Chinese Grammar

比 bi (A+bi+B)

  • Avery 比 Anh 高。 Avery bi Anh gao. (Avery is taller than Anh)

  • Katie geng gao (Katie is taller though)

  • 今天比较冷 jin tian bi jiao leng- today is colder

A not A

他高不高吗？ta gao bu gao ma? (Is he tall or not tall?)

S + 又 + adj1 + 又 _ adj2 (Used to describe someone that has two traits at once. Need to both be describing either positive or negative.)

这个苹果又红又大 - Zhe ge ping guo 又 hong 又 da - This apple is red and big. 

S + bu + adj + 不 + adj. opposite (Used to describe something in the medium range. The two adjectives used here are usually opposites.)

  • 今天不冷不热- Jin tian bu leng bu re - today is not hot or cold.

  • 我不高也不爱 - Wo bu gao ye bu ai - I am not tall or short, medium size. 

  • 正好 - Zheng hao - just right

Gen yi yang - similiar

Zhe ge ping guo he na ge ping guo gen yi yang - that apple and this apple are similar.

Ju + adj (Ju - huge/super)

Ta de gou ju ke ai - Super cute dog. 

Adjective describing Objects

  • wo de gege shi na ge zu qiu de nan hai zi - my brother is the boy that plays soccer.

  • wo de peng you xiang qu kan wo zuo tian kan de dian ying - my friend wants to go watch the movie i watched yesterday.

Mei zuo de zuo ye xue sheng dou yao qu study hall - the students that did not do homework must go to study hall.

Verb Complements (S+V+complement+object)

  • Wo kan jian le shu. I saw a book

  • Wo kan wan le shu. I finished a book

  • Cuo - wrong

  • Wo kan cuo le shu. I read the book wrong. 

S + AA (single word ajdective) If you use this sentence structure to describe something negative, it means you like it. 

  • Ping guo hong hong de - apple is red.

  • Dan gao da da de - cake is big

  • Hai zi pang pang de - This baby is chubby.

Subject VO phrase Verb 得 Adverb. 

  • Wo pao bu pao de hen kuai. - i ran quickly.

  • Wo zai bing shang zou lu zou de hen man - i walk on the ice slowly.

  • S Verb 得 Adverb

  • Wo yu xi 得 hen hao - i reviewed well.




像一样 xiang … yi yang - having the same qualities (same as/ like)

Jin tian wan shang de yue liang xiang bing gan yi yang. 

Yang jing da du zi xiao.

Eyes were bigger than my stomach. 

Yan gao shou ji. 

Your eyes are tall and your hands are low.

Big dreams, but don’t have skills.  

Cong ming jue ding

(smart and bald) 

So smart you need a space (bald head) to show it. 

Positive word. 

Extremely smart 

WHEN YOU USE BA SUBJECT FIRST, WHEN YOU USE BEI OBJECT FIRST


Wo de di di ba guo wo de dan gao chi le. 

Do de dan gao bei wo de di di chi le. 


给

Wo ba ping guo gei peng you le. 

Ping guo bei wo gei peng you le. 


到/在

Wo ba ping guo dai dao xue xiao. 


Wo ba wo de che qing zai le ting chi chang.

 

Ask someone to do something: 

subject ba object verb. 


Ni ba men guai. 




My little brother ate my cake. 

My little brother ate my cake. 


I







I parked my car in the parking lot. 





You go shut the door.