Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide Book

Pt. A	Structures
1	Overview of pronunciation and Pinyin romanization	3
2	Syllable, meaning, and word	6
3	The Chinese writing system : an overview	12
4	Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence	17
5	Nouns	22
6	Numbers	28
7	Specifiers and demonstratives	39
8	Classifiers	43
9	Noun phrases	49
10	Adjectival verbs	56
11	Stative verbs	61
12	Modal verbs	69
13	Action verbs	76
14	Prepositions and prepositional phrases	82
15	Adverbs	89
16	Conjunctions	97
17	The passive	100
Pt. B	Situations and functions
18	Names, kinship terms, titles, and terms of address	107
19	Introductions	121
20	Greetings and goodbyes	125
21	Basic strategies for communication	134
22	Telecommunications and e-communications : telephones, the Internet, beepers, and faxes	141
23	Negating information	146
24	Asking questions and replying to questions	152
25	Expressing identification, possession, and existence	165
26	Describing people, places, and things	171
27	Describing how actions are performed	181
28	Indicating result, conclusion, potential, and extent	186
29	Making comparisons	198
30	Talking about the present	215
31	Talking about habitual actions	220
32	Talking about the future	223
33	Indicating completion and talking about the past	226
34	Talking about change, new situations, and changing situations	236
35	Talking about duration and frequency	243
36	Expressing additional information	251
37	Expressing contrast	256
38	Expressing sequence	260
39	Expressing simultaneous situations	268
40	Expressing cause and effect or reason and result	272
41	Expressing conditions	278
42	Expressing 'both,' 'all,' 'every,' 'any,' 'none,' 'not any,' and 'no matter how'	282
43	Expressing location and distance	291
44	Talking about movement, directions, and means of transportation	302
45	Talking about clock time and calendar time	310
46	Expressing obligations and prohibitions	322
47	Expressing commands and permission	328
48	Expressing ability and possibility	332
49	Expressing desires, needs, preferences, and willingness	335
50	Expressing knowledge, advice, and opinions	338
51	Expressing fear, worry, and anxiety	344
52	Expressing speaker attitudes and perspectives	348
53	Topic, focus, and emphasis	352
54	Guest and host	361
55	Giving and responding to compliments	364
56	Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction	366
57	Expressing gratitude and responding to expressions of gratitude	370
58	Invitations, requests, and refusals	372
59	Expressing apologies, regrets, sympathy, and bad news	380
60	Expressing congratulations and good wishes	384