Basic Chinese

by Po-Ching, Yip; Rimmington, Don; Yip, Po-Ching; Zhang, Xiaoming; Henson, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780415160377
• ISBN10: 0415160375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Written in a reference-and-practice format,Basic Chineseintroduces beginners to the fundamental elements of the language. Comprehensively written, this book covers simple sentences and elementary grammatical categories.Basic Chineseis the first volume in a two volume set; learners may follow withIntermediate Chinese. With keys to the exercises and a glossary of lexical terms, this grammar and workbook is perfect for individual or classroom use.

Author Biography

Yip Po-Ching is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds. Don Rimmington is Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Nouns: singular and plural	p. 1
Definite and indefinite reference and demonstratives	p. 7
Personal pronouns	p. 13
Interrogrative pronouns	p. 21
Numbers	p. 29
Measure words	p. 37
Indefinite plurals	p. 46
Times and dates	p. 53
More interrogative expressions	p. 61
Adjectives: attributive and predicative	p. 68
shi and you	p. 75
Comparisons	p. 82
Verbs and location expressions	p. 92
Verbs and time expressions	p. 101
Verbs and aspect markers	p. 112
Modal verbs	p. 120
Negators: bu and mei(you)	p. 127
Types of question	p. 135
Types of question (2)	p. 144
Imperatives and exclamations	p. 152
Complements of direction and location (or destination)	p. 158
Complements of result and manner	p. 166
Potential complements	p. 172
Coverbal phrases	p. 179
Prepositions	p. 190
Key to exercises	p. 196
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