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Mandarin Chinese Language Grammar
1. Introduction to Mandarin Grammar
2. Basic Sentence Structure
3. Nouns and Noun Phrases
4. Verbs and Verb Phrases
5. Aspect and Temporal Expression
6. Complement Structures
7. Adverbs and Modification
8. Prepositions and Coverbs
9. Conjunctions and Complex Sentences
10. Advanced Sentence Patterns
11. Sentence-Final Particles
Complement Structures
Resultative Complements
Result Indication
Common Result Markers
完 (wán)
到 (dào)
好 (hǎo)
见 (jiàn)
Negative Potential Forms
Directional Complements
Simple Direction
来 (lái)
去 (qù)
Compound Direction
上来 (shànglái)
下去 (xiàqù)
进去 (jìnqù)
出来 (chūlái)
Abstract Directional Usage
Potential Complements
Ability Expression
Possibility Indication
得 (de) Construction
不 (bù) Construction
Degree Complements
Manner Description
Intensity Expression
得 (de) Linking
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