<p><strong>Sentence 1:</strong> <code>我发给你一个邮件</code></p>

<p><code>发给</code> is its own meaning of "issued/transmitted/sent", whereas 给 just means give. So the first sentence:</p>

<p><code>我发给你一个邮件</code> = I transmitted/sent an e-mail to you.</p>

<p><strong>Sentence 2:</strong> <code>我给你发一个邮件</code></p>

<p><code>给</code> is more of a connection/preposition, like <code>to</code>.
So, It's more like <code>I to you send an e-mail</code>. </p>

<p>Like you said, both are equally correct and used with equal frequency.</p>

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2022-07-07T17:04:51.290Z
Am I wrong that "我给你发一个邮件“ could also be interpreted as "I send an email for you", as in "you were to lazy to do it so I did it instead."?
Buddy L
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user3871
<p>I think you can take it this way, correct me if I am wrong</p>

<ul>
<li>我 is the subject, 发 is the verb, 一个邮件 is the object.</li>
<li>给你 is like to you, need to be together</li>
<li>It is like I sent a letter to you == I sent you a letter.</li>
</ul>

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2014-09-16T20:09:13.753Z
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bathpp
<p>I‘ve notice that sometimes 给 changes its position in the sentece. Look at these examples:
• 我发给你一个邮件
• 我给你发一个邮件</p>

<p>Both are correct but what different meaning/shadow do they express?</p>

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2014-09-16T12:24:25.960Z
我发一个邮件给你 is also correct
Daeus Tang
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2014-09-16T12:43:07.323Z
Really??? Are you sure? I've always thought that 给 had a specific position in the sentence, meaning before the main verb! Is it like that or not?? Why sometimes we can change its position?
Chiara
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2014-09-17T01:54:10.653Z
it sound like 
"I send you an email" vs "I send an email to you", they mean the same right ?
ah_hau
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The position of 给
# The position of 给

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-15)

I‘ve notice that sometimes 给 changes its position in the sentece. Look at these examples:
• 我发给你一个邮件
• 我给你发一个邮件

Both are correct but what different meaning/shadow do they express?

**Tags:** grammar, word
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 我发一个邮件给你 is also correct  
> **username_0**: Really??? Are you sure? I've always thought that 给 had a specific position in the sentence, meaning before the main verb! Is it like that or not?? Why sometimes we can change its position?  
> **username_2**: it sound like  "I send you an email" vs "I send an email to you", they mean the same right ?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-09-15. Score: 3

**Sentence 1:** `我发给你一个邮件`

`发给` is its own meaning of "issued/transmitted/sent", whereas 给 just means give. So the first sentence:

`我发给你一个邮件` = I transmitted/sent an e-mail to you.

**Sentence 2:** `我给你发一个邮件`

`给` is more of a connection/preposition, like `to`.
So, It's more like `I to you send an e-mail`.

Like you said, both are equally correct and used with equal frequency.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Am I wrong that "我给你发一个邮件“ could also be interpreted as "I send an email for you", as in "you were to lazy to do it so I did it instead."?  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-09-16. Score: 0

I think you can take it this way, correct me if I am wrong

* 我 is the subject, 发 is the verb, 一个邮件 is the object.
* 给你 is like to you, need to be together
* It is like I sent a letter to you == I sent you a letter.


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