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當代中文課程当代中文课程 · Book 1

Contemporary Chinese Book 1 — Grammar Index

15 lessons, each with a vocabulary & practice page and its own set of grammar points. Search by lesson number or by topic, or browse lesson by lesson below.

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⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Final Particles (嗎吗 ma and 呢 ne)
  • ✔Negation word: 不 bù and its tone changes
  • ✔Chinese Adjectives and 很 hěn
  • ✔Ways to ask and answer questions
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Numbers in Chinese and tone changes for 1
  • ✔Express all and both with 都 dōu
  • ✔Noun Modifier marker 的 de
  • ✔Have and has in Chinese – 有 yǒu
  • ✔二 èr and 兩两 liǎng
  • ✔Measure Words – 個个 ge and 張张 zhāng
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Chinese Sentence Structure
  • ✔Express “Intention” with 去 qù and 來来 lái
  • ✔Giving Suggestion with 吧 ba
  • ✔Adverbs: 都 dōu (all or both)
  • ✔Adverbs: 也 yě (also or too)
  • ✔Adverbs: 常 cháng (usually)
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔The de phrase with an omitted noun
  • ✔Too adj – 太 tài… 了 le
  • ✔Capability – 能 néng
  • ✔Express “more than” with 多 duō
  • ✔Preposition “help” 幫帮 bāng
  • ✔Measure Words – 塊块 kuài, 杯 bēi, 支 zhī, and 種种 zhǒng
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Complement Marker 得 de
  • ✔Movement Marker 到 dào
  • ✔Can – Skills 會会 huì
  • ✔A little bit – 有一點点 yǒuyìdiǎn & 一點点 yìdiǎn
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔在 zài as location marker
  • ✔在 zài as location of an Activity
  • ✔Using 有 yǒu to express existence
  • ✔Verb Duplication – V一V
  • ✔To negate the previous statement – 不是 búshì
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Time + Place + Event
  • ✔在 zài as On-going Actions
  • ✔Each and Every – 每 měi
  • ✔Can – permission 可以 kěyǐ
  • ✔From A to B – 從从 cóng and 到 dào
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔With – 跟 gēn
  • ✔Linking Two adjectives with 又 yòu
  • ✔Comparison word – 比 bǐ and 比較较 bǐjiào
  • ✔Question Word – How 怎麼么 zěnme
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Time Word vs Duration
  • ✔Condition and consequence – 要是 yàoshì…就 jiù…
  • ✔When… – 的時时候 de shíhòu 重點重点
  • ✔Sometimes… Sometimes… – 有時时候 yǒu shíhòu 重點重点
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔To try – VV看 kàn
  • ✔Changing Situation – 了 le
  • ✔Reduplicate Adjectives to show subjective feelings
  • ✔Using 的 de to link a clause
  • ✔Because & So – 因為为 yīnwèi & 所以 suǒyǐ
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Sooner Than Expected with 就 jiù
  • ✔Existential Subject with 有 yǒu
  • ✔Zero Pronoun
  • ✔Showing Purpose with 來来 lái
  • ✔Two Functions of 會会 huì 重點重点
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔First and then – 先 xiān…再 zài…
  • ✔Emphasizing Something in a Past Event – 是 shì…的 de
  • ✔Expressing “after” with 以後后 yǐhòu
  • ✔Two Functions of 好 hǎo and 難难 nán
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔As soon as – 一 yī…就 jiù…
  • ✔Every & None with Question Words
  • ✔Doing Sth More or Less – 多 duō or 少 shǎo + Verb
  • ✔Making a Question with 是不是 shìbúshì
  • ✔不 bù and 沒没 méi 重點重点
  • ✔Same – 跟 gēn…一樣样 yíyàng 重點重点
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Time Duration + 了 le
  • ✔From The Past Until Now – Double 了 le
  • ✔About to – 快 kuài…了 le
  • ✔Even More – 更 gèng
  • ✔Inferior Comparison – 沒没有 méiyǒu…這麼这么 zhème
⭐ Vocabulary and Practice
  • ✔Giving an Unclear Answer in Chinese
  • ✔To Dispose of Something with 把 bǎ 重點重点
  • ✔Comparison Structure with 得 de
  • ✔VO Structure
  • ✔Do… right after doing… – V了 le…就 jiù…
  • ✔A Bit – 一點点 yìdiǎn and 有一點点 yǒuyìdiǎn
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