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Expressing "in the end" with "jiujing"
... ?Who on earth is this guy? 你究竟是做什么的？Nǐ jiūjìng shì zuò shénme de?What exactly is it that you do? 他们究竟什么时候到？Tāmen jiūjìng shénme shíhou dào ...

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Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
... Structure Subj. + 要 + Verb Examples 你要喝什么酒？Nǐ yào hē shénme jiǔ? What kind of wine do you want to drink? 爸爸要买一个新手机。Bàba yào ...

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Expressing completion with "le"
... an object 了 (le) after an object . Putting 了 After Consecutive Actions So what happens if a whole string of things happened in the past? Do you ...

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Comparing "fan'er" and “xiangfan"
... that have a different aspect. 反而 conveys that the difference between what was expected and what actually happened was quite large. 相反 isn't as strong ...

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Advanced uses of "zong"
... 生了什么，人总要吃饭吧。Bùguǎn fāshēng le shénme, rén zǒng yào chīfàn ba.No matter what happens, people still have to eat, right? 他是你爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā ...

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Distinguishing word
... seem a bit random and arbitrary until you get an overview of what distinguishing words are and what the most common examples of them are. List of ...

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Modifying nouns with adjective + "de"
... ? B: 甜的。 Tián de.Sweet food. A: 你喜欢哪种女孩？Nǐ xǐhuan nǎ zhǒng nǚhái?What kind of girls do you like? B: 漂亮的。 Piàoliang de.Pretty ones. A: 你要喝冷水 ...

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Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
... 么还要我听他的？Tā jiǎng de běnlái jiù bùduì, wèishénme hái yào wǒ tīng tā de?What he said was wrong all along, so why do you still want me to listen to ...

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Foreword
... the reference tools of the 21st century will look like. No matter what well-meaning pedagogical Pollyannas might tell you, Chinese is still “damn hard ...

4 KB (701 words) - 09:03, 22 November 2018
A2 Grammar Course
... lesson will be posted there, and you will see what you need to read in advance as well as what material your teacher will cover with you during the ...

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Pronoun
... pronouns (this, that), and Placement of question words interrogative pronouns (who, what). Pronouns can go anywhere that a noun goes, but you have ...

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Complement
... the complement, exactly?'' For example, is it another verb, or an adjective or what? The answer is that it varies. It can be a verb, an adjective, a ...

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Causative verbs
... grandpa. 他不听话，你叫我怎么办？Tā bù tīnghuà, nǐ jiào wǒ zěnmebàn?He won't listen. What would you have me do? 他偷偷约别的女孩，你叫我怎么想？Tā tōutōu yuē ...

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Degree complement
... a verbs verb happened or assess its quality 2. To express '''to what extent''' (or degree) an adjectives adjective is true For the first case ...

12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Direction complement
... 把 sentences , as they can be used to describe the disposal of an object (what happened to it in the end). Because of this, it's very common to see ...

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Style guide
... which can be edited on the wiki. ('''Do not edit this if you don't know what you're doing ''') Practice Makes Perfect 熟能生巧 If any of the above ...

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Basic sentence order
... you and dad. 他们Tāmen 要做yào zuò 什么？shénme? What do they want to do? 你Nǐ 想去xiǎng qù 什么 ... 地方？shénme dìfang? What place do you want to go to? ...

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Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
... well and you might need to expand your understanding of exactly what 到 (dào) means. That's what we'll examine below. 到 (dào) for Coming or Going to ...

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In the future in general with "yihou"
... the future. 你儿子以后想做什么？Nǐ érzi yǐhòu xiǎng zuò shénme? In the future, what does your son want to do? 以后你们想去哪儿工作？ Yǐhòu nǐmen xiǎng qù nǎr ...

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Continuation with "hai"
... (hái) in a question sentence, it can be used to emphasize the idea of what ''should'' be happening in a more idiomatic way. Subj. + 还 + 不 / 没 + Verb ...

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Expressing "and" with "he"
... mean by using 和 (hé) with nouns only, here are two English examples of what you should and shouldn't try to express with 和 (hé): I went to the store ...

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