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- Create Translation23 bytes (2 words) - 03:22, 18 March 2013
- ... 个 东西 好 是 好 ，就是 太 贵 了 。Zhège dōngxi hǎo shì hǎo, jiùshì tài guì le.This thing may be good, it's just that it's too expensive. 这个 学生 聪明 是 聪明 ，就是 不 太 努力 ...4 KB (617 words) - 01:10, 3 March 2021
- ... .You can't smoke here. 我们 都 不 可以 去 。Wǒmen dōu bù kěyǐ qù.None of us may go. 你 不 可以 说 脏话。Nǐ bù kěyǐ shuō zānghuà.You can't say swear words. See ...3 KB (492 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... 他 是 美国 人。He is an American. Individual Sentences Sometimes you may need to just use a single sentence as an example (specifically, within ...14 KB (2,278 words) - 03:18, 8 July 2021
- ... be modified by the Standard negation with "bu" negative adverb "不" . They may not be reduplicated (unless it's for a cutesy effect, usually with ...3 KB (412 words) - 09:20, 22 January 2017
- ... use it Until now, you may have been getting by just fine modifying ... the consequential state of an action. It may also be a description of the degree ...12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... http://lwc.daanvanesch.nl/ Weibo Corpus Organizing articles into Indexes Editors may note that last section of the grammar box code at the ...14 KB (2,421 words) - 01:27, 22 July 2015
- ... to drink coffee. 我 想 喝 咖啡 。 I want to drink a cup of coffee, but may or may not act on thatWǒ xiǎng hē kāfēi.I'd like to drink coffee. 你 要 吃 什么 ...4 KB (575 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... time to gather your thoughts. When you experience this feeling, in English, you may say "umm" or "uhhh" or another filler word. In Chinese, the word ...4 KB (568 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... 和 (he) in any situation where I would say "and" in English? While it may be tempting to do so, refrain from Expressing "and" with "he" using 和 ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
- ... (it's not a part of your life experience). In either usage, 从来 (cónglái) may be shortened to just 从 (cóng) in casual speech. "To Never Do" with 从 ...5 KB (793 words) - 04:52, 9 March 2019
- ... is often used to buy something, or to order food at a restaurant. It may be helpful to imagine a demanding child using this pattern to get stuff from ...10 KB (1,565 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... 了 after the verb, but it sounds a little strange to do so. (It may sound stranger for some examples than others, and native speakers will have varying ...12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:45, 18 January 2021
- ... you'll be expected to put the grammar points to use for a specific task. It may be some kind of discussion or role-play or story to tell. Your teacher ...6 KB (920 words) - 15:47, 15 October 2018
- ... 请问 (qǐngwèn) is a set expression meaning not "please ask," but rather, "may I ask." It frequently comes before asking for directions or other polite ...4 KB (567 words) - 09:21, 20 April 2021
- ... the subject of the normal (active voice) sentence, becomes secondary and may or may not be mentioned in the passive sentence. What is a 被 sentence ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 08:58, 18 January 2021
- ... "er" and "liang" 二 (èr) vs. 两 (liǎng) issue which you may or may not have encountered before.) Structure x + 百 + y + 十 + z Examples ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 09:22, 20 April 2021
- ... 跟 (gēn), expressing the idea of "doing something ''together with'' somebody." It may seem kind of redundant, but it's totally normal in Chinese to use ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 09:52, 2 April 2019
- ... / Verb + 以后, .... The time can be a time or date, or an action or event. It may or may not be in the future. Examples 下午 三点 以后， 我 不 在 家。 Xiàwǔ ...4 KB (623 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... Expressing actions in progress using the adverb 在 in front of verbs ). You may have heard that the Chinese particle 着 added onto the end of verbs ...9 KB (1,348 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
- ... 要 (yào) typically includes a time noun time word of some sort, which may be placed before or after the subject. This is fairly logical; if you're ...5 KB (727 words) - 08:58, 21 April 2021
- ... 已经 已经 (yǐjīng) , which Expressing "already" with "yijing" means "already," may nor may not accompany it. 不 with Only 了 Structure 不 ...6 KB (800 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... The subject-predicate construction consists of a subject and a predicate, and may be part of a larger sentence, or may serve as a sentence on its own.202 bytes (35 words) - 12:19, 20 March 2016
- ... from the grammar of those European languages you may have encountered before. Still, Chinese grammar may surprise you with its pleasing simplicity and ...15 KB (2,464 words) - 16:44, 19 April 2020
- ... " words which make up the predicates of most sentences, but may also simply indicate relationships, changes, or mental activity rather than physical ...6 KB (835 words) - 07:15, 15 June 2017
- ... what appears to be non-nouns linked by 和. This article addresses how you may see 和 used in other ways. It's worth mentioning that none of these uses ...9 KB (1,273 words) - 02:48, 18 December 2020
