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Japanese has two systems of numbers: the native Japanese numbers and the Chinese origin numbers. Native Japanese and Sino-Japanese Numbers The native Japanese numbers can count almost everything except people, other living things, time,...
One of the way to ask questions is by using the question words in Chinese. Where do we place the question words in Chinese questions? The question words are simply placed in the...
You only need to know 16 characters to write all the numbers in Chinese! Moreover, it is relatively easy to learn Chinese numbers – they are simple, logical and regular. Once you remember these...
は (wa) and が (ga) are probably the most frequently used particles in Japanese. At the same time, these two are confusing since there are no English equivalents. Both of them mean the same...
In the previous post, we have learned how to construct a basic Chinese sentence. Today, we will learn how to build up other information using adverbs. 1. Basic Sentence Structure The basic form...
Imagine if you have to mention the ‘noun’ again and again in a text: Angelina Jolie is an American actress. Angelina Jolie was born in California. Angelina Jolie has received several big awards… How...
There are two verbs to express existence in Japanese: Verb (Basic Form) Verb (Polite Form) Meaning Usage Example いる (iru) います (imasu) to be located living things (can move by himself/itself) people, animal ある...
We have learned that we can use「的」,「地」and「得」to connect adjectives and other parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adverbs). In this lesson, we will discuss how to use Chinese adjectives in the basic sentence. In...
The answer is ‘no’. Just because they are both used for introducing relative clauses does not mean that they have the same usage. The quick rule to get it right: If you could...
In the previous lesson about ‘This’ and ‘That’ in Japanese, we concluded that the prefix: ‘ko-’ is used when ‘the object near to the speaker’, ‘so-’ is used when ‘the object near to the...
皆さんこんにちは！ お元気ですか？ Just like Italian and Spanish, there are three words of demonstration in Japanese: Object near to the speaker, rather than the listener [これ (kore), この (kono)] – corresponding to English ‘this’...
Both 不 (bù) and 沒 (méi) are negative determiners in Chinese. They can be put in front of a verb or an adjective, in order to convert the statement into negative statement. Even though these two words...
There are countless ways to respond ‘yes’ in Chinese. The reason is, ‘yes’ is more like a ‘concept of affirmation’, rather than a word. As a result, the response we use depend on the...
The three “de” particles of Chinese,「的」,「地」and「得」; are all pronounced as “de” with the neutral tone. Even though they sound the same, they have completely different meanings! 「的」 In Chinese,「的」is used to show: Possession,...
There are two concepts of “we/us/our/ours” in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian). Although all of them (from subject pronouns to possessive adjectives) are defined as “kami” and “kita”, the usage of both words is totally different....
