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Lesson 15 – Advanced – Chinese Grammar 建立

Grammar is the basis of understanding the Chinese language when you communicate with Chinese people. When you learn in qualified Mandarin program and achieve a high language level, it must be boring to learn grammar by memorizing the grammatical rules. An effective method is to put the grammar point into the specific sentences or context for better understanding and memorizing.

For example, the mistake in the sentence 积极的结论要令人信服,就必须树立在我们自信是诚实得来的事实基础之上is not so obvious to see. First of all, you can seize the general meaning of the sentence that the convincing conclusion should base on the fact that confidence comes from honesty. In Chinese, if we want to say on the basis of something, we often use建立在…基础上but not 树立. Therefore, 树立should be replaced by 建立.

Let’s move our attention to another incorrect sentence只要做好宣传工作,很多人都会立即认识到你们这项工作的意义而且不可替代性。If you have learned how to analyze the sentence structure when you learn Chinese language, you may know that 而且should be followed by phrases or clauses. However, 意义and 不可替代性here are all noun components and 而且is not proper here. You can just replace it with和, meaning and .

Another typical mistake that the American students often make when they learn to speak Chinese is the incorrect word order. Therefore, such practice often appear in the exercise like尽管都父母希望自己的孩子自尊自爱,但许多人却不知道自己经常在不经意间伤害了孩子的自尊心。The latter part of the sentence is correct and the former part means even though all parents hope their children love and respect themselves . Under the influence of the word order even though all parents , the learners may think 尽管都父母 is right. As a matter of fact, the adverb 都should be placed after the subject 父母to make it 尽管父母都….
 

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