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Author:

ROSS, CLAUDIA.

Title:

Chinese demystified : hard stuff made easy / Claudia Ross.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xv, 432 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.
Chinese language--Problems, exercises, etc.
Chinese language--Self-instruction.
Chinese language materials.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The basics of Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and characters ; An overview of Mandarin grammar ; Chinese names and titles ; Numbers ; Using pronouns and nouns -- Actions and verbs. Identifying nouns with linking verbs ; Adjectival and stative verbs ; Action verbs : talking about habitual, future, and ongoing actions ; Completed actions and actions that did not happen ; Indicating possibility, ability, and permission with modal verbs ; Expressing obligations, suggestions, and prohibitions -- Nouns, questions, and connections. Indicating possession ; Describing nouns with adjectival verbs and description clauses ; Asking and answering yes-no questions ; Asking and answering content questions ; Expressing "all" or "both" in relation to nouns ; Linking verbs and verb phrases with "and" and "only" -- Time and space, actions and comparisons. Location and distance ; Talking about time ; Describing how actions are performed ; Making comparisons.

Series:

Demystified

ISBN:

007147725X (pbk.)
9780071477253 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2009925529

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)