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Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar : A Student's Guide to Correct Structures and Common Errors by Larry Herzberg and Qin Xue Herzberg (2010, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherStonebridge Press
ISBN-101933330899
ISBN-139781933330891
eBay Product ID (ePID)84437634
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Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBasic Patterns of Chinese Grammar : a Student's Guide to Correct Structures and Common Errors
SubjectChinese, Study & Teaching
Publication Year2010
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorLarry Herzberg, Qin Xue Herzberg
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight6.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
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Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal495.182421
Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: BASIC WORD ORDER 1) Basic Word Order 2) Action and Location 3) Action and Time 4) Word Order for When Something Happens 5) Duration of Time 6) Placement of the word "Why?" CHAPTER TWO: TIME EXPRESSIONS 1) When/While... 2) Days, Weeks, Months, Years CHAPTER THREE: NOUNS 1) Plurals 2) Counting Things 3) "This" and "That" 4) Nouns for Nationalities and Languages 5) "All" of some Noun 6) Indefinites 7) Not Even One Bit of Something 8) Location Words CHAPTER FOUR: VERBS 1) Past Tense 2) Present Tense 3) Future Tense 4) The Word "It" with Verbs 5) Helping Verbs 6) Going, Coming, Returning 7) The "Ba" Pattern with Verbs 8) The "Shi...de" Pattern with Past Tense Action Verbs 9) Passive Voice CHAPTER FIVE: ADJECTIVES 1) General Rules for Adjectives 2) How to Translate "Bad" 3) "Not Bad" 4) "Nice" 5) "Pretty" 6) Positive Comparisons 7) Negative Comparisons CHAPTER SIX: USES OF THE PARTICLE "LE" 1) Action Verbs in Past Tense 2) Change of Status with Adjectives 3) Imminent Action 4) "Not Any More" CHAPTER SEVEN: USES OF THE PARTICLE "DE" 1) Uses of (de) 2) Uses of (de) 3) Uses of (de) CHAPTER EIGHT: CONJUNCTIONS (AND; OR) 1) "And": Connecting nouns; verbs and adjectives 2) "Or": In a statement; in a question CHAPTER NINE: SUBORDINATE CLAUSES 1) Connecting sentences with "who"/"that" 2) If...then 3) As soon as 4) Even 5) Because 6) No Matter Whether 7) Besides? CHAPTER TEN: How to Express the verb "can" in Chinese 1) Know how to (hui) 2) Physically able (neng) 3) May/permitted (keyi) 4) Resultative Endings? CHAPTER ELEVEN: Word Choice Issues with Certain Important Verbs 1) To "be" ("shi" vs. "zuo" vs. "dang") 2) To "know" ("zhidao" vs. "renshi") 3) "Like" vs. "Would like to" ("xihuan" vs. "xiang") 4) "To think/to feel" ("xiang" vs. "juede") 5) "To ask" 6) "To tell" 7) "To seem like" ("haoxiang" vs. "xiang") 8) "To receive" 9) "To be afraid" 10) "To worry" 11) "To help" 12) "To take" 13) "To lose" 14) "To produce"? CHAPTER TWELVE: Word Choice Issues with Adverbs 1) "from" 2) "first" 3) "actually" 4) "although" 5) "almost" 6) "unless" 7) "every time" CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Letter Writing Issues 1) Greetings and Salutations 2) Writing to one's Parents 3) Closing the Letter 4) More on Ending the Letter 5) Social Niceties
SynopsisA handy classroom, test-prep, and study supplement to help you speak and write with confidence while avoiding common mistakes., Here is a concise guide to supplement any course of study and help with homework, travel, and test preparation. Topics include word order, time, nouns, verbs, adjectives, word choices with verbs and adverbs, and letter writing. The simple format has one goal: quick mastery and growing confidence., Here is a concise guide to supplement any course of study and help with homework, travel, and test preparation. Topics include word order, time, nouns, verbs, adjectives, word choices with verbs and adverbs, and letter writing. The simple format has one goal: quick mastery and growing confidence. Qin Xue Herzberg , a graduate of Beijing Normal University, has taught Chinese for decades and has been an upper-level Chinese professor at Calvin College for ten years. Larry Herzberg did his PhD work in Chinese and founded the Chinese language programs at Albion College and Calvin College. Qin and Larry live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and are co-authors of the popular China Survival Guide as well as the recently released Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings., Learn to speak and write Chinese with confidence while avoiding common mistakes! Here is a concise guide to supplement any course of study and help with homework, travel, and test preparation. Topics include word order, time, nouns, verbs, adjectives, word choices with verbs and adverbs, and letter writing. The simple format has one goal: quick mastery and growing confidence. This volume makes an ideal companion to any popular Chinese-language textbook, such as Integrated Chinese and New Practical Chinese Reader.
LC Classification NumberPL1129.E5
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