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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
Adverbs and Modification
Temporal Adverbs
已经 (yǐjīng)
马上 (mǎshàng)
刚 (gāng)
刚才 (gāngcái)
Frequency Adverbs
常常 (chángcháng)
有时候 (yǒushíhou)
总是 (zǒngshì)
从不 (cóngbù)
Degree Adverbs
很 (hěn)
太 (tài)
非常 (fēicháng)
比较 (bǐjiào)
Scope Adverbs
都 (dōu)
也 (yě)
只 (zhǐ)
还 (hái)
Adverb Placement Rules
Pre-verbal Position
Sentence-Initial Position
Multiple Adverb Ordering
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