important Chinese grammar articles

Medium-priority material that you should aim to include in your studies.

important A1 articles

  1. How to use the particles 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne) in Chinese grammar
  2. The sentence particles 吧 (ba) and 吗 (ma) in Chinese grammar

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important A2 articles

  1. The 是…的 (shì…de) construction vs 了 (le) in Chinese grammar
  2. Five uses of 要 (yào) in Chinese grammar
  3. The 要是…就 (yàoshi…jiù) construction in Chinese grammar
  4. When should you put 的 (de) after adjectives in Chinese grammar?
  5. Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there's no past tense!)
  6. The 一 ... 就 pattern in Chinese grammar (yī ... jiù): as soon as, once, whenever
  7. When 在 (zài) comes after the verb in Chinese grammar

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important B1 articles

  1. How to use 一点儿 (yī diǎnr) in Mandarin Chinese Grammar
  2. How to use 拿起来 (náqilai) and 拿上来 (náshanglai) correctly in Chinese grammar
  3. How to use 没关系 (mei2 guānxi) in Chinese: it doesn't matter, not related to

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important B2 articles

  1. Using 嘛 (ma) in Chinese grammar: stating the obvious and describing expectations
  2. Borrowing and lending in Chinese grammar: 借 (jiè), 借给 (jiègěi) and 跟…借 (gēn…jiè)
  3. How to use 倍 (bèi) in Chinese grammar: -times, -fold and multiplication
  4. Chinese grammar 所 (suǒ) structural particle

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important C1 articles

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