Important Chinese grammar articles
Medium-priority material that you should aim to include in your studies.
Important A1 articles
- How to use 学 (xué) and 学会 (xuéhuì) in Mandarin Chinese Grammar
- How to use 一点儿 (yī diǎnr) in Mandarin Chinese Grammar
- The 是…的 (shì…de) construction vs 了 (le) in Chinese grammar
- 要 (yào): want, need, should, commands, and the future
- 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne): the two Chinese question particles
- How to use 拿起来 (náqilai) and 拿上来 (náshanglai) correctly in Chinese grammar
- 的 (de) after adjectives: when to use it, when to drop it
- Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!)
- The 一 ... 就 pattern in Chinese grammar (yī ... jiù): as soon as, once, whenever
- The sentence particles 吧 (ba) and 吗 (ma) in Chinese grammar
Important A2 articles
- Borrowing and lending in Chinese grammar: 借 (jiè), 借给 (jiègěi) and 跟…借 (gēn…jiè)
- 没关系 (méi guānxi): it doesn't matter, not related
- When 在 (zài) comes after the verb in Chinese grammar
Important B1 articles
- The 要是…就 (yàoshi…jiù) construction in Chinese grammar
- How to use 倍 (bèi) in Chinese grammar: -times, -fold and multiplication
Important B2 articles
- Using 嘛 (ma) in Chinese grammar: stating the obvious and describing expectations
- Chinese grammar 所 (suǒ) structural particle