does 对 do here in 学校对作业的标准? Can I just omit it?