MyDigitalpoint Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Looking forward learning a new language, I thought that Chinese could be the next, so I was searching for free online resources to start with, and I found this site that promises to be a good one.Topics included in these basic Chinese grammar lessons include:Table of contentsBasic Units of Word Structure in ChineseMorphemeWordCompoundsCompound Types ICompound Types IIReduplicationAffixedWord Classes IWord Classes IINounsVerbsAdjectives: Stative VerbsNumerals & MeasuresPronounsAdverbs IPrepositions & ConjunctionsParticlesThe Chinese SentenceSentence Structures ISubject-Predicate ISubject-Predicate IICopular SentenceSentence Structures IISentence Structures IIIComplements IComplements IIPrepositional: use CoverbsAspectAdverbs IIAnd the full course can be found here, http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rsimmon/chingram/ innovativecat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnieDarko Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 I looked through some of the sections within the link and I thought they were decent. How the teacher at the school I'm attending teaches new learners is by this book:http://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Chinese-Simplified-Characters-Textbook/dp/0887276385/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1385766135&sr=8-3&keywords=chinese+textbookit follows many basic phrases for everyday life and general conversation with text readings that incorporate not only the characters in that chapter but also ones from past so you don't forget words. It also has pinyin, word definition in English, and also a index that shows all words in Characters and English translations.There are also multiple levels of the book so when you are ready to can go to the next stepYou are also going to want one of these:http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Chinese-English-Dictionary-Gaelle-Amiot-Cadey/dp/0877798591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385765582&sr=8-1&keywords=chinese+english+dictionaryTo look up words in Chinese yo have to find out the radical for the word and although it may seem like guessing at first you learn that it follows a uniform style and by looking up many words you not only learn the radicals of most words but become increasingly fast at identifying them, and its also good for just being a Chinese-English or English to Chinese dictionary. innovativecat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transluzens Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Thank you so much for providing this website! I'm currently studying Mandarin Chinese, as well, and I've found that there seems to be a lack of sufficient resources online. This will definitely help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanda Kaishin Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Here's a great grammar resource:Chinese Grammar Wiki linguaholic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Thanks for sharing this Wiki Wanda. It is a very good source. I use it as well from time to time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanda Kaishin Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 On 10/13/2015 at 11:59 AM, linguaholic said: Thanks for sharing this Wiki Wanda. It is a very good source. I use it as well from time to time!Yeah, isn't it great? For me, it's so much easier to look something up quickly than in my grammar books, and the explanations are often simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 On 10/14/2015 at 2:47 AM, Wanda Kaishin said: Yeah, isn't it great? For me, it's so much easier to look something up quickly than in my grammar books, and the explanations are often simpler.Yes, indeed. I do have a great Grammar Book, though. But most probably it is only available in German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innovativecat Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 On 11/29/2013 at 11:08 PM, DonnieDarko said: I looked through some of the sections within the link and I thought they were decent. How the teacher at the school I'm attending teaches new learners is by this book: http://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Chinese-Simplified-Characters-Textbook/dp/0887276385/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1385766135&sr=8-3&keywords=chinese+textbook it follows many basic phrases for everyday life and general conversation with text readings that incorporate not only the characters in that chapter but also ones from past so you don't forget words. It also has pinyin, word definition in English, and also a index that shows all words in Characters and English translations.There are also multiple levels of the book so when you are ready to can go to the next step You are also going to want one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Chinese-English-Dictionary-Gaelle-Amiot-Cadey/dp/0877798591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385765582&sr=8-1&keywords=chinese+english+dictionary Expand Goodluck to our chinese language studies My tutor required another book which is the New Practical Chinese Reader but I want to check other books and learning tools too to help me. Thank you for all these useful sites. Quote Expand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouhaochen Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Innovativecat: The New Practical Reader is a good book and used a lot for teaching Chinese. Be aware that it switches quite quickly from pinyin to Chinese characters only, so make sure you are on top of those or you will find yourself in trouble once you get to the next ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innovativecat Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 On 1/12/2016 at 12:28 AM, zhouhaochen said: Innovativecat: The New Practical Reader is a good book and used a lot for teaching Chinese. Be aware that it switches quite quickly from pinyin to Chinese characters only, so make sure you are on top of those or you will find yourself in trouble once you get to the next ones Expand I'm actually getting confused now with the book that's why I'm looking for another reading materials. Hahahaha! I love how challenging the chinese language is but it's very difficult. I also think I'm going to be confused when I go to a chinese speaking country that uses the traditional method and not the simplified one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurdapia Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 On 1/12/2016 at 8:59 AM, innovativecat said: I'm actually getting confused now with the book that's why I'm looking for another reading materials. Hahahaha! I love how challenging the chinese language is but it's very difficult. I also think I'm going to be confused when I go to a chinese speaking country that uses the traditional method and not the simplified one. Expand I recently had the interest to learn Chinese Mandarin, I also came across the idea of simplified and traditional. With you expressing your worry now I am torn between choosing which route to go. Is it simplified or traditional or should I learn the easy one as a beginner or dive to the traditional right away? Anyone else having this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiR Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 On 3/22/2016 at 8:46 AM, kurdapia said: I recently had the interest to learn Chinese Mandarin, I also came across the idea of simplified and traditional. With you expressing your worry now I am torn between choosing which route to go. Is it simplified or traditional or should I learn the easy one as a beginner or dive to the traditional right away? Anyone else having this issue? Expand It depends on your purpose for learning the Language. Simplified are much easier to learn and are used in mainland china. I would recommend simplified to anyone planning to spend time in Beijing or read mainland news. I did have a friend who learned simplified characters and then moved to Taiwan. Taiwan has not adopted the simplified version. He had to relearn how to write everything in the traditional characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurdapia Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 On 3/22/2016 at 6:34 PM, NikkiR said: Simplified are used in mainland china. I would recommend simplified to anyone planning to spend time in Beijing or read mainland news. I did have a friend who learned simplified characters and then moved to Taiwan. Taiwan has not adopted the simplified version. He had to relearn how to write everything in the traditional characters. Expand Oh I see. this comment somehow gave me a sense of direction. I am more on the appreciation of the language for now but if ever I get to be fluent in speaking and writing Mandarin then maybe I should put it to good use like finding online opportunities to do translation or transcription. But that is going to be the long term plan but for now I need to satisfy my yearning to appreciate the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaNerd Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 This app can help with sentence patterns https://itunes.apple.com/app/chineseyufa/id1461752332 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkaretnikov Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hello! Try HelloChinese app (google play) Another good one is DuChinese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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