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There’s something wrong with the first sentence builder. I can’t get it right, but can get it to say everything is right but one word, which doesn’t make sense.
I was thinking it should maybe be: Jùzi tōngcháng huì yǒu yīge míngcí gēn yīge dòngcí.
This however doesn’t come up correct, though I can’t seem to get any combination to work.
Hi Anthony - you’re right - I’ve fixed it, so it should be working now. You may also notice a new exercise - Fill in the Blanks - featured every few lessons to help in your learning. Keep the comments coming!
An unrelated grammar question.. . When asking questions in Chinese we end the first question with 吗 and can end all the following questions with 呢 as long as they are pertaining to the same subject??
And so if I decide to change subjects and ask about something else I should revert back to 吗？ If this is right. . does it apply to both written and spoken Chinese?
I have a small grammar question about 量詞。 Can the measure word be more than one character? For instance, when I go to the coffee shop and order should I say “我要一大杯咖啡” or “我要一杯咖啡，大杯的”?
June 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
There’s something wrong with the first sentence builder. I can’t get it right, but can get it to say everything is right but one word, which doesn’t make sense.
I was thinking it should maybe be: Jùzi tōngcháng huì yǒu yīge míngcí gēn yīge dòngcí.
This however doesn’t come up correct, though I can’t seem to get any combination to work.
Thanks.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Hi Anthony - you’re right - I’ve fixed it, so it should be working now. You may also notice a new exercise - Fill in the Blanks - featured every few lessons to help in your learning. Keep the comments coming!
December 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
An unrelated grammar question.. . When asking questions in Chinese we end the first question with 吗 and can end all the following questions with 呢 as long as they are pertaining to the same subject??
And so if I decide to change subjects and ask about something else I should revert back to 吗？ If this is right. . does it apply to both written and spoken Chinese?
December 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Hi Daniel,
In general yes. So a sample conversation might look like this:
A: 你最近好吗？
B: 很好，谢谢。
A: 那你的太太呢？
B: 她也很好。
A: 你知道明天的天气怎么样吗？
B: 应该会下雨吧。
A: 那星期五呢？
B: 星期五我不知道。
December 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
OK thanks for clearing that up Adam.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I have a small grammar question about 量詞。 Can the measure word be more than one character? For instance, when I go to the coffee shop and order should I say “我要一大杯咖啡” or “我要一杯咖啡，大杯的”?
January 5th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Hi Matthew,
These are the two sentences that could be said:
1. 我要一杯大杯的咖啡
2. 我要一杯咖啡，大杯的 (same as yours)
Additionally, the second measure word could also be omitted to give:
我要一杯大(杯)的咖啡
January 6th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Okay, thanks Adam! That makes sense to me.