Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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.

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

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