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Act natural
In this article I want to discuss several aspects of Chinese sentence construction that don’t always come naturally to English-speaking students.
课程014 图书馆几点(钟)关门？
教学内容：几点(钟)? (___点___分)／人＋时＋事(活动)
所需时间：约35分钟
课程013 我喜欢运动。你有什么爱好？
教学内容：各种爱好(10-12个)／表达爱好(兴趣)的说法
所需时间：約40分钟
Leading to frustration
They are 使得(shǐde), 讓(ràng) and 令(lìng). They all seem to mean “lead to,” “induce,” “bring about.”
Bolicc Learn Songs-Because of Love
Here is a song for you to learn to express love to your beloved ones! (pinyin subtitles included)
Speech of parts
But in Chinese, apparently, these components fall into two categories, with different words.
In Chinese, it’s never relative
One of the workhorse parts of speech in English and in most European languages is the relative pronoun. These include that, when, which, who/whom/whose, where and a few other less frequently used ones. Usually they …
课程009 你到哪里去？
教学内容：基本日常应对(4种)／场所名称(8-10个)／到+Place+去
所需时间：约30分钟
How to receive things in Chinese: 收（shōu）vs. 受（shòu）
In English among many other things one can “receive” a piece of mail, and one can “receive” good or bad emotional news. In each case, the verb is “to receive,” and we think of those …
课程003 我是美国人。你也是美国人吗？
教学内容：各国国籍(12个)／吗？／也
所需时间：约40分钟