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    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio and Practice PDF downloads Included)
    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio and Practice PDF downloads Included)
    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio and Practice PDF downloads Included)
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    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio and Practice PDF downloads Included)

    By Cornelius C. Kubler and Yang Wang

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    "Outstanding for its carefully graduated presentation of material in easily digestible sub-units, comprehensive and clearly written grammatical and cultural notes, and perhaps most important of all, its separation of the task of learning to speak the language from the very different processes of learning to read and write Chinese characters… The most exciting Chinese language textbook I have seen in many years. --Dr. James E. Dew, retired associate professor of Chinese, University of Michigan; former Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTuttle Publishing
    Release dateNov 7, 2017
    ISBN9781462919321
    Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book: A Workbook for Beginning Learners of Spoken Chinese (Audio and Practice PDF downloads Included)

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      Basic Mandarin Chinese - Speaking & Listening Practice Book - Cornelius C. Kubler

      1. New Vocabulary

      and Grammar Summaries

      Unit 1, Part 1: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      A as final particle to soften questions, greetings, and exclamations: Nĭ dào năr qù a? And where might you be going?

      DÀO...QÙ go to…: Wáng Jīngshēng dào năr qù? Where is Jingsheng Wang going?

      Name + Greeting: Wáng Jīngshēng, nĭ hăo! Jingsheng Wang, how are you?

      Names: Wáng Jīngshēng Jingsheng Wang

      NE as final particle to abbreviate questions: Wŏ qù shítáng. Nĭ ne? I’m going to the dining hall. And what about you?

      QÙ + Place word to indicate go to a certain place: Wŏ qù túshūguăn. I’m going to the library.

      QÙ + Verb to indicate purpose: Wŏ qù túshūguăn bàn yìdiănr shì. I’m going to the library to take care of something.

      Question Word Questions: Nĭ dào năr qù? Where are you going?

      Unit 1, Part 2: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      MA to transform statements into questions: Tāmen yĕ qù shítáng ma? Are they going to the dining hall, too?

      Stative Verb Sentences: Wŏ hĕn lèi. I’m tired.

      Unmarked coordination: nĭ àiren, háizi your spouse and children

      Unit 1, Part 3: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      Affirmative-Negative Questions: Zhōngwén nán bu nán? Is Chinese hard?

      BÙ to negate verbs: bù máng not be busy, bù huí sùshè not go back to the dormitory

      LĂO and XIĂO before monosyllabic surnames: Lăo Gāo Old Gao, Xiăo Wáng Little Wang

      Stative Verbs before nouns as adjectives: lăo yàngzi old way, hăo háizi good child, xiăo shìr small matter

      TῘNG...-DE: tĭng jĭnzhāngde quite intense, tĭng róngyide quite easy

      Tone change of BÙ to BÚ before Tone Four syllables: bù + qù → bú qù

      Topic-comment construction: Nĭ gōngzuò máng bu máng? Is your work busy or not busy?

      Vocative Expressions: Xiăo Liú! Little Liu!, Bàba! Dad!

      Unit 1, Part 4: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      Imperatives: Qĭng nín dào túshūguăn qù. Please go to the library.

      LE to indicate a changed situation: Nĭ māma hăole ma? Has your mom gotten well?, Wŏ bú qùle. I’m no longer going.

      Pronouns: wŏ, nĭ, nín, tā, wŏmen, nĭmen, tāmen

      Titles: Wáng Xiānsheng Mr. Wang, Lĭ Tàitai Mrs. Li, Wáng Xiáojie Miss/Ms. Wang, Lín Lăoshī Teacher Lin

      Unit 2, Part 1: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      JIÀO in equative verb sentences: Wŏ jiào Bái Jiéruì. My name is Bai Jierui. Nĭ jiào shémme míngzi? What’s your name?

      Nationalities: Mĕiguo rén American, Zhōngguo rén Chinese, etc.

      SHÌ in equative verb sentences: Wŏ shi Mĕiguo rén. I am (an) American.

      ZHÈI- and NÈI- as specifiers with the polite measure WÈI: zhèiwèi lăoshī this teacher, nèiwèi tóngxué that classmate

      Unit 2, Part 2: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      BIÉ or BÚYÀO to indicate negative imperative: Qĭng nĭ bié qù! Please don’t go! Búyào jiào wŏ Lăo Wáng! Don’t call me old Wang!

      DÀO...LÁI: Qĭng nĭ dào túshūguăn lái. Please come to the library.

      -DE to indicate possession: wŏde gōngzuò my work, nĭde xīn tóngxué your new classmate

      ...HĂOLE: Nĭ hái shi jiào wŏ Xiăo Chén hăole. It would be better if you called me Little Chen.

      YÍXIÀ(R) after verbs to make them less abrupt: jièshao yixiar introduce, lái yixia come, wèn yixia ask

      ZHÈ this and NÀ that as pronoun subjects: Zhè shi Wáng Àihuá, zhè shi Chén Lì This is Wang Aihua, this is Chen Li, Nà shi shéi? Who is that?

      Unit 2, Part 3: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      BA to indicate supposition: Tā shi Yīngguo rén ba I suppose she’s English. Nĭ lèile ba? You must be tired?

      XÌNG in equative verb sentences: Wŏ xìng Zhāng. My last name is Zhang. Nĭ xìng shémme? What’s your last name?

      Unit 2, Part 4: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

      Grammar

      BÙ DŌU vs. DŌU BÙ: Wŏmen bù dōu shi Mĕiguo rén. We are not all Americans. Wŏmen dōu bú shi Mĕiguo rén. None of us is American.

      -DE to indicate that what precedes describes what follows: Zhōng-Mĕi Màoyì Gōngsīde Shī Xiáojie Ms. Shi from Sino-American Trading Company

      -LE to indicate completed action: Wŏ găocuòle. I got it wrong.

      MÉI to indicate past negative of action verbs: Tāmen méi lái. They didn’t come.

      MÉI DŌU vs. DŌU MÉI: Tāmen méi dōu qù. They didn’t all go. Tāmen dōu méi qù. None of them went.

      Unit 3, Part 1: New Vocabulary and Grammar

      Vocabulary

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