Appendix D: Grammar Structures

Below are common words and their grammar structures:

1. 在 2. 有 3.是 4.要 5.-没-有 6. 不 7.的 8. 和 9. 吗？

Nouns refer to a person, place, or thing.

Verbs:

是/在/有/叫/去。

Adverbs:

都/也/太。

Adjectives:

是 is used as to be.

Conjunctions (and/but/or):

和/还是。

Numbers: structure of numbers/time/days of the week/dates.

Units & measures:

个/杯/本/位/支/条。

Five NOs:

• no verb conjugations
• no irregular verbs
• no verb form for different tenses
• no plural forms of words/no articles