Basic Chinese Grammar and Sentence Patterns

By A.D. Syrokomia-Stefanowska and Mabel Lee

Book Overview

This introduction to the Chinese language demonstrates how adult English speakers and Chinese speakers address identical situations. The lessons cover the basic structures necessary for speaking,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0959073515
• ISBN13: 9780959073515
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wild Peony (AU)
• Length: 99 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent tool for learning to read Chinese

Vocabulary is introduced by showing both traditional and simplified characters, in columns, along with pinyin transcription. I found this quite helpful because most individual Chinese study materials feature either one or the other. The sentence examples are in handwritten characters, not in pinyin, which makes you learn the characters much more quickly than you otherwise would.I'd recommend this book in conjunction with a book-CD combination like Kan Qian's Colloquial Chinese (Routledge). This one focuses on grammar, as the title indicates. A bargain, as well.