List of work needing to be done on the grammar
Now that Bridge to China is a large corpus, you will find you can find examples of many of these points somewhere just by searching in the box on this page top right.
Three examples each of exclamations and interjections e.g. 啊,哦,哎,哎哟,嗯,唔,嗨 and 咳
These are typically used at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples of sentence final particles
e.g. 的,啊,哦, 啊,咯,哈,呗 etc.
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Morphology
Which words does 们 attach to?
Ten examples of 面 and 边
e.g. 上面,前面,里面,这边,右边,旁边
Individual words
Five examples of 刚 'have just ...ed'
Five examples of 麻烦
Five examples of 打扰
Five examples of 差不多
Five examples of 随便
Three examples of 随意
Three examples of 随时
Three examples of 这样
Three examples of 自己
Five examples of 幸亏 'fortunately'
Five examples of 尤其 'especially'
Three examples of 怪不得 'no wonder'
Three examples of 原来
Three examples of 本来
Three examples of 厉害
Three examples of 任何
Three examples of 倒是 'contrary to what might be expected'
Five examples of 祝你 'I wish you ...'
Five examples of 要不 'how about'
Five examples of 一下 'have a, just'
Five examples of 不错
Five examples of 费劲儿
Three examples of 放弃
Three examples of 失望
Three examples of 绝望
Three examples of 失败
Three examples of 在某种程度上
Three examples of 对...感兴趣
Three examples of 对...有感情
Three examples of 对...有痴迷
Explain measure words: 种,口,餐,根,届,颗,股,尊,圈
Examples of various language patterns
Five examples of 边 Verb 边 Verb 'do Verb whilst doing Verb'
Five examples of reduplicated single syllable adjectives e.g. 好好
What meaning does reduplication add?
Explain 福倒了 and 福到了
Explain the difference between 一会儿,回头 and 然后
Five examples each of resultative complements Verb好, Verb到 and Verb满:
e.g. 办好,填好,系好 and 开到,遇到,拿到,打到,坐满,开满