L4 - How do you practice Chinese? 你怎么练习中文?

• How do you practice Chinese? 你怎么练习中文?
  • 练习 liànxí - to practice
  • 得 - děi must, have to
  • 得 de - used between a verb and
  • 写字 xiě zì - to write character
  • 有时候 yǒu shí hòu - sometimes
  • 慢 màn - slow
  • 快 kuài - fast
  • 难 nán - hard
  • 容易 róng yì - easy
  • 有意思 yǒu yì si - interesting
  • 怎么 zěn me - how
  • 帮 bāng - to help
  • 进步 jìnbù - improve
• Grammar
  • 得 (děi) have to, need to
  • 得 + Verb means have to do something even the person is not 100% willing to. The negation is 不用 不用 means “not necessary, no need to do.”
    • 我明天得去打工,可是我今天不用去打工。Wǒ míngtiān děi qù dǎgōng, kěshì wǒ jīntiān búyòng qù dǎgōng.
    • 我明天得回家做饭,可是我今天不用回家做饭。Wǒ míngtiān děi huíjiā zuòfàn, kěshì wǒ jīntiān búyòng huíjiā zuòfàn.
  • Degree of Complement Sentences
  • 得(de) is used in between a Verb and an adv/ adj to describe how the action is performed. Sentence pattern for the degree of an action is performed are as follows:
    • Subject + Verb 得 adv + adj.
    • 你的中文说得很好。Nǐde zhōngwén shuō de hěn hǎo.
    • 我的英文说得不太好。Wǒde yīngwén shuō de bú tài hǎo.
    • 你的英文进步得很快。Nǐde yīngwén jìnbù de hěnkuài.
    • Subject + Verb Objective (V.O.) + Verb 得 adv + adj
    • 他开车开得很快。Tā kāichē kāi de hěn kuài.
    • 他吃饭吃得很慢 。Tā chīfàn chī de hěn màn.
    • 我妈妈做饭做得很好。Wǒ māma zuò fàn zuò de hěn hǎo.
    • 怎么 + Verb is used to ask how to do something.
    • 你怎么练习中文? Nǐ zěnme liànxí zhōngwén?
    • 你怎么去学校? Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?
    • 你怎么做中国菜? Nǐ zěnme zuò zhōngguó cài?

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