Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar

by Teng,Wen-Hua

• ISBN13: 9781444109139
• ISBN10: 1444109138
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-03-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This innovative new book explains the major topics of Mandarin grammar in clear and concise language, packed with real language examples and loads of varied and imaginative exercises that show students how grammar works in practice. Wen-Hua Teng, an experienced teacher of Mandarin at the university level, breaks the book into three highly effective sections, examining the core structures of Chinese grammar, describing the use of the language in context, and highlighting useful expressions and patterns. She introduces each grammatical topic clearly and simply, offers sample sentences in Chinese characters and Pinyin (followed by English translations), discusses existing exceptions to a particular rule, and provides exercises that students can use to reinforce the lesson. As a further aid, the guide includes extensive cross referencing, a glossary that lucidly explains the relevant grammatical terms, and a free interactive website that provides a number of complementary exercises for further study. Combining down-to-earth description and numerous helpful exercises, Yufa! is the clearest and most comprehensive Mandarin grammar available for students and teachers.

Author Biography

Wen-Huo Teng is a Senior Lecture In the Department of Asian Studies of the University of Texts at Austin, USA, Where She has been teaching Chinese Since 1986. Wen Huuo Teng won Top Honor for Distinction in Instructional Approach in the University of Texts 2010 Innovative Instructional Technology Award.

Table of Contents

How to use this book	p. vii
Glossary	p. viii
The basic formation of a Chinese sentence	p. 1
The eleven types of question in Chinese	p. 13
The use of and and the definiteness of nouns	p. 23
The functions of, relative clauses and noun clauses	p. 30
Position words	p. 40
Prepositional constructions	p. 45
Imperative sentences and the use of	p. 54
The progressive aspect and the continuous aspect	p. 63
The use of (the perfective aspect particle and modal particle)	p. 70
The use of (the experiential aspect particle)	p. 82
Auxiliary verbs	p. 91
The complement of state and the complement of degree	p. 100
The complement of duration	p. 108
The complement of quantity	p. 114
The complement of direction	p. 119
The complement of result	p. 120
The complement of potential	p. 139
The adverbial modifier with	p. 149
The structure	p. 155
Subjectless sentences and existential sentences	p. 167
The structure	p. 179
Passive structures	p. 191
Making comparisons (1)	p. 200
Making comparisons (2)	p. 215
Measure words	p. 225
Verb reduplication and adjective reduplication	p. 233
The use of and	p. 240
Modal particles	p. 248
Conjunctive pairs	p. 259
Conjunctions used in context	p. 269
The use of and	p. 275
The use of adverbs in contracted sentences	p. 282
The use of interrogative pronouns	p. 288
Rhetorical questions	p. 298
Key to exercises	p. 307
Index	p. 350
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