For people who like learning from examples of mistakes, there's a book called "Error Analysis of 900 Sample Sentences" which is 900 examples of wrong sentences with corrected versions and an explanation of the correction (usually just one sentence) in both Chinese and English.
As a chinese learner myself (5 years already) I have always experienced trouble with sentence structure in chinese and I think you are the first person to break this down properly. Really appreciate it and I'm loving your channel.
Suggestions 1) To find book + on line reference grammars (Wikipedia Chinese website, etc.) in Chinese + in English to compare where the 2 are ID similar. opposite different This also needs articles, books, videos, etc. At times, 1 language has unique elements that other lacks, or rarely uses Foe example---Chinese word orders + reverse traits 1) Verb Subject Imperative Verb mode Example lai, ren!! Come, people! Qiao--- shang, zhan-- zhe yige, ren. (On) bridge. is standing a person Imperative mode Verb. Direct Object lai, cha!! Come tea--!! Indicative mode Li, Jia, si-- le yizhi ji. Li, Family died a chicken. (?!) Some of few remaining Chinese word order mysteries. mysteries in
Lol IKenna I love your videos also I did not know you watch this channel also do you know when your app may possibly come out p.s. I know you probably won’t but can’t blame me for trying 😂👍
"...use our Chinese brain..." Yes!!! Thank you for saying this- little by little, when I try to think like my Chinese friends and stop forcing English grammar, it's easier fo them to understand. And it's less stressful. Sometimes it's a little intimidating, tho.
I am a Japanese and learn Chinese and English. Thank you for your convenient videos. I can learn Chinese and English simultaneously. Your English is so clear that it is easy to listen and understand what you said. 再见
I feel your English is becoming increasingly fluent and accurate! And don’t worry about “auxiliary”. It’s pronounced differently depending on where you come from anyway. LoL
This is the most important function of Chinese grammar that I have not been able to make sense of. THANK YOU!!!! Chinese sentences suddenly make so much more sense 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
As a native spanish, chinese language is even more difficult for me. I try to learn chinese in english I think it is much easier, but I still had problems. I hope this video helps me. I have many positive expectations for the comments. thank u 😊
Thank you for posting this!!! I've been trying to learn Chinese for 3 months now and despite using apps to help me learn the language, they don't always go over grammar structure as concisely and straightforwardly as you did in this video! I'm definitely going to watch more of your tutorials, they really help a lot:))
I'm a Chinese learner, nearly 1year now and its going tough. Whenever I feel that I cannot cope, I listen to one of your lessons and I become inspired to crack this difficult language. This video in particular is very good.
nounGRAMMAR /ˈpredəkət/ the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home ). "predicate adjective" verb /ˈpredəˌkāt/ 1. GRAMMAR•LOGIC state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition. "a word that predicates something about its subject"
I watch your videos once in a while and every time I do I feel I learned so much from you. As both a language tutor and Mandarim learner I think you have a great and unique way to teach. Thank you!
I have a very extensive Chinese vocabulary from studying just to prepare for exams. But, your videos help me to actually sound like a native speaker!! Thank you for being my quarantine professor!
I’ve been learning Japanese for the past 5 months or so consistently and it has made me more interested in other languages, Chinese in particular. Thank you for the video! :)
Such a clear way to present this concept. I've been studying mandarin for a while but I feel like this video (and others) are really healping unlock my fluency. This video is pure gold! Thank you so much
Now thats a real teacher for you showing thats its nothing wrong with making mistakes noticed when she messed up on auxillary she looked up how to say it right then & there & eventually said it! versus just saying I'll use another word we should have the same attitude with studying mandarin don't fret over a mistake keep moving forward & every thing will come together in time❤
If your subject is about "The Ball'" then your sentence describes a predicate Example' Subject (The Ball) + ( predicate) rolled down the hill. So in Chinese short example: 他书写 (tā shūxiě): "他" is the subject and "书写" the predicate.
