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Learn Mandarin grammar –Modal particle

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Friday, 6 January 2012 by Miguel

In linguistics, modal particles are always uninflected words, and are a type of grammatical particle. Mandarin Chinese depends highly on the use of modal particles. Changing the pitch of the sentence or phrase would make the meaning of the sentence different. a 啊: placed at the end of a...

How to tell the difference between 有点yǒudiǎn and一点 yìdiǎn

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 12 December 2011 by Panpan

有点yǒudiǎn and一点 yìdiǎn both mean a little, but how to tell the difference? Well, the grammar function is different. 有点yǒudiǎn +adj./v. adj./v.+ 一点 yìdiǎn For example: 我有点冷。 wǒ yǒudiǎn lěng. I’m a little cold. 我有点感冒。 wǒ yǒudiǎn gǎnmào....

How to tell the difference between 有点yǒudiǎn and一点 yìdiǎn

Measure words for people

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 14 November 2011 by Panpan

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Adjectives as verbs

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Sunday, 6 November 2011 by Panpan

In Chinese, adjectives are used to describe people and situations directly as predicate. For example: 我很好。 wǒ hěn hǎo. I’m fine. 你很漂亮。 nǐ hěn piàoliang. You are...

二（èr） vs 两（liǎng）

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Thursday, 8 September 2011 by Panpan

二（èr）is used for counting. 一二三……(numeral) yī èr sān 第一，第二，第三……(ordinal number) dìyī, dìèr dìsān 两（liǎng），as an initial number for 2,has to be used if a measure word follows it. 2 people 两个人 liǎnggè rén 2 o’clock 两点...

A book signing

Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo

Jīntiān qù wángfǔjǐng shūdiàn ma? Lucy 今天去王府井书店吗？ Are you...

Address

Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo

O, tiān na. David 哦，天哪。 Oh, Gosh. ...

How young are you?

Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo

Qǐng wèn nín duōdà niánjì le?Li Lei请问您多大年纪了？Excuse me, but could I ask you how old you are?Wǒ jīnnián bāshíjiǔ le.Old man我今年八十九了。I'm turning 89 this...