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===Verbs=== In some languages, including a number of [[varieties of Chinese|Chinese varieties]], many of the words that serve as prepositions can also be used as [[verb]]s. For instance, in [[Standard Chinese]], 到 ''dào'' can be used in either a prepositional or a verbal sense: * 我到北京去 ''wǒ dào Běijīng qù'' ("I go to Beijing"; ''qù'', meaning "to go", is the main verb, ''dào'' is prepositional meaning "to") * 我到了 ''wǒ dào le'' ("I have arrived"; ''dào'' is the main verb, meaning "to arrive") Because of this overlap, and the fact that a sequence of prepositional phrases and verb phrases often resembles a [[serial verb construction]], Chinese prepositions (and those of other languages with similar grammatical structures) are often referred to as [[coverb]]s. As noted in previous sections, Chinese can also be said to have postpositions, although these can be analyzed as nominal ([[noun]]) elements. For more information, see the article on [[Chinese grammar]], particularly the sections on [[Chinese grammar#Coverbs|coverbs]] and [[Chinese grammar#Locative phrases|locative phrases]].
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