Chinese grammar: Complements with 到dao, 给gei and 在zai

One of the cool features of Chinese is complements, and in this article we introduce a few of them in Chinese gramamr.

Structure

One kind of complement in Chinese involves putting 到, 给 or 在 after the verb. These are used to indicate direction, target and location, respectively.
到 (dào) indicates that the action has obtained a goal or a certain state. Any verb that uses the complement 见 can also use 到.
给 (gěi) indicates that you have passed something from one person to another.
在 (zài) indicates a person or thing coming to a certain place. It is usually followed my a location or a place.

subject+verb+到/给/在...

Examples

Wǒ zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ ɡōnɡ zuò dào shí èr diǎn bàn.
我 昨天晚上 工作 到 十二点半。

I worked until 11:30 last night.