2nd Edition

Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar

By Wen-Hua Teng Copyright 2017
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar takes a unique approach to explaining the major topics of Mandarin Chinese grammar. The book is presented in two sections: the core structures of Chinese grammar, and the practical use of the Chinese language. Key features include:

    • Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations
    • Realistic scenarios to provide you with an interesting context in which to learn grammar
    • Varied and imaginative exercises so you can review your progress easily.

      With straightforward descriptions, numerous exercises, and examples that are rooted in realistic situations, the author shows you how grammar is used in everyday life.

    This new second edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and continues to be one of the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogical grammars available.

    1 The basic formation of a Chinese sentence

    2 The eleven types of question in Chinese

    3 The use of □□, □□ and □□ and the definiteness of nouns

    4 The functions of □□, relative clauses and noun clauses

    5 Position words

    6 Prepositional constructions

    7 Imperative sentences and the use of □□

    8 Chinese verbs

    9 The progressive aspect and the continuous aspect

    10 The use of □□ (the perfective aspect particle and

    modal particle)

    11 The use of □□ (the experiential aspect particle)

    12 Modal verbs

    13 The complement of state and the complement of degree

    14 The complement of duration

    15 The complement of quantity

    16 The complement of direction

    17 The complement of result

    18 The complement of potential

    19 The adverbial modifi er with □□

    20 The □□……□□ structure

    21 Subjectless sentences and existential sentences

    22 The □□ structure

    23 Passive structures

    24 Making comparisons (1)

    25 Making comparisons (2)

    26 Measure words

    27 Verb reduplication and adjective reduplication

    28 The use of □□□□, □□□□ and □□□□

    29 Modal particles

    30 Conjunctive pairs

    31 Conjunctions used in context

    32 The use of □□ and □□

    33 The use of adverbs in contracted sentences

    34 The use of interrogative pronouns

    35 Rhetorical questions

    Biography

    Wen-Hua Teng is Senior Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies, at the University of Texas at Austin, USA