Language acquisition · L8 Mandarin ab initio

L8.1 — Grammar and language use

Language acquisition · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. 时态与完成 · Aspect and completion

   Chinese marks aspect, not tense: 了, 过, 着, 正在 tell you where an action stands.

2. 未来与意愿 · Future and intention

   要, 会, 将/将会/将要, 希望, four ways of pointing at the future.

3. 提问 · Asking questions

   The full set of question words and question patterns from the grammar unit.

4. 连接句子 · Joining sentences

   The paired connectors: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就, 只要…就, 要是…就, 不但…而且.

5. 程度与数量 · Degree and quantity

   Intensifiers, comparisons, measure words and approximations.

6. 时间、地点与方向 · Time, place and direction

   Where and when things happen, 在, 从…到, 往, 之前, 之后, 到.

7. 句型与语气 · Sentence patterns and tone

   把, 是……的, 得, 给, 别, 不要, 吧, the structures that make Chinese sound like Chinese.

8. 基本结构 · The basics you keep needing

   的, 有, 没有, 不, 和, 一起, 们, 趟, 学……学了.