I prefer the Tåhála system of helpers, where you just slap adjectives, adverbs, and markers onto the end of all your words until where one starts and the other begins is completely ambiguous. $question$ (I)(you){future} [move]{place}%expect object tone% [location]{attach grouping}!(I) [obtain]{money}{attach grouping}!(I) [do]{food}%expect object tone% (food)! or, as English speakers would say: “Do you want to go out to eat at a restaurant with me?”
i loved her reaction in the part where she couldn't pronounce auxiliary properly and had to check the correct pronunciation, it was so funny. i loved the way she teaches too; you've gotten a new subscriber.
Clear as mud. Wouldn't know how to use the yidianr after pianyi, you said that it was a result, so I understood that, but would probably use the yidianr before the pianyi. I've studied Mandarin for a long time now yet would not think to put the 'man to his parents speak' before Fangshi, but I do understand it. Being a Waiguoren, it takes a lot of effort to think like the Chinese. Thank you for your efforts anyway.
I really enjoyed your video! I really like how you portray the Chinese structure as something that makes a lot of sense. That is something that is missing in my Chinese language textbooks. This is the first video that I see from you. I feel very encouraged to watch all of your other ones. If you can (or someone else), please tell me how the following two sentences (taken from a popular Chinese language textbook) would fit with the SVO model that you explained: （1） 王朋要开车接李友一起去。（2）她六点半在楼下等王朋。
if SAO means is 主谓宾 ，i can tell you in the first sentence S is 王朋 V is 要开车接 O is 李朋一起去。 the second sentence S is she V is 等 O is 王朋。but as a chinese people， i dont know your textbook how to teach you chinese language 。 Perhaps my answer is incorrect。 ps（As a Chinese student, I have been studying English for 10 years, but I still can't learn it. Now I think it may be because I lack opportunities to talk to English speakers, so I am looking for someone who can talk to me. If you are willing to communicate with me about English learning, as a response, I can also teach you Chinese）
i cant buy your plans or lessons because im a minor so ill just watch all the ads in your videos comepletely. Thank you for all these consistent helpful uploads!
A subject is the noun or pronoun-based part of a sentence, and a predicate is the verb-based part that the subject performs. with that being said, an object is also part of the predicate.
That you for shedding some light on this. Chinese is a stuggle for me because I expect the discriptive information to come after, not before. If you change the order to "She doesnt like the way the man to his parents speak", it instantly becomes more understandable for me. Now that I see the pattern, I just have to remember that helpers may come before a particular word and not after.
The End and Chi sentence structures will of course be different. Sometimes, it is very diff. Sometimes, it is only a bit of diff. The best way to learn is to read story books. And that is how I learn Eng. By reading a lot of Enid Blyton stories about fairy and pixie and elfs. And then the structure will get into your brain. U dun have to go out of your way to remember :" Oh should I say 我爱你 or 我你爱."
Striving towards speaking Chinese. I have a year plus of studying chinese and when I implement the next phase I should be able to speak Chinese in a few months. Thanks.
Great lesson! When I lived in Beijing because I speak slower I tended to use an OSV construction: 男人和父母说话的方式那我不喜欢 I don't think this is standard Chinese, but it made it easier for me to get my ideas out and work with them without pausing.
WELL DONE !!! Many of us older learners remember another era, before computers and the Internet, when the learning materials were fewer and far worse than what is available now. It was almost a necessity to have a Chinese speaking person nearby when learning. May I suggest that you watch the videos of "Cure Dolly" who teaches "Organic Japanese". This woman's videos are being seen by many thousands of people. She gets into the details of Japanese use, exactly as you are doing with Chinese. Keep up the great work. Chinese is the world's most spoken language. There is no reason why many more cannot s peak it. As for the characters, I hope you have some video on learning those too, will check in a moment..
I'm currently on HSK 3 level and this really opens up new logic on how to build a sentence.... I was so troubled with building good sentences because the structure is not the same with english and sometimes does not make sense. Thanks for the video, this really helps a lot!
Grammatical correction: it's meant to be subject, verb, object OR subject, predicate. The predicate is the verb if there is no object otherwise the predicate is the verb and the object. ~0:52
Great video! Adjective clauses are definitely a weak part of my Chinese learning. This helped alot. Can you PLEASE make a video on 是...的 sentences? I (kinda) understand when to use it, but I don't understand why I'm using it and I think it's holding me back from total comprehension.
