Reference:Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar

Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross

Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you:

• Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge
• Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field
• In-depth review of practices and applications

Grammar Points by Chapter

1. Numbers
   • Counting
   • Estimates and Approximations
   • Ordinalization
   • Reading Numbers
   • Fractions and Percentages
2. Nouns, Noun Phrases, and Noun Modification
   • Nouns
   • Noun Phrases
   • Noun Modification
3. Verbs and Verb Phrases
   • Properties of Mandarin Verbs
   • Stative Verbs
   • Activity Verbs
   • Achievement Verbs
   • Membership in More than One Verb Category
4. Adverbs
   • Characteristics of Adverbs
   • Common Adverbs Categorized by Meaning
5. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
   • Commonly Used Prepositions
   • Properties of Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
   • The Meaning of Mandarin Prepositions
   • Prepositions and Verbs
6. The Suffixes 了 le, 着 zhe. and 过 guo
   • 了 le
     • S-了 le
     • V-了 le
   • V-着 zhe
   • V-过 guo
7. The Resultative Structure and Potential Suffixes
   • The Resultative Structure
   • Potential Suffixes: -得了 deliao able to and -不了 buliao unable to
8. Questions and Question Words
   • Questions
   • Question Words as Indefinites
9. Location, Directional Movement, and Distance
   • Location
   • Directional Movement
   • Distance
10. The 把 ba Construction
11. Comparisons
    • More Than
    • Less Than
    • Equal To
    • Not Equal To
    • Including the Activity in the Comparison
12. Phrase and Clause Connection
    • Important Features of Phrase and Clause Connections
    • Addition
    • Disjunction
    • Sequence and Simultaneity
    • Contrast
    • Conditionality
    • Cause-and-Effect
13. Focusing Constructions
    • Topicalization
    • 是 shi...的 de
    • 除了 chule...以外 yiwai
    • 连 lian
    • Passives
14. Speaker Perspective
    • Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
    • Sentence Final Particles

Grammar Point References to This Book

• pp. 101 Suggestions with "ba", 66 ()
• pp. 108 The "all" adverb "dou", 53-4 ()
• pp. 14, 110, 162 Direction complement, 118 ()
• pp. 141-4 Comparing "bu" and "mei", 137-9 ()
• pp. 149-50 Topic-comment sentences, 260 ()
• pp. 14 Using the verb "jiao", 24-5 ()
• pp. 170 Verbs preceded by "gei", 154 ()
• pp. 24, 67 Questions with "ne", 49 ()
• pp. 32, 100 Structure of numbers, 70-1 ()
• pp. 42 Basic sentence order, 10 ()
• pp. 477-484 Actions in a row, 207-8 ()
• pp. 50, 114 Structure of dates, 73-4 ()
• pp. 50 Using the verb "qu", 106 ()
• pp. 58 Measure word "ge", 21-2 ()
• pp. 59 Counting money, 88-9 ()
• pp. 60 Tag questions with "ma", 144-45 ()
• pp. 83 Using the verb "xing", 22-3 ()
• pp. 83 Separable verb, 208 ()
• pp. 98 The "also" adverb "ye", 31-2 ()