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Expressing a last chance with "zaibu... jiu..."
... the pattern 再不…… 就…… (zàibù... jiù...) Structure (Subj. +) 再不 …… 就 ……（了） What comes right after 再不 is the action that needs to be taken ''now'' ...

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Asking where someone is from
... should be a simple question. This page will break it all down for you. First, some examples: What you are 你是哪里人？你是哪里的？ Where you from 你从哪里来 ...

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Main Page
... Textbooks '''try finding your own textbook in our list''' , and then seeing what it links to. Reference:Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd ...

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Conjunction
AKA 连词 (liáncí) Conjunctions in Chinese do exactly what they do in English: connect things. They help make the transition between ideas smoother ...

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Alternative existential sentences
... just limited to 在 (zài) and 有 (yǒu). The word order may be a little different from what you are used to, but 着 (zhe) and 是 (shì) are also ways to make ...

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Aspect
... does not use the concept of formal tenses. Instead, it employs what is called " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect grammatical aspect ...

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Interrogative pronouns
... wikitable" +Question words - English Chinese Pinyin - who 谁 shéi - what 什么 shénme - where 哪里 nǎlǐ - when 什么 ...

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Ordinal numbers with "di"
... cell phone was a Nokia. 你的第一个工作是什么？Nǐ de dì-yī gè gōngzuò shì shénme? What was your first job? 到美国的第二个月，我找到了工作。Dào Měiguó de dì-èr ...

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Rhetorical questions
... ? 他说的都是对的。难道你不同意吗？Tā shuō de dōu shì duì de. Nándào nǐ bù tóngyì?What he said is right. Do you disagree? 我把钱放在桌子上了。难道你没看见吗？Wǒ bǎ ...

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Grammar points by level
In order to properly measure and track client progress, no matter what study resources the client is using, AllSet Learning has developed lists of ...

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Result complement
... . 写 is similar to the English verb 'to write', in that it doesn't specify what the result of writing was (e.g. whether it was correct or not). 记 ...

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Connecting nouns with "shi"
... 的钱。Zhè dōu shì nǐ de qián.This is all your money. 那是什么菜？Nà shì shénme cài?What food is that? 我也是他的朋友。Wǒ yě shì tā de péngyou.I am also his ...

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Simple "noun + adjective" sentences
... below: 他是高。Tā shì gāo. 他很高。 Tā hěn gāo.He is tall. What 很 (hěn) Really Means If you're like most learners, when you first learn this pattern ...

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Tag questions with "bu"
... sentence to form a tag question. Tag questions seek confirmation or acceptance of what has been said. In English, "right?" and "OK?" are often used as ...

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Structure of numbers
... a unit (like "ten" or "hundred") after it. In the following examples, we'll show what happens when the "tens" place is a zero in a three-digit number ...

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Standard negation with "bu"
... generally used to negate a verb in the present or future, or to talk about what you do not do, as a habit. So expressing things like "I don't want ...

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How to do something with "zenme"
... the verb. Sometimes it moves to the front of the question, establishing what the question is going to be about, before getting specific with the "how ...

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Structure of days of the week
... máng.I am busy on Tuesday morning. 你星期天要做什么？Nǐ Xīngqītiān yào zuò shénme?What are you doing on Sunday? 上个星期五我跟他见面了。Shàng gè Xīngqīwǔ wǒ ...

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Verbs preceded by "gei"
... Chinese to indicate the ''target'' of a verb. The target is who or what the verb is aimed or directed at. Structure Subj. + 给 + Target + Verb ...

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Verbs that take double objects
... is: Subj. + Verb + Indirect Obj. + Direct Obj. If you don't know what direct and indirect objects are, don't worry; the terms can be thought of as ...

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Conceding with "ba"
... on the end of a sentence or statement. Statement + 吧 Examples To understand what someone is conceding to, it's best to present this usage as a ...

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