In mandarin Chinese, the majority of the adjectives can act as attributes and predicates. This is to say, the majority of Chinese adjectives can modify nouns and serve as predicates. Those who are not of the majority are the adjectives that can only modify nouns. These adjectives are called 非谓语形容词 non-predicate adjectives. Continue reading “Non-predicate adjectives 非谓语形容词”
Category: Grammar
Characteristics of Chinese adjectives
Chinese adjectives have very unique features. Here are the distinguished characteristics of Chinese adjectives: Continue reading “Characteristics of Chinese adjectives”
Different sounds of birds in Chinese
There are various words for the natural sounds of many things such as birds, insects, etc. These kinds of words are called onomatopoetic words. In this article, we learn different sounds of birds in Chinese. Continue reading “Different sounds of birds in Chinese”
The use of 来着 as an auxiliary word of tense
来着 is used as an auxiliary word of tense at the end of a sentence indicating a completed action. In this case, 着 is pronounced in the neutral tone zhe. Continue reading “The use of 来着 as an auxiliary word of tense”
The use of 了 as an auxiliary word of tense
了 is one of the most powerful words in Chinese. 了 is powerful because it can act as a verb, adverb, adjective and also auxiliary word. Continue reading “The use of 了 as an auxiliary word of tense”