Chinese Grammar

Chinese Grammar

S + V + O
1. S + Time + Verb + Objects
  1. 他 + 今天 + 吃 + 晚饭
姓
1. 你贵姓
2. I'm surnamed [surname]
3. 叫
  1. I'm called [name/full name]
Question Words
1. 什么
  1. replace the word you are asking for in the statement
    1. You are Swedish.
      1. You are 什么?
2. 吗
  1. statement + 吗
3. 谁
4. 几
  1. Omit the number in the sentence to make it a question asking for that number
5. 为什么
  1. 因为
    1. Because
  2. Why
6. 好吗？
  1. statement + , ok?
是
1. am/is
2. 不
  1. negation
  2. Verb 不 Verb
    1. 吃不吃, 喜欢不喜欢, 有没有etc
    2. Adjective 不 Adjective
  3. A - not - A
也
1. also
一张照片
1. number + measure word + noun
的
1. 我的你的他/她的
2. omitting 的
  1. Colloquial Speech – Personal pronoun + kinship term
有
1. 没
  1. negation for 有
2. have
3. 有 + measure Word + noun
都
1. both
二 vs 两
1. 两
  1. Only used in front of common measure words to express quantity of two
2. 二
  1. Counting
  2. In numbers bigger than 10:
  3. A series of number: e.g. Telephone number, room number, year, month, etc.
Big - Small, Dates & Time
1. 年月号(日) 星期
2. XX 点diǎn XX 分fēn
3. + 见
还是
1. or
可是
1. But
去
1. go somewhere
觉得
1. Think

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	Created by Freja Jensen over 7 years ago