The particle 过 (guò) is used to talk about past experiences or past actions in Chinese grammar.

As you can see above, these two particles are fairly similar. But what are the important differences? Let’s have a look at a few here.

The particle 呢 has more uses than 吗, but we’ll look at the most important one here: forming queries, or asking bounce-back questions.

As mentioned above, 吗 is a question particle that is used to turn statements into yes-no questions.

The particles 呢 (ne) and 吗 (ma) are extremely common in Chinese. This article explains the two particles for beginners.

This is very true in Chinese vocabulary, as you can usually see very clearly the logic behind most words.

Another big difference between European languages and Chinese is aspect and tense. European languages usually indicate both of these things in a sentence, whereas Chinese tends to only indicates

This is a rule that English-speakers often find hard to get used to. Chinese is topic prominent.

In Chinese, you don’t conjugate verbs and you don’t make adjectives agree. According to Chinese grammar rules, a word is a word.

This rule sounds a little bit complicated when you first see it, but it’s actually quite straightforward.

Finally, use 吗 (ma) to ask yes / no questions in Chinese. These questions are also known as polar questions or binary questions.

The most common way to express “and” in Chinese is probably 和 (hé). Remember, though, that 和 can only be used to link nouns. You can’t link verbs together with 和.

The most common character in Chinese is 的 (de). That’s because 的 is used all the time to mark possession.

Every other verb apart from 有 is negated with 不 (bù). 不 is pretty much equivalent to “not” or “don’t” in English. It goes before a verb and negates it.

To talk about “not having” something, you negate the word 有 (yǒu) with 没 (méi). Remember this important point: if you negate 有, always use 没. The two words go together.

You can talk about directly wanting something with the word 要 (yào). This word is also used to talk about the future, as in “I’m going to do” something.

The closest equivalent of the English word “to be” in Chinese is 是 (shì). This is used to link nouns to other nouns.

You can talk about having things with the word 有 (yǒu) - “to have”. Remember that you don’t need to conjugate (change) verbs in Chinese, so 有 is always 有 no matter whom you’re talking abo

Measure words are used whenever you talk about quantities in Chinese. You can’t attach numbers directly to nouns - you have to put a measure word in between.

To talk about things being in places, use the word 在 (zài). This is actually a verb, so you don’t need to use any other words to talk about something being somewhere.