Communicative function
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- Introducing people
- Asking questions
- Asking for permission
- Comparing
- Contrasting
- Referring to the present
- Referring to the past
- Referring to the future
- Referring to simultaneous events
- Expressing result
- Expressing ability
- Expressing desires
- Expressing movement
- Expressing possibility
- Expressing duration
- Expressing existence
- Expressing location
- Expressing attitude
- Expressing possession
- Indicating cause and effect
- Requesting
- Sequencing events in time
- Describing spatial relationships
- Describing actions
- Expressing distance
- Giving directions
- Expressing time and date
- Expressing frequency
- Adding more explanation
- Indicating conditions
- Expressing worry or fear
- Expressing obligations
- Decreasing formality
- Denying and refusing
- Expressing opinions
- Giving commands
- Expressing quality
- Expressing quantity
- Differentiating
- Connecting ideas
- Expressing order
- Expressing impossibility
- Listing
- Giving alternatives
- Emphasizing
- Expressing passive voice
- Expressing determination
- Addressing People
- Describing People
- Describing Things
- Referring to Changes of Situation
- Referring to Past Experiences
To-do
- Describing Places
- Expressing Comprehension
- Replying to Questions
- Referring to Habitual Actions
- Regretting
- Apologizing
- Exclaiming
- Complimenting People
- Wishing for Oneself
- Wishing for Others
- Expressing Needs
- Inviting
- Confirming
- Giving Permission
- Increasing formality
Grammar points without clear specific communication function
A1
A2
- Verbs with gei
- Expressing "with" with "gen"
- Expressing "together" with "yiqi"
- Verbs that take double objects
B1
- Using objects with complements
- Descriptive complements
- Using objects with complements
- Complements with "dao", "gei" and "zai"
- Change of state with "le"
- Using "dui"
- Using "xiang"
- Using "gen"
- "For" with "wei"
- "One of" with "…zhi yi"
- Measure Words for Verbs
- Shi... de construction
- Conceding a Point with "shi"
- Expressing "Not Only… But Also"
- Topic-Comment Sentences
B2
- Doing Something Over and Over with "zaisan"
- Challenging an Adjective with "shenme"
- Expressing Fractions with "fenzhi"
- "Within (it/them)" as "qizhong"
- "Among" as "dangzhong"
- Limiting Scope with "jiu"
- "With Regards to" as "zhiyu"
- "For…" with "eryan"
- Facilitating an Outcome with "yibian"
- Combining Verbs with "bing"
- Challenging a Verb with ''shenme'"
- Many Types of "Not Only… But Also…"
- Expressing Purpose with "hao"
- "All Along" with "yuanlai"
- Expressing "After All" with "bijing"
- Expressing "In the End" with "daodi"
- Expressing "In the End" with "jiujing"
