Expressing "with" with "gen"

跟 marks who you do something with, and the phrase goes before the verb.

Subj. + 跟 + Person + Verb

How it works

你要跟我一起去吗? — do you want to come with me? The 跟 phrase precedes the verb, as prepositional phrases always do.

和 works the same way in this use, and 与 is the written form.

跟 also introduces the person you talk to: 我跟他说了.

nǐ yào gēn wǒ yì qǐ qù ma?
你要跟我一起去吗？
Do you want to come with me?
wǒ gēn tā shuō le zhè jiàn shì
我跟他说了这件事。
I told him about it.
tā gēn péng yǒu qù kàn diàn yǐng le
她跟朋友去看电影了。
She went to the cinema with a friend.