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- ... 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
- ... 把 sentences in this article for the sake of simplicity, you may have noticed that sentences which feature result complements often also use 把 ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
- ... Sound familiar? Chinese complement s are not an exact science. You may notice that the above uses of descriptive complements overlap a bit with ...4 KB (584 words) - 09:21, 15 August 2017
- ... want to express the meanings of "except," "besides," or "in addition." You may feel that "except" has a pretty different meaning from the other two ...5 KB (704 words) - 08:23, 4 March 2019
- ... (dōu) to make words and phrases like "everywhere" or "everyone." You may have learned this same pattern for Expressing "everything" with "shenme dou ...6 KB (862 words) - 04:53, 9 March 2019
- The Chinese Grammar Wiki may have been pioneered by AllSet Learning, but it would not be possible without the hard work of many selfless individuals, ...5 KB (672 words) - 09:37, 20 June 2019
- ... to find a job first, and then move. Colloquial Usage with 再说 You may have learned that "In addition" with "zaishuo" 再说 can mean "in addition ...5 KB (834 words) - 04:48, 9 March 2019
- ... all" of a noun, with the quantity of said noun usually being fairly large. You may notice that the 的 after 所有 is occasionally omitted. 所有 (+ 的) + Noun ...5 KB (702 words) - 07:57, 22 April 2019
- ... the part that is totally opposite of one's expectations. The word "actually" may be helpful in some translations. ⋯⋯ ，Subj. + 反而 + Unexpected Outcome ...6 KB (900 words) - 06:46, 11 December 2020
- ... Structure 可 + Verb Phrase 了 is not needed in this pattern, but may be present. Examples In these examples 可 is used with 别, and sounds ...4 KB (612 words) - 09:45, 14 January 2021
- ... 得不得了 (de bùdéliǎo) can be used to suggest a situation is serious or may result in terrible consequences. It can also be used in a positive sense, such ...4 KB (644 words) - 07:35, 17 December 2020
- ... , yǐhòu nǐ kěnéng chéngwéi qízhōng de yī gè.Don't laugh at the square dancing aunties. Someday you may become one of them. 人类 21 世纪 面临 许多 问题，其中 最 严重 ...4 KB (645 words) - 07:21, 29 December 2020
- ... led by the General Manager Wang.It's definitely going to be boring. It may seem like it due to the way most of these sentences are translated into ...3 KB (519 words) - 05:46, 6 December 2020
- ... , or "to suffer" when dealing with negative aspects. This explanation may be more accessible to native English speakers. However whichever grammatical ...5 KB (783 words) - 06:16, 29 December 2020
- ... s by now, but there are a few that are less common and thus may have escaped direct scrutiny until now. This grammar point focuses on 住, 开, and ...7 KB (1,104 words) - 03:29, 29 December 2020
- ... , the firefighters still bravely charged right in. A Note on Pronunciation You may hear the word 尽管 pronounced as both "jǐnguǎn" and "jìnguǎn ...4 KB (544 words) - 03:10, 17 December 2020
- ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency sufficient condition ," meaning that it may not be the ''only way'' to bring about the these specific ...4 KB (608 words) - 03:48, 8 February 2022
- ... tāmen, dàn nǐ háishì huì ài tāmen.Family is family, after all. You may not like them, but you still love them. See Also Expressing "After All ...5 KB (760 words) - 03:22, 18 August 2021
- ... year to celebrate the Chinese New Year? Context, Context, Context You may have noticed that the meanings can easily overlap. To figure out what ...7 KB (1,096 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
- ... doesn't have the ''ability'' to understand. Subj. + Verb + 不懂 The 不懂 (bù dǒng) may also be swapped out with 不明白 (bù míngbai). Examples 我 看 不 懂 ...5 KB (693 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2021
- Grammar Box You may have learned that Expressing actions in progress 在 (zài) and Expressing actions in progress 正在 (zhèngzài) can be used ...5 KB (724 words) - 06:41, 23 May 2019
