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Preposition
... Prepositions cannot stand in a sentence all by themselves. Instead, they need to go with words with more "content" such as nouns or verbs ...

2 KB (329 words) - 07:49, 22 November 2018
Conjunction
... the elements to connect them in some way. Unlike English, Chinese conjunctions need to have something next to them, so they cannot just be at the ...

3 KB (402 words) - 03:23, 30 May 2016
Reading Tools
... as a modern learner of Chinese, there are several tools you will need. Modern Extensible Browser Use http://getfirefox.com/ Mozilla Firefox or ...

3 KB (427 words) - 02:41, 16 July 2021
Personal pronoun
... 我 (wǒ), 你 (nǐ), 他 (tā), and 她 (tā). To make them plural, all you need to do is add the suffix -们 (-men) to them. There is also a polite second ...

1 KB (215 words) - 07:43, 22 November 2018
Interrogative pronouns
... Additionally, 几 requires a measure word, but 多少 doesn't need one. Interrogative pronouns can act as indefinite references meaning "anything," "anyone ...

2 KB (287 words) - 04:03, 25 April 2017
Causative verbs
... than in some cases the natural English translation doesn't even need a causative verb. See also Passive voice Sources and further ...

5 KB (721 words) - 03:19, 11 March 2019
Result complement
... like 'to try and kill', whatever the result is. All of these verbs need a result complement to describe a complete action with its result. Forming ...

11 KB (1,346 words) - 09:48, 27 February 2019
Word structure
... AB, ABAB, AABB, ABB Some disyllabic words cannot be reduplicated (need listing) Many kinship terms are reduplicated (and can't appear as single ...

2 KB (222 words) - 08:37, 26 November 2013
Using "ba" sentences
... you've read so far and the examples make sense to you, you still need to put your knowledge to the test. https://quizzes.allsetlearning.com/q/grammar ...

15 KB (2,034 words) - 02:55, 31 December 2021
Measure word
... given Most measure words are single characters, but not all (need list of two-character measure words) Subcategories Noun measure words ...

5 KB (643 words) - 04:51, 9 March 2019
Placement of question words
... place a question word in the place of the thing you want to ask about. ''Nothing needs to be rearranged.'' So if the statement is 我是小李。 Wǒ shì ...

19 KB (3,096 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Negation of past actions with "meiyou"
... Mom didn't cook food this evening. Go Easy on the 了 (le) One thing you need to remember when using 没有 (méiyǒu) is that '''了 (le) is not normally ...

4 KB (567 words) - 09:20, 20 April 2021
Verbing briefly with "yixia"
... Shì yīxià ba.Try it. 我要想一下。You're supposed to believe that I won't need to think about it long.Wǒ yào xiǎng yīxià.I want to think a little. 开一 ...

4 KB (573 words) - 08:55, 21 April 2021
Expressing "with" with "gen"
... ) as "to meet ''with'' (somebody)," the "with" cluing you into the fact that you need a 跟 (gēn) in there. The verbs 结婚 (jiéhūn), "to marry," and 聊 ...

8 KB (1,216 words) - 09:52, 2 April 2019
Using "ye" and "dou" together
... dōu yào jiābān ma?The boss will be working late. Will you all need to work late too? Negative Form Structure If you're using 不 (bù) or ...

4 KB (606 words) - 09:18, 26 November 2018
Expressing actions in progress with "zai"
... yóuxì.When you called me, I was playing video games with friends. There is no need to worry too much about when to use 在 (zài) or 正在 (zhèngzài), since ...

4 KB (591 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Using "hao" to mean "easy"
... easy to do" or "good to do." And it is quite... ''easy to do'' All you need to do is place a 好 (hǎo) before a verb . General Verbs Just as 难 ...

4 KB (719 words) - 08:53, 21 April 2021
Two words for "but"
... ) is just a bit more informal and a tad weaker in tone. You really don't need to worry about which one is the right one to use though, since they can ...

4 KB (621 words) - 04:48, 9 March 2019
Approximating with sequential numbers
... 一两个月。 Yào zuò wán zhège gōngzuò xūyào yī liǎng gè yuè.To complete this work, you need one to two months. 他们家的孩子五六岁了吧。 Tāmen jiā de háizi ...

4 KB (544 words) - 08:13, 4 March 2019
Measure words in quantity questions
... are phrases for asking questions like "how much?" or "how many?" You'll need to use the Placement of question words question word 几 (jǐ) with ...

4 KB (529 words) - 09:23, 20 April 2021
Expressing "every" with "mei"
... a lot of homework. 我们每周都要开会。Wǒmen měi zhōu dōu yào kāihuì.Every week we need to have a meeting. 他们每个周末都去公园。Tāmen měi gè zhōumò dōu qù ...

4 KB (574 words) - 08:54, 21 April 2021