The Prince and the Pauper:《王子和穷孩子》

《王子和穷孩子》

Chapter 1

• Time words and word order
• Indicating location with "zai" before verbs
• Change of state with "le"
• Expressing "all along" with "yizhi"
• Special cases of "zai" following verbs
• Expressing "both A and B" with "you"
• Modifying nouns with adjective + "de"
• Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
• "Ye" and "dou" together
• Aspect particle "zhe"
• Superlative "zui"
• Descriptive complement
• Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
• "When" with "de shihou"
• A softer "but"
• Expressing "and also" with "hai"
• Cause and effect with "yinwei" and "suoyi"
• Expressing "even more" with "geng"
• Using "gen" to mean "with"
• Expressing location with "zai... shang / xia / li"
• Expressing "only" with "zhi"
• After a specific time with "yihou"
• Expressing "always" with "zongshi"
• Basic comparisons with "bi"
• Two words for "but"
• Causative verbs
• Using "dui" with verbs
• Expressing "will" with "hui"
• Before a specific time with "yiqian"
• "Before" in general with "yiqian"
• Expressing completion with "le"
• Special verbs with "hen"
• Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
• "If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"
• Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
• Expressing experiences with "guo"
• Expressing "not at all" with "yidianr ye bu"
• Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
• Expressing "already" with "yijing"
• Expressing "together" with "yiqi"
• "zhao" as complement

Chapter 2

• Expressing "would like to" with "xiang"
• Reduplication of verbs
• Basic comparisons with "yiyang"
• Expressing "some" with "yixie"
• Expressing actions in progress
• Approximations with "chabuduo"
• Result complements "dao" and "jian"
• Verbs that take double objects
• Tricky uses of "dao"
• Reduplication of adjectives
• Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
• Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
• Expressing "as one likes" with "jiu"
• Expressing "the more... the more..." with "yue… yue…"
• Expressing "difficult" with "nan"
• Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
• Result complement "-wan" for finishing
• Expressing "never" with "conglai"
• Continuation with "hai"
• Expressing "not anymore" with "le"
• Expressing "not very" with "bu tai"
• Verbing briefly with "yixia"
• Suggestions with "ba"
• Negative adjectives with "-si le"
• Directional verbs "lai" and "qu"
• Inability with "mei banfa"
• "Shi... de" construction
• Expressing earliness with "jiu"
• "It seems" with "haoxiang"
• Mistakenly think that
• Using "youde" to mean "some"
• Expressing "everyone" with "shei"
• Expressing "should" with "yinggai"
• In the future in general with "yihou"
• Expressing lateness with "cai"

Chapter 3

• Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu"
• Again in the future with "zai"
• Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"
• Referring to "all" using "suoyou"
• "Just now" with "gangcai"
• Resultative complement "huai"
• Appearance with "kanqilai"
• Expressing duration of inaction
• Result complement "-qilai"
• Expressing "more and more" with "yuelaiyue"
• Expressing "all at once" with "yixiazi"
• Using "hao" to mean "easy"
• Using "lai" to connect two verb phrases
• Resultative complement "kai"
• Again in the past with "you"

Chapter 4

• Expressing "stop doing" with "bie… le"
• Result complement "-cuo"
• Turning adjectives into adverbs
• Result complement "-hao"
• Using "dao" to mean "to go to"

Chapter 5

• Expressing "about to" with "jiuyao"
• Intensifying with "duo"
• Topic-comment sentences
• Indicating a number in excess
• Expressing "just" with "gang"
• "In addition" with "zaishuo"

Chapter 6

• Resultative complement "zhu"
• Comparing specifically with "xiang"
• Coincidence with "zhenghao"

Chapter 7

• Negative commands with "bie"
• Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
• "For" with "gei"
• "Already" with "dou… le"

Chapter 8

• Expressing "in this way" with "zheyang"
• Result complement "xiaqu"
• Expressing "for" with "wei"

Chapter 9

• Emphasizing with "cai"