Mandarin Chinese Language Grammar

  1. Nouns and Noun Phrases
    1. Noun Categories
      1. Concrete Nouns
        1. Abstract Nouns
          1. Proper Nouns
            1. Collective Nouns
            2. Number Expression
              1. Singular Context
                1. Plural Marker 们 (men)
                  1. Contextual Number Indication
                  2. Temporal Nouns
                    1. Time Units
                      1. Calendar Terms
                        1. Temporal Expressions
                        2. Spatial Nouns
                          1. Location Words
                            1. Direction Terms
                              1. Compound Place Names
                              2. Personal Pronouns
                                1. First Person Forms
                                  1. Second Person Forms
                                    1. Third Person Forms
                                      1. Plural Formations
                                      2. Demonstrative Pronouns
                                        1. Proximal 这 (zhè)
                                          1. Distal 那 (nà)
                                            1. Plural Forms
                                            2. Measure Words
                                              1. General Classifier 个 (ge)
                                                1. Specific Classifiers
                                                  1. 本 (běn)
                                                    1. 张 (zhāng)
                                                      1. 只 (zhī)
                                                        1. 条 (tiáo)
                                                          1. 辆 (liàng)
                                                            1. 位 (wèi)
                                                            2. Verbal Classifiers
                                                              1. 次 (cì)
                                                                1. 遍 (biàn)
                                                                  1. 下 (xià)
                                                                  2. Number-Classifier-Noun Structure
                                                                  3. Attributive Constructions
                                                                    1. Possessive 的 (de)
                                                                      1. Adjectival Attribution
                                                                        1. Relative Clauses
                                                                          1. Omission Patterns

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                                                                        2. Basic Sentence Structure

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                                                                        4. Verbs and Verb Phrases