One of the reasons that learning Chinese might be easier than you think, is that for simple sentences, it shares a basic structure with English. Chinese too, follows the subject verb object format! I love you = 我 爱 你 (wǒ ài nǐ) He drinks water = 他 喝 水 (tā hē shuǐ) What about for more complicated sentences you may ask? Learn more with our free video lesson here: http://www.yoyochinese.com/learn-Chinese/chinese-grammar/Lesson-1-Chinese-word-order-Part-1 | Yoyo Chinese