If you are predicating something, the word is used as a verb and is pronounced with "-KAYT". If you are talking about a predicate in the sentence, the word is used as a noun and is pronounced with "-KIT". English makes these sound differences to differentiate a verb from a noun or adjective.
Most native English speakers don't fully pronounce 'auxilliary'. Many simply say 'auxillary'. Also, English is flexible in its construction. You can frequently properly construct English sentences the 'Chinese way'. Or ... English sentences can be frequently be constructed properly the 'Chinese way'. Or The 'Chinese way' is frequently a proper way to construct English sentences.
For people who like learning from examples of mistakes, there's a book called "Error Analysis of 900 Sample Sentences" which is 900 examples of wrong sentences with corrected versions and an explanation of the correction (usually just one sentence) in both Chinese and English.
do you have a link on this book?
As a chinese learner myself (5 years already) I have always experienced trouble with sentence structure in chinese and I think you are the first person to break this down properly. Really appreciate it and I'm loving your channel.
Are you an excellent speaker?
you need a native speaker teacher
Suggestions
1) To find book + on line reference grammars (Wikipedia Chinese website, etc.) in Chinese + in English to compare
where the 2 are
ID
similar.
opposite
different This also needs articles, books,
videos, etc.
At times, 1 language has unique elements that other lacks, or rarely uses
Foe example---Chinese word orders +
reverse traits
1) Verb Subject
Imperative Verb mode Example lai, ren!!
Come, people!
Qiao--- shang, zhan-- zhe yige, ren.
(On) bridge. is standing a person
Imperative mode
Verb. Direct Object
lai, cha!!
Come tea--!!
Indicative mode
Li, Jia, si-- le yizhi ji.
Li, Family died a chicken. (?!)
Some of few remaining Chinese word order mysteries.
mysteries in
Love videos like this on the logic behind the order! Would love to see more!
Lol IKenna I love your videos also I did not know you watch this channel also do you know when your app may possibly come out p.s. I know you probably won’t but can’t blame me for trying 😂👍
Ikenna being humble
instablaster.
"...use our Chinese brain..."
Yes!!! Thank you for saying this- little by little, when I try to think like my Chinese friends and stop forcing English grammar, it's easier fo them to understand.
And it's less stressful.
Sometimes it's a little intimidating, tho.
Finally someone who brings some light into sentence building, 我爱你❤️
I mean, I'm still confused, but not as much anymore 😂😂😂
I am a Japanese and learn Chinese and English. Thank you for your convenient videos. I can learn Chinese and English simultaneously. Your English is so clear that it is easy to listen and understand what you said. 再见
I love how logical the Chinese language is. Really enjoying your videos and have been the most helpful in my Chinese language learning journey.
I feel your English is becoming increasingly fluent and accurate! And don’t worry about “auxiliary”. It’s pronounced differently depending on where you come from anyway. LoL
真的吗！哈哈谢谢
@@ShuoshuoChinese Yea, how you pronounced it first (excluding the "ee" sound of the i) is how I most often hear it.
JG Tbym I still can’t say it and I am English lol
@@digthewarmth same! Ithink if i slow it down, I say it like: Ox-ill-yer-ee or ox-ill-yar-ee
@@carmennave329 Same! Haha
This is the most important function of Chinese grammar that I have not been able to make sense of. THANK YOU!!!! Chinese sentences suddenly make so much more sense 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
She is one of the best teachers on youtube. She always makes the topic so easy to understand. Thanks a lot ❤
I am from Taiwan where people speaks Mandarin/ Chinese. 妳教得太好了，祝福妳成功。
As a native spanish, chinese language is even more difficult for me. I try to learn chinese in english I think it is much easier, but I still had problems. I hope this video helps me. I have many positive expectations for the comments. thank u 😊
Because she teaches in English, it is more suitable to learn with English thinking
😂The only two things that unite Spanish and Chinese are:
1. Fast speech;
2. Usage of "de"
Im currently learning mandarin (mainly) and spanish on the side, in spanish how do they use 'de' ?? Gracias@@Кукусик-е2э
This lecture was so easy to understand thank you! I finally know how to choose proper sentence structure
Finally I found the best 汉语老师！
I love it how easily you can deconstruct the logic of the language!
