Vivian Ling - Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar: Write and Speak Chinese Like a Native! The Ultimate Guide to Everyday Chinese Usage

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Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. www.tuttlepublishing.com Copyright 2020 by Vivian Ling and Wang Peng All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN 978-1-4629-2128-7 First edition 2423222120543212005VP Printed in Malaysia TUTTLE PUBLISHING is a registered trademark of Tuttle Publishing, a division of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Distributed byNorth America, Latin America & Europe Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 U.S.A. Ltd. 3 Kallang Sector, #04-01 Singapore 349278 Tel: (65) 6741-2178; Fax: (65) 6741-2179 www.tuttlepublishing.com Why We Wrote This Book Correct, natural grammar usage is important for communicating beyond an elementary level in any language. 3 Kallang Sector, #04-01 Singapore 349278 Tel: (65) 6741-2178; Fax: (65) 6741-2179 www.tuttlepublishing.com Why We Wrote This Book Correct, natural grammar usage is important for communicating beyond an elementary level in any language.

Yet the study of grammar tends not to be a very popular aspect of Chinese language learning. However, language learners who wish to progress beyond the daily survival level and are not content with their Chinese ability being stuck at a pidgin level will find the study of Chinese grammar extremely rewarding and fruitful. This book is designed for learners who are motivated to boost their skills beyond the current level, perhaps even up to a professional or university graduate level. For such motivated learners, this book aims to make the study of Chinese grammar efficient and interesting. It provides a systematic overview of the grammar with a special focus on issues and pitfalls that affect English speakers. Do not blame yourself if you feel your current grasp of Chinese grammar is weak.

The current trend in teaching foreign languages has shifted away from the old-school grammatical orientation to a modern communicative approach. Both methods have their pluses and minuses, and the ideal approach actually combines the two. The advantages of the communicative orientation are clear in the early learning stages; however, its disadvantages begin to emerge at the intermediate level. The opposite is true of the grammatical structure approach. Students who have learned Chinese mainly by following the communicative approach often find themselves acquiring more sophisticated vocabulary at the intermediate level, while lacking the grammatical frameworks to hang it on. Some may actually be able to use their newly-acquired vocabulary, but lack self-confidence and feel as though they are winging it.

Some may choose to simply to stay within their safety zone, using only the tried-and-true cant-go-wrong sentence patterns they already know, while avoiding the more complicated patterns that make ones language lively and articulate. This book aims to remove this bottleneck, and to provide you with the grammatical apparatus to continue building your proficiency in Chinese beyond the beginner level. Learning a foreign language is a two-pronged fact-act endeavor. Knowing the facts of the language is essential, but putting that knowledge into action is the real key to building communication skills. This book provides both the factsin the form of grammatical explanationsas well as the materials for practicing the act, in the form of copious usage examples and exercises with answer keys. Explanations of grammar points are unavoidably abstract or technical, but the examples that follow the explanations make them concrete and clear.

The answer keys are intentionally located immediately after the exercises to provide quick feedback. The act part of your learning process is implemented by the examples and exercises. To be effective, the sentences must be authentic and interesting, which means their vocabulary will necessarily be above the basic level. While we try to minimize the use of vocabulary beyond the intermediate level in this book, you will inevitably encounter some words that are outside your repertoire. But dont let this unfamiliar vocabulary become a stumbling block. By all means, look up unfamiliar words and turn this inconvenience into an opportunity to grow your vocabulary.

All Chinese expressions in this book are represented in characters and pinyin. While this is cumbersome, it is designed to accommodate readers with varying levels of character literacy, including those who have learned only to speak but not read Chinese. To those readers who have no use for