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Where adverbs and time words go: before the verb
From the lesson “I'll finish work at 6:30 in the evening”
Structure
Subject + (Time) + Adverb + Verb / Adjective
在汉语中，副词、时间词语作状语时，一般都要在动词或形容词前。 In Chinese, time words (上午十点半) and adverbs (不, 很, 也, 还) go before the verb or adjective, never at the end of the sentence as in English. A time word can also go before the subject: 下午我想去电影院。
Examples
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我不想去。
Wǒ bù xiǎng qù.
I don't want to go.
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妹妹很高兴。
Mèimei hěn gāoxìng.
My younger sister is very happy.
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她上午十点半上课。
Tā shàngwǔ shí diǎn bàn shàngkè.
She has class at 10:30 in the morning.