The "auxiliary" part was so cute 😍
Love the excellent editing and authentic, humorous touches to the videos! Thanks.
You are the best chinese teacher on youtube i found
You have a natural way with teaching language. This video helped me so much! Thank you 😊 感谢您
The way you struggled with "auxilliary" word was cuteeeee 😳 this is why I love the content, not only educated also entertaining.
我很高兴我找到了你的有趣的视频! 谢谢你了 🇨🇳
对了，我从法国来 🇨🇵
我是从法国，或我是法国人，或我自来法国。
Thanks to this video now I know more about Chinese structure or how I can do my own sentences with my own words
Thank you for posting this!!! I've been trying to learn Chinese for 3 months now and despite using apps to help me learn the language, they don't always go over grammar structure as concisely and straightforwardly as you did in this video! I'm definitely going to watch more of your tutorials, they really help a lot:))
update
This is like the best video ever, explained so clearly..thank you!!
Thank you for the pdf! You are such a caring teacher. Learning Chinese is so joyful and painful.😭
#painful 😁😁
You're true
You know, English is crazy compared to Chinese. Thank you so much for explaining this. I'm just starting to learn Chinese and this is so helpful ❤️
I'm a Chinese learner, nearly 1year now and its going tough. Whenever I feel that I cannot cope, I listen to one of your lessons and I become inspired to crack this difficult language. This video in particular is very good.
Of all the chinese lessons on youtube I understand your explanations the best.
I came here because you said we must watch this first to understand more 的地得 😊
nounGRAMMAR
/ˈpredəkət/
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home ).
"predicate adjective"
verb
/ˈpredəˌkāt/
1.
GRAMMAR•LOGIC
state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
"a word that predicates something about its subject"
My mind has blowed out. I've studied and learned these kind of statements, but I've never understood them, until now. THANKS A LOT.
I watch your videos once in a while and every time I do I feel I learned so much from you. As both a language tutor and Mandarim learner I think you have a great and unique way to teach. Thank you!
Love your videos Shuo. You are the best Chinese teacher I’ve seen
Chinese brain?! Perfect. 完美。 很好主意
Hi where are you from
I have a very extensive Chinese vocabulary from studying just to prepare for exams. But, your videos help me to actually sound like a native speaker!! Thank you for being my quarantine professor!
Great tips! Thanks! And by the way, the way that sentence would be said in English is "I love the smart side of you the most."
I’ve been learning Japanese for the past 5 months or so consistently and it has made me more interested in other languages, Chinese in particular. Thank you for the video! :)
Such a clear way to present this concept. I've been studying mandarin for a while but I feel like this video (and others) are really healping unlock my fluency. This video is pure gold! Thank you so much
Now thats a real teacher for you showing thats its nothing wrong with making mistakes noticed when she messed up on auxillary she looked up how to say it right then & there & eventually said it! versus just saying I'll use another word we should have the same attitude with studying mandarin don't fret over a mistake keep moving forward & every thing will come together in time❤
Thank you so much!!! You changed my Chinese study brain!!!⭐⭐⭐
Hi, I am at the moment studying Chinese language and I found your videos very helpful,thank you very much.
If your subject is about "The Ball'" then your sentence describes a predicate Example' Subject (The Ball) + ( predicate) rolled down the hill. So in Chinese short example: 他书写 (tā shūxiě): "他" is the subject and "书写" the predicate.
Your voice and enunciation is so satisfying to listen to lol. It's like music.
I still have a long way to go, but this video helped me immensely! Thank you!
You're the best Chinese teacher on TH-cam
I prefer the Tåhála system of helpers, where you just slap adjectives, adverbs, and markers onto the end of all your words until where one starts and the other begins is completely ambiguous.
