Grammar note on the Chinese particle 了 le emphasizing a completed action in the past or future, image of a person looking at a phone

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le can emphasize completion of a past or future event. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

Chinese grammar note on the particle 了 le used to mark completed action, image of a cup of coffee.

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le is used to emphasize that an action has been completed. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

Chinese grammar note on the particle 的 de, image of a person handing a flower to someone else

The #Chinese particle 的 de cannot be dropped after multi-syllable or complex adjectives, or relative clauses. #ChineseGrammar #Mandarin #ChineseParticles. thelanguagegarage.com/chinese-part...

Grammar note about dropping the Chinese particle 的 de, image of a woman reading a book

The #Chinese particle 的 de is dropped with single-syllable adjectives that are closely connected to the noun: 好人 hǎorén (a good person). #ChineseGrammar #Mandarin #ChineseParticles. thelanguagegarage.com/chinese-part...

Grammar note on the Chinese particle 的 de used with relative clauses, image of a teacher

The #Chinese particle 的 de precedes and links relative clauses to the nouns they describe: 我昨天买的书 wǒ zuótiān mǎi de shū (the book I bought yesterday). #ChineseGrammar #Mandarin #ChineseParticles. thelanguagegarage.com/chinese-part...

Chinese grammar note on the particle 的 de as an attributive linker

The #Chinese particle 的 de links (most) attributive adjectives to the nouns they describe: 很棒的演员 hěnbàng de yǎnyuán (a really good actor). #ChineseGrammar #Mandarin #ChineseParticles. thelanguagegarage.com/chinese-part...

Chinese grammar note about possessive particle de, image of a teacher standing next to a desk

#Chinese possessive 的 de links nouns and pronouns to a possession, like apostrophe-s or of in English. 你的朋 nǐ de péngyǒu (your friend). #ChineseGrammar #Mandarin #ChineseParticles. thelanguagegarage.com/chinese-part...

Chinese grammar note about the particle le and physical states, image of a person sleeping

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le is often used to mark physical changes of state. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

Grammar note on the uses of the Chinese particle 了 le, examples marking change of state, image of trees in the spring

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le marks a change of state, something new that is happening now. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le has many important uses. The construction …死了 … sǐ le is a bit like as hell or freakin’ in English. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

Chinese grammar for the particle 了 le, image of cold weather

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le has many important uses. The construction …极了 … jí le comes after an adjective and means extremely, very, totally. #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin. thelanguagegarage.com/uses-of-le-i...

Important uses of the Chinese particle le, examples with 太 tài [adjective] 了 le

The #Mandarin #Chinese particle 了 le has many important uses. The fixed construction 太 tài [adjective] 了 le means “too.” #ChineseGrammar #ChineseParticles #LearnChinese #LearnMandarin.
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