中文
Chinese grammar
The grammar sits in the sentence you say. It is not a separate game.
Twenty-four classes. You hear the sentence, then you say it. A tap does not pass.
Ninety days are free on Chinese. The other languages do not come with those days. The clock starts when you pass the first sentence.
Then forty dollars keeps Chinese, or sixty dollars opens every language. Paid once. No monthly plan.
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1
Your name
你好。我叫____。我来自____。很高兴认识你。
我叫 plus the name. There is no am. 来自 plus the place. 很高兴认识你 is the set phrase for the first meeting. 很 is inside that phrase. A bare adjective does not stand as a predicate: you do not say 我高兴 as the whole sentence.
2
The family
这是我的家人。我有一个弟弟。我妈妈是医生。
的 links 我 and 家人. 有 is have. 一个 is one, and 个 is the measure word. You do not say 一弟弟. 是 identifies the job. There is no article and no gender ending on 医生.
3
The day
我七点起床。我工作。我六点吃饭。
点 is the hour. 起床 is get up. 工作 is work. Chinese does not mark a present tense. Time order and the missing 了 tell you this is the ordinary day.
4
A real need
我需要帮助。请说慢一点。
需要 plus a noun. 请 plus the verb. 一点 softens the comparison. 我听不懂 is the honest middle: the result 懂 did not happen. Do not apologize for needing the slower line.
5
Yesterday
昨天我工作了。我六点到家了。我在家吃了晚饭。
了 after the verb says the event is complete. 在 marks the place. 到家 is the arrival. If the action is a habit, you already learned to leave 了 off. 昨天 can sit first.
6
Tomorrow
明天我要工作。我要给妈妈打电话。
要 plus the verb is the intention. 给 plus the person, then 打电话. 给 is not the same as 在. There is no future ending.
7
Getting there
请问，去市中心怎么走？我走路。公共汽车开到市中心。
去 plus the place. There is no separate word for to. 怎么走 is how to walk there. 到 is arrival. 坐公共汽车 is by bus if you are the rider. 开 is what the bus does.
8
The phone
喂，我是____。请问____在吗？请晚一点打来。
我是 plus the name on the phone. 在吗 asks if the person is there. 吗 makes the yes-no question. 请 plus the verb is the request. 晚一点 is later.
9
What happened
昨天下着雨。我出门晚了，错过了公共汽车。
着 says the rain was going on. 晚了 is the completed lateness. 错过了 is the finished miss. Do not put 了 on the rain. The two markers do different jobs.
10
What you think
我觉得这是个好主意。我不觉得这很容易。
觉得 plus the clause. The doubt is 不 on 觉得, not a new ending on 容易. 很 stays before the adjective. 个 is the measure for 主意. There is no subjunctive to memorize.
11
When it breaks
网络坏了。你能派人来吗？我们能改会议吗？
坏了 is a change of state: it has become broken. 能 is can. 吗 is the question. 改 plus the noun is enough. Do not invent a case ending.
12
The work
我做分析师。报告已经写完了。
做 plus the role, no article. 已经…了 says the writing is complete and that fact is current. 昨天写完了 is one past moment. 完 is the result complement: finish. Choose the one you mean.
13
A disagreement
我明白你的意思。但是我不同意。我建议换一天。
但是 is the turn. 不 before 同意. 建议 plus the verb phrase. 不过 is softer. Do not stack three reasons. There is no agreement ending to match.
14
Far away
如果我们住得更近，就会多见几次。
如果…就 is the frame. 得 marks the degree complement on 住. 会 is would, the prediction, not the 要 of a plan. Do not use 会 for a visit you have already set.
15
The news
报纸说这个决定很难。现在下判断太早了。
说 plus the clause. 很 before the adjective. 太…了 is too. 根据报纸 is according to the paper if you need a heavier frame. You may answer with your own sentence.
16
The email
我写信是为了送合同。请在星期五之前回复。
为了 plus the verb is the purpose. 在…之前 is the deadline. 请 plus the verb again. 如果有问题，请写信给我 is the how-to-ask line. 此致 is a close you can add. Do not joke.
17
What you mean
也就是说，你想改日期。我说错了吗？
也就是说 packages the restatement. 错 is the result complement on 说. 吗 asks. 我不是这个意思 undoes a bad sentence.
18
A hard conversation
这话很难说。这不是攻击。我需要家里的帮助。
难 before the verb. 不是 is is not, for nouns. 不 is for verbs. 的 links 家里 and 帮助. 我们可以明天再说 names the time. It is not an exit.
19
The real issue
这不是钱的问题。这是信任的问题。
的 links the noun to 问题. The contrast is 不是 against 是. One cause is usually too clean. 事实是延误。我的看法是另一件事 keeps them apart.
20
The deal
如果价格不变，我就接受这个日期。我重复一遍：你们送货，我们安装。
如果…就 here is a condition you can still meet. Class 14 used 会 because the world was not this one. This line has no 会. 一遍 marks one repetition. 不 before 变.
21
The joke
跟朋友可以说好笑。在工作上，我说直话。
跟 marks the people you are with. 在…上 marks the setting. Irony is not marked. 你 is ordinary. 您 is the distance at work. The safe line is the literal one. Nothing in the grammar draws the smile.
22
The table
为这次聚会。祝你们安好。节哀。需要的话，我在。
为 plus the noun is the toast. 祝 plus the person plus the wish. 节哀 is the set condolence. Do not follow it with advice. 的话 is if. Then stop.
23
Any topic
也就是说，你在说____。能说得简单一点吗？我能讲想法，还不能讲术语。
得 marks the complement 简单. 一点 softens it. 还 is not yet. 能 is can. 不 before 能 is cannot. Let them correct you.
24
The room
我的立场：我们星期一开始。理由：文本已经好了。让步：我接受复查。下一步：请你今天确认。
已经…了 is the reason's result. 请 is the step. Use only patterns from the classes before this one. If you need a new form, go back.