$question$ (I)(you){future} [move]{place}%expect object tone% [location]{attach grouping}!(I) [obtain]{money}{attach grouping}!(I) [do]{food}%expect object tone% (food)!
or, as English speakers would say:
“Do you want to go out to eat at a restaurant with me?”
As a baby beginner, this is really helpful. Likely difficult as I think in English, but simple enough to understand how it's put together.
my most beloved is the smart you. same structure in english, just not really commonly used. wo zui ai de shi cong ming de ni!
I love the way how you teach.
Thank you as always and be safe
“Let’s get these 80%”. You make it look so easy. 😅
i loved her reaction in the part where she couldn't pronounce auxiliary properly and had to check the correct pronunciation, it was so funny. i loved the way she teaches too; you've gotten a new subscriber.
This will help me not only in learning Chinese but when I get back to Zhengzhou, it will help me to help my students learn English.
You explained this so well and now I understand something I’ve been struggling with for days! Thank you so much!
Clear as mud. Wouldn't know how to use the yidianr after pianyi, you said that it was a result, so I understood that, but would probably use the yidianr before the pianyi. I've studied Mandarin for a long time now yet would not think to put the 'man to his parents speak' before Fangshi, but I do understand it. Being a Waiguoren, it takes a lot of effort to think like the Chinese. Thank you for your efforts anyway.
Wow, what seemed completely confusing and illogical, does suddenly make sense to me. Thank you for this very helpful video. It made my day!❤
I really enjoyed your video! I really like how you portray the Chinese structure as something that makes a lot of sense. That is something that is missing in my Chinese language textbooks. This is the first video that I see from you. I feel very encouraged to watch all of your other ones. If you can (or someone else), please tell me how the following two sentences (taken from a popular Chinese language textbook) would fit with the SVO model that you explained: （1） 王朋要开车接李友一起去。（2）她六点半在楼下等王朋。
if SAO means is 主谓宾 ，i can tell you in the first sentence S is 王朋
V is 要开车接 O is 李朋一起去。
the second sentence S is she V is 等 O is 王朋。but as a chinese people， i dont know your textbook how to teach you chinese language 。 Perhaps my answer is incorrect。
ps（As a Chinese student, I have been studying English for 10 years, but I still can't learn it. Now I think it may be because I lack opportunities to talk to English speakers, so I am looking for someone who can talk to me. If you are willing to communicate with me about English learning, as a response, I can also teach you Chinese）
i cant buy your plans or lessons because im a minor so ill just watch all the ads in your videos comepletely. Thank you for all these consistent helpful uploads!
Your lessons are super clear! Thank you!
auxiliary word is the best pronunciation
You are an excellent teacher! I love your ideas of the structure and redefining some types of words.
A subject is the noun or pronoun-based part of a sentence, and a predicate is the verb-based part that the subject performs. with that being said, an object is also part of the predicate.
That you for shedding some light on this. Chinese is a stuggle for me because I expect the discriptive information to come after, not before. If you change the order to "She doesnt like the way the man to his parents speak", it instantly becomes more understandable for me. Now that I see the pattern, I just have to remember that helpers may come before a particular word and not after.
You're the kind of teacher that I wanna be with...!
Thanks dear I will learn Chinese quickly
The End and Chi sentence structures will of course be different. Sometimes, it is very diff. Sometimes, it is only a bit of diff. The best way to learn is to read story books. And that is how I learn Eng. By reading a lot of Enid Blyton stories about fairy and pixie and elfs.
And then the structure will get into your brain. U dun have to go out of your way to remember :" Oh should I say 我爱你 or 我你爱."
I've seen this in so many videos but this one has one of the most solid explanations, thank you!
wowww u just explained what I was struggling with for months ✨amazing✨
Nice to see you again laoshi, I've been waiting your videos. Like the way you teach and love your sense humor💕💕
Wow, thank you for supporting!
@@ShuoshuoChinese you're welcome💕 looking forward to more videos, this is a big help for me as i learn Chinese.🙏👍
Yes, I wish somebody had put it to me this way a long time ago... Very helpful. Now I just need a bigger vocabulary!
I always the most like work for advanced of this house company.....
