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A2 grammar points
... Grammar Points What's the difference between this grammar point and that grammar point? Check here. Print Comparisons A2 See Also The ...

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B1 grammar points
... Grammar Points What's the difference between this grammar point and that grammar point? Check here. Print Comparisons B1 See also The ...

1 KB (178 words) - 02:35, 18 November 2021
B2 grammar points
... category. Print POS B2 Grammatical Structures These are grammatical structures that do not correspond neatly to just one particular part of ...

1 KB (187 words) - 02:36, 18 November 2021
Basic sentence order
... (If Chinese word order were really the same as English word order, that would be just a little too convenient, wouldn't it?) See also Word ...

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Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... hé tā dìdi dōu hěn shuài.He and his younger brother are both handsome. Remember that '''是 (shì) is not used to link adjectives to nouns'''. This is a ...

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Tag questions with "ma"
... 可以吗？Wǒ xiànzài xiǎng qù xǐshǒujiān, kěyǐ ma?I want to go to the bathroom now. Is that OK? 妈妈，我要吃巧克力，可以吗？ Māma, wǒ yào chī qiǎokèlì, kěyǐ ma ...

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Zeros in numbers
... number 10101 is read out 一万零一白零一. Another difference is that English inserts an ''and'' in the number 110 - "one hundred and ten." Because there is ...

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Structure of times (basic)
... 期三上午九点Xīngqīsān shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎnWednesday at 9 o'clock a.m. Note that '''two o'clock is 两点''' (liǎng diǎn), not 二点 (èr diǎn). (For more information ...

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Negation of "you" with "mei"
... trying to negate 有 (yǒu) with 不 (bù) is a classic mistake that many people make in the early stages of studying Chinese: 我不有车。Never use 不 with 有 ...

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Wanting to do something with "yao"
... polite). 想 (xiǎng) on the other hand, often conveys an idea on one's mind, that one ''may or may not take action on''. You can think of it as meaning ...

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How to do something with "zenme"
... of the verb that's being asked about: Subj. + 怎么 + Verb + Obj. Note that the subject can often be omitted from general "how to" questions, and there ...

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Expressing existence with "you"
... " in English. Structure Literally, this structure expresses that a place "has" a thing, which is to say, that thing is in the place. Place + 有 ...

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Structure of days of the week
... 星期五Xīngqīwǔ Saturday 星期六Xīngqīliù Sunday 星期天Xīngqītiān Notice that Sunday is the only exception. Rather than a number, 天 (tiān) is used. More formally ...

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The "all" adverb "dou"
... exactly the same form in Chinese as the ones above. The only difference is that here we don't translate 都 (dōu) as "all" in English; we translate it ...

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Expressing "will" with "hui"
... a learned skill , 会 (huì) can also be used to indicate that something ''will'' happen or that someone ''will'' do something. Subj. + 会 + Verb + Obj ...

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Expressing "would like to" with "xiang"
... return home. 那个地方很近，我不想开车。Nàge dìfang hěn jìn, wǒ bù xiǎng kāichē.That place is so close. I would not like to drive. 他不想花父母的钱。 Tā bù ...

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Indicating location with "zai" before verbs
... location, comes before the verb. Subj. + 在 + Place + Verb + Obj. Notice that the location is placed ''before'' the verb in Chinese, whereas in English ...

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Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
... first use 到 (dào) to indicate where you're going, then add another verb after that. This has the meaning of "going to the place to do something," and ...

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Expressing "before" in general with "yiqian"
... word 以前 (yǐqián). You can use this structure to talk about actions that happened at some unspecified time in the past. Structure One way to use ...

3 KB (519 words) - 04:14, 19 October 2017
Before a specific time with "yiqian"
... 以前 (yǐqián) to talk about things that happened ''before'' a specific time. ... Obama didn't have white hair. Note that this use of 以前 (yǐqián) ...

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Questions with "le ma"
... of a sentence or statement. Just make sure that 了 (le) comes first, followed by 吗 ... my email? Finally, please note that this pattern is nothing more ...

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