Following on from our previous vocabulary lists for beginners, this list of questions and answers will help you get started making Chinese friends. Amongst the Q&As you will also find useful phrases to ask someone to speaker slower, or to repeat a sentence. These dialogues are invaluable when first learning Chinese, as they will teach… Read More
We have already covered several Chinese conjunctions in our first article, And, Or and But: Chinese Conjunctions Part 1. The following article covers three more conjunctions: causal, conditional and progressive. Click on the red links to see a full breakdown of all the sentences and Chinese characters throughout the article. 4. 因果关系 (yīn guǒ guān xì) Causal Conjunctions Commonly… Read More
Conjunctions are words that connect phrases and clauses together to form a sentence. In English, some examples of conjunction words are ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘if’ and ‘because’. These words are very similar within the Chinese language, but often follow specific rules and patterns for them to make sense. Below is the first half of our lesson… Read More