Results found with the tag 'grammar' , 326 articles in total.
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Chinese grammar: Must modal 得dei
Learning how to use 得 to mean "must" must be done by those wishing to master Chinese!
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Chinese grammar: It seems with 好像haoxiang
To express "seems," the word 好像 (hǎoxiàng) can beTo express "seems," the word 好像 (hǎoxiàng) can be used. used in Chinese grammart.
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Chinese grammar: Using 向xiang
向 (xiàng) is a preposition that means "towards", and is used often when expressing or referring to a certain point in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar: Using 对dui
When using 对 (duì) as a preposition, it is used to indicate "to" or "towards" a object or target. As with all prepositions, some care should be taken when using this particle, as usage of 对 do
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Chinese grammar: Purpose with 为了weile
为了 (wèile) is most often used to indicate the purpose of an action, or the person that will benefit from some act of kindness. In the "purpose" sense, it corresponds pretty well to "in order t
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Chinese grammar: the self-evident with 嘛ma
The particle 嘛 (ma) is a sentence-final particle identical in pronunciation to the simple "yes/no question" particle 吗 (ma) you learned back in the day, but with a rather different function in
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Chinese grammar: For with 为wei
When you work for a company, or do other sorts of physical (and even mental) activities for another party, you're likely to use the Chinese preposition 为 (wèi), which is often translated into E
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Chinese grammar: Change of state with 了le
了 (le) has a lot of uses. You probably first learned 了 as a particle that tells you an action is completed, which is also known as 了1. This article is not about that use of 了; it's about indi
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Chinese grammar: Aspect particle 着zhe
The particle 着 (zhe) is one way of indicating the continuous aspect in Mandarin Chinese (another common way is using the adverb 在 in front of verbs) in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar: Sequencing past events with houlai后来
", 后来" (, hòulái) is used to sequence past events in the same way that "Afterward" is in English. Something very important to note is that 后来 can only be used with two events
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Chinese grammar: ever since with yilai以来
There are a few ways to express "ever since" in Chinese. In English, we would say something like "ever since I came to Shanghai, my Chinese has improved a lot."
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Chinese grammar: Before and after with zhiqian之前 and zhihou之后
Before and after can be expressed using 之前 (zhīqián) and 之后 (zhīhòu). They are in relatively the same vein as 以前/以后, except that these two are adverbs, while 之前/之后 is a prepositio
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Chinese grammar: "otherwise" with "yaobu" 要不
要不 (yào bù) can have a number of meanings depending on how it is used in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar: in addition with haiyou还有
"还有" (háiyǒu) is used to express "In addition" in a conversation. It is introducing new information to the topic the speaker(s) is/are talking about in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar: "lai" used to connect two verb phrases
The word 来 (lái) can be used to connect two verb phrases, relating the actions to each other in Chinese grammar. It can be translated as "in order to" or "so that" and it can help in explaining
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Chinese grammar: A softer "but"可是
Instead of just using 可是 or 但是, you can also use the softer and more informal 不过 (búguò). The meaning is closer to "however" or "nevertheless" in English in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar: "lai" used to connect two verb phrases
The word 来 (lái) can be used to connect two verb phrases, relating the actions to each other. It can be translated as "in order to" or "so that" and it can help in explaining reasoning in Chine
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Chinese grammar:"Then…" with "name"
Are you looking for another way to use 那么 in Chinese grammar? Then, take a look at this article!
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Chinese grammar:"In addition" with "zaishuo"再说
"再说" (zàishuō) is used in a similar way as "In addition" or "Moreover", in that it is adding on additional information or reasons to the topic at hand in Chinese grammar.
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Chinese grammar:"rather" with "bijiao"比较
It's rather nice to be able to read an article on how to use 比较 to mean "rather" in Chinese grammar.