Wo zhong shi zui xihuan gonzuo wei gaoji de zhe jia gonsi
Striving towards speaking Chinese. I have a year plus of studying chinese and when I implement the next phase I should be able to speak Chinese in a few months. Thanks.
You're such a superb teacher! You explain thing very well. Thank you for this latest video.
I’ve been binge watching your videos since I found them
Great lesson! When I lived in Beijing because I speak slower I tended to use an OSV construction: 男人和父母说话的方式那我不喜欢
I don't think this is standard Chinese, but it made it easier for me to get my ideas out and work with them without pausing.
This certainly isn't wrong. It's actually known as the "topic+comment"-structure. So from what I can tell, it very much _is_ standard Chinese
This is inversion (倒装). People place the object at the front to emphasize the object.
Good work! Thanks for sharin' although you need to practice a little bit the word: AUXILIARY!
Woooww....EVERYTHING makes sense to me now - a BIG THANK YOU
One of the best videos I have seen that can simply explain grammar. I will be remembering this lesson from now on! It should make my studying easier!
嗯，好的
This has been so helpful as I continue on my studies. Thank you so much! And laughing at the pronunciation of "auxiliary!"
I love the way you explain this sentences I want to learned more in your Class thank you will keep fallowing you.
Thanks for your tips. It really helpful in making new sentences.
WELL DONE !!! Many of us older learners remember another era, before computers and the Internet, when the learning materials were fewer and far worse than what is available now. It was almost a necessity to have a Chinese speaking person nearby when learning.
May I suggest that you watch the videos of "Cure Dolly" who teaches "Organic Japanese". This woman's videos are being seen by many thousands of people. She gets into the details of Japanese use, exactly as you are doing with Chinese. Keep up the great work. Chinese is the world's most spoken language. There is no reason why many more cannot s peak it. As for the characters, I hope you have some video on learning those too, will check in a moment..
You have a nice sense of humour which makes you very attractive in my world
I'm currently on HSK 3 level and this really opens up new logic on how to build a sentence.... I was so troubled with building good sentences because the structure is not the same with english and sometimes does not make sense. Thanks for the video, this really helps a lot!
Grammatical correction: it's meant to be subject, verb, object OR subject, predicate. The predicate is the verb if there is no object otherwise the predicate is the verb and the object. ~0:52
Great video! Adjective clauses are definitely a weak part of my Chinese learning. This helped alot. Can you PLEASE make a video on 是...的 sentences? I (kinda) understand when to use it, but I don't understand why I'm using it and I think it's holding me back from total comprehension.
yeahhh I also want one video of that
This was really helpful to me! Thank you for posting this video.
If you are predicating something, the word is used as a verb and is pronounced with "-KAYT".
If you are talking about a predicate in the sentence, the word is used as a noun and is pronounced with "-KIT".
English makes these sound differences to differentiate a verb from a noun or adjective.
老师你的表现非常好
This is one of those videos I have to come back to over and over for new words I learn until this is engrained in my brain.
You are fantastic, thanks a lot from Caracas Venezuela.
Sentence structures are very helpful. Can you read some simple newspapers?
This is life-changing!! Thank you for making videos, it has helped me so much ❤️❤️
She is indeed doing very well. Those who learn Chinese can watch her videos, and those who learn English can also learn from her
You makes everything easier to digest!!!
Love your work and great effort You've made. Waiting for your next video
From Vietnamese !
Auxiliaries 太可爱了！我希望我能和你一样说中文。
Another very charming Chinese teacher.👍
Most native English speakers don't fully pronounce 'auxilliary'. Many simply say 'auxillary'. Also, English is flexible in its construction. You can frequently properly construct English sentences the 'Chinese way'. Or ... English sentences can be frequently be constructed properly the 'Chinese way'. Or The 'Chinese way' is frequently a proper way to construct English sentences.
Quite helpful while learning mandarin, Thanks
I really thank you ,love your teaching ,yeah you are best Chinese teacher I saw in online, 😘
Awesome video. Don't think like English.. think Chinese. I already know it will be really helpful. Thx