Learn Hardcore Chinese: wǒ yǒngyuǎn búhuì wàng.

Breakdown of wǒ yǒngyuǎn búhuì wàng.

Why is the word order 我永远不会忘 and not something like 我不会永远忘?

In Chinese, adverbs like 永远 usually come before the verb phrase they modify.

So:

Here, 永远 modifies the whole idea of 不会忘.

If you said 我不会永远忘, it would sound strange and would suggest something more like I won’t forget forever, which is not the intended meaning.

A simple way to remember it:

So this sentence follows a very common pattern:

Why does the sentence use 不会 instead of just 不?