Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The go-to guide to Chinese―now with streaming audio of spoken Chinese that dramatically improves your pronunciation skills Whether you are learning on your own with a textbook or taking a beginning class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will support your study and build your confidence in Chinese. In each bite-size lesson of this proven guide, the authors explain one or two grammar concepts and illustrates them with clear examples. These lessons are purposely short, so you can complete them in twenty minutes of less, and go at a pace that works for you. More than 150 entertaining exercises will help you practice your new skills. And this new edition is accompanied by flashcards and audio recordings, available via app, that will provide a new dimension and flexibility to your study. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will help you master: • High-frequency vocabulary • Common sentence structures • Core grammar concepts • Reading the simplified version of Chinese characters (supported by pinyin throughout) Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 I......Page 12 1 Pronouns · Simple sentence structure · Nations and nationalities......Page 14 2 The verb yŏu (I) to have · Family......Page 18 3 Questions with ma · Fruits......Page 22 4 Adverbs yĕ and dōu · Food......Page 27 5 Sentences with a verbal predicate · Time words and daily activities......Page 32 REVIEW 1 LESSONS 1–5......Page 37 II......Page 44 6 Questions with an interrogative pronoun · Beverages......Page 46 7 Numbers 1–100 · Arithmetic expressions......Page 52 8 Sentences with a nominal predicate · Expressing age · Telling time......Page 57 9 Years, months, dates, days of the week · Expressing dates......Page 62 10 Numeral measure words · Demonstratives with a numeral measure word · Clothing · Verbs for put on/wear......Page 68 REVIEW 2 LESSONS 6–10......Page 75 III......Page 82 11 Sentences with an adjectival predicate · Elliptical questions with ne · Greetings and descriptions......Page 84 12 Affirmative-negative questions · Moods and tastes......Page 90 13 Alternative questions · Occupations......Page 95 14 Attributives · Demonstratives and noun phrases · The school......Page 100 15 The de phrase · Questions with ba · Colors and more clothing......Page 105 REVIEW 3 LESSONS 11–15......Page 110 IV......Page 116 16 The verb yŏu (II) indicating existence · More measure words · The classroom......Page 118 17 Location words · Verbs yŏu, shì, zài indicating existence......Page 122 18 Verb reduplication · Tag questions with hăo ma · Activities and chores......Page 127 19 The complement of state · Classroom activities......Page 133 20 Sentences with subject-predicate as predicate · Adjective reduplication · Parts of the body......Page 138 REVIEW 4 LESSONS 16–20......Page 145 V......Page 152 21 Pivotal sentences · Sentences with double objects · Entertainment......Page 154 22 Prepositional phrases with zài, cóng, dào · Public places......Page 160 23 Adverbials · Sentences with serial verb phrases · Daily Routines......Page 164 24 Auxiliary verbs (I) xiăng, yào, huì, néng, kĕyĭ · Sports and games......Page 169 25 Events that are going to take place · Future plans......Page 174 REVIEW 5 LESSONS 21–25......Page 180 VI......Page 188 26 The sentence-final particle le (I) · Shopping......Page 190 27 The perfective particle le · Expressing completed actions......Page 196 28 The sentence-final particle le (II) · Auxiliary verbs (II) huì, kĕnéng, bìxū, yĭnggāi, yào, dĕi · Weather conditions......Page 202 29 Comparative constructions · Quantity complement · Making comparisons......Page 209 30 The progressive aspect of an action · Expressing actions in progress......Page 215 REVIEW 6 LESSONS 26–30......Page 221 English-Chinese glossary......Page 230 Chinese (Pinyin)–English glossary......Page 244 Answer key......Page 258 Translations of Nĭ zhīdao ma? Do you know?......Page 285