This is a very interesting grammar point. This will be a short lesson. When I was learning it, it was at first a bit confusing. So I'll try to explain as best as I can. When, "了" comes after a verb, it's pronounce "liao". It means finished, or closed. In other words, the action is unable to be finished or completed. So in order for this to make sense, I'll start giving examples.
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忘不了 (wang4 bu4...
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Grammar Point - How To Say "Anyways" In Chinese
I remember thinking when I was studying Chinese, this word is quite useful. You know those circumstances when you're talking and you want to conclude the conversation, you'll say "anyways" right? Or let's say you were in disagreement about something, you'll say, "Anyways, I don't care", or something like that. It's the same thing in Chinese. In Chinese, you would say,"反正". (fan3 zheng4) Let's look...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Chinese Grammar - How To Speak About “The Past" in Chinese
I love learning languages. Korean was my second language. When I learned how to speak about the past in Korean, it took my speaking and understanding skills to a whole new level. Now that I'm learning Chinese, I thought learning how to speak of the past tense is just as important. So I came across an interesting way to say it. In Chinese, you have to use the word, "过" (guo4). It is used to relay past...
Monday, November 9, 2015
Grammar Point - How To "Continue" Doing Something in Chinese
In English, we say things like, "I'm going to keep on doing something, or I'm going to continue eating, sleeping, etc... I found to common ways to say this is Chinese. The first way is "继续" (ji4 xu4) which means "to continue". The second way is "接着" (jie zhe) which means to "carry on" You want to put this words before the main verb of the sentence.
Ex. 继续 - To Continue
I want to sleep. 我想睡觉....
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Grammar Point - Why Not In Chinese "怎么不“
Another Interesting grammar point. We use this structure a lot in English when making a suggestion in the present tense. We could say, "Why don't you go to sleep?" I learned how to say this in Chinese.
e.x. Why Not? 怎么不 - (zen3 me bu4)
Why doesn't he come to work? 他怎么不来上班?
We could even take a step forward and use this in the past tense? Instead of saying, "怎么不". you should say,...