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Crazy Grammar
| Crazy Grammar (Newbie) | |
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| "Crazy Grammar" is a series of short and fun video lessons focusing on sentence patterns, function words, etc. | |
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Rachel, you need to find a new pair of glasses.
Rachel, I thought your two socks were not a pair!
Don’t move! Don’t go! Don’t buy! Don’t bring that up! Most importantly, don’t miss this lesson about “别 (bié) !”
Didn’t, haven’t, hadn’t.
Three pieces of cake, five cookies, two pieces of chocolate, and a cup of ice-cold cola. Oh, my Gosh! I have a stomach ache!
Obviously, “de” is a very useful word in Chinese. But sometimes it can be omitted in the sentence. It is a very important word to know and if you know how to use it properly, your Chinese friends will be impressed!
You and me. Tom and Jerry. Beauty and the Beast. Learn the most commonly used conjunctive “和 (hé).”
Both or all? Well, it is the same word in Chinese!
Which car suits you more? Which one is your favorite teacher? Which kind of cake do you like best? You must have so many questions like these!
I love salsa! Let’s go salsa dancing, shall we?
Please don’t buy that skirt, babe. Think about your credit card debt.
Who do you prefer? Adele or Taylor Swift? I like them both!
It's my first time bungee jumping! I'm nervous. How about you?
How long? How old? How tall? How do you ask these questions in Chinese?
My God! It's ten to eleven! I am late for my flight!
I want to drink an ice cold Coke. I want to eat a cheesy, delicious, Big Mac. I want to eat a…oh….my…..god. LOVE HANDLES!! I want to lose weight!
Which restaurant do you like? Which clothes should I wear? Which movie do you want to watch? Which phone should I buy? Which…
I can do this and I can do that…but I can’t do everything!
OMG! My computer breaks down. Can you help me?
I want to break up with Ted. He lied to me in front of all of my friends. You still want me to give him another chance?
6:30 am, get up. 7 am, go to work. 6 pm, get off work. 1 am, go to bed. How to describe the times of your day in Chinese?
Location. Location. Location.
You always wanted to ask her out. You just need to summon the courage to say: “Do you have time tonight?”
A knife and an umbrella. A twin bed and a ticket. Do you know that you need to use different measure words to say these words in Chinese?
Are you Ashley? Do you like rock and roll? Is Jeffery your friend? ... Learn how to ask these simple questions using a basic sentence pattern.
Go hiking? Go window shopping? Go on a date? Make a plan and express it in Chinese.
Where are you? That is the question.
Your colleague looks like a panda with dark circles under eyes. You are concerned: "How many hours do you sleep every day?"
You don't know Super Bowl? Are you kidding?
You wanna do this and you wanna do that. Whatever you want, you want to know how to express your wants…in Chinese.
Here and there. This and that. This is here. That is there.
Your buddy keeps going out with different girls. Finally, you can't help asking him: "Dude, how many girlfriends do you have?"
You bought the wrong ticket. How do you get it refunded?
Give me a knife or stab me? Give me a gun or shoot me?
A girl is flirting with your boyfriend. You can’t stand her anymore: “this is my boyfriend!”
You had a blind date last night. He is cute, and very humorous, too! Learn to express how you feel using this sentence structure: yě (也) + degree adverb + adjective.
What kind of music do you like? Which game is fun to play? What kind of hair style is cool…
How to ask "what is this?" and "what is that?"
Who is Justin Bieber? Are you kidding?
You are finally invited for a party that you always wanted to go. You can’t wait!
Finally, she agreed. Now you can tell everyone you know: she is my girlfriend.
Mandarin is a difficult language. Or is it?
Sometimes you may have strong and positive feelings toward someone or something: “I love it!” “I like you!” Wonder how to express them in Chinese? This lesson helps you do so using one of the most basic sentence patterns: Subject + Verb + Object.
You got a Valentine's Day gift, and you are pleasantly surprised. How do you describe your feeling at that very moment? In fact, you can use one of the most basic sentence patterns to do so: Subject+hěn+adjective.
You need to introduce yourself to someone…in Chinese. You don’t even know a single Chinese word! Sounds familiar? This lesson is for you.
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Discussion
I have learned Survival Chinese courses here for a week and noticed that in Lesson 4 of the Survival Chinese course there is the measure word "个." The usage of this is not very clear to me? Could you explain it? Thanks!
- Tina
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