- ... with "ma" the sentence-final 嘛 pattern you may know, the following comment ''may or may not'' be one the speaker feels is obvious. Structure ...3 KB (462 words) - 09:33, 14 January 2021
- ... /about on Google+ . '''All content on this wiki © AllSet Learning, and may not be reproduced without attributions or used for commercial purposes.''' ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 12:21, 20 February 2024
- ... (汉语口语速成中级篇) Websites for Chinese Grammar The following websites may be useful to you: http://comet.cls.yale.edu/mandarin/content/grammar.htm ...10 KB (1,344 words) - 09:03, 29 July 2014
- ... you don't have tenses. Instead, in Chinese, you obsess over 了, which may be an aspectual particle, but it's also a ''word''. Studying Chinese grammar ...746 bytes (118 words) - 07:05, 28 February 2011
- ... or location is not just limited to 在 (zài) and 有 (yǒu). The word order may be a little different from what you are used to, but 着 (zhe) and 是 (shì ...5 KB (748 words) - 07:50, 4 March 2019
- ... in Chinese: 我们 (wǒmen) and 咱们 (zánmen). The former is may exclude the listener, while the latter always includes them. When making reflexive ...1 KB (215 words) - 07:43, 22 November 2018
- ... and is often translated into English as either "make" or "let." It may seem strange to speakers of English that these two very different words are the ...5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
- ... nouns and verbs can take the ending ''-s''. You get the idea. This may be a handy shortcut for identifying parts of speech (or at least eliminating ...7 KB (1,166 words) - 03:42, 29 November 2013
- AKA sentence order 语序 (yǔxù) 词序 (cíxù) You may have heard that word order in Chinese is very similar to that of English, and compared to a ...15 KB (1,942 words) - 03:56, 22 November 2020
- ... '' Qing Wen '' (free content on ChinesePod.com; signup may be required) Websites '' Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary '' Dictionaries ...14 KB (1,912 words) - 07:24, 14 November 2019
- ... don't imply motion towards something can't take location complements. Some verbs may take place in a location but do not imply motion towards that ...3 KB (376 words) - 03:18, 30 March 2017
- ... ; asking questions about the past can be slightly more complicated and may involve the Using the "shi... de" construction "shi... de" construction ...19 KB (3,096 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
- ... 以 吗 ？ Māma, wǒ yào chī qiǎokèlì, kěyǐ ma?Mom, I want to eat chocolate. May I? See also Yes-no questions with "ma" Tag questions with "bu ...3 KB (490 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- ... 姓 (xìng) literally means "to be surnamed" or "to have the surname." It may seem awkward at first that there's a verb just for this, but you'll find ...3 KB (542 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... to as 星期日 (Xīngqīrì). One other implication of this system that you may not have noticed: "day one" is Monday. In Chinese culture, the first day of ...4 KB (668 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
- ... ，我 可以 问 你 一 个 问题 吗？Lǎoshī, wǒ kěyǐ wèn nǐ yī gè wèntí ma?Teacher, may I ask you a question? 大家 都 叫 他 “怪叔叔”。 Dàjiā dōu jiào tā "guài shūshu."Everyone ...4 KB (627 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... concluded (not ongoing), a Time words and word order time word may be inserted into the sentence to indicate that you're talking about an event ...5 KB (692 words) - 08:00, 4 March 2019
- ... like it's been a long time since you were this happy. In English, we may say something like, "I haven't eaten since 9:00 this morning" or "I haven't ...5 KB (737 words) - 08:24, 17 April 2019
- ... Structure Phrase + 的 Examples Note that for certain phrases, it may be ambiguous what the "what" refers to, and sometimes it could even ...5 KB (734 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- Grammar Box When you're getting descriptive, you may find yourself wanting to use multiple adjective s at a time. The character 又 (yòu) can be ...4 KB (555 words) - 01:54, 10 November 2020
- Grammar Box At times you may want to politely diss something using the phrase "a little too." For example, if you are getting lunch with a friend ...4 KB (612 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021
- Grammar Box Sometimes you may do something or experience something that you ''never'' ever want to do again. How do we express that in Chinese? ...4 KB (629 words) - 03:48, 17 December 2020
- Grammar Box 都 (dōu) is one of those words that on the surface may seem simple, but actually has many different subtle uses. In this article, we ...7 KB (1,077 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- Grammar Box Sometimes we may want to say something is "not even the least bit adjective ." For example, we might say in English: "I am not at all ...4 KB (653 words) - 07:13, 29 November 2018
- ... ), "to see," is the result of your brain taking in the visual input. It may sound a little hokey, but it really is possible to "look but not see," and ...5 KB (764 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
