這 [这] (zhè) and 那 (nà), which are literally translated as this and that respectively, are demonstrative pronouns in Chinese.…
What is simple future tense? Simple future tense is used to indicate things or actions that have not happened yet.…
Knowing how to tell the time in the correct way will make you look like a native when you are…
Pronouns are used to replace nouns or noun phrases in a sentence. They are used to refer a person, a…
What is simple past tense? Simple past tense is a verb tense that indicates a completed action that happened in…
Unlike English which adds ‘s/-es’ or Indonesian which reduplicate the nouns, Chinese does not modify the nouns to express plural…
There are a lot of words that we can use to express quantity in English, such as much, many, a…
です (desu), which is a polite speech marker, works like the present affirmative version of the copula in Japanese. It…
One of the characteristics of English complete sentences is the requirement of a subject. However, if the subject is not…
Demonstrative words – this, that, these, those – are words that show which person or thing is being referred to.…
In the previous lesson, we have covered how to construct past tense and present tense sentences in Chinese. In this…
As stated in the previous lesson, there is no verb conjugation in Chinese. In short, 吃 (chī) will always remain…
There is no verb conjugation in Chinese. The form Chinese verb is only one regardless the tense of the sentence.…
After the verb to be, ‘the verb to have' ranks as the second most commonly used verb in English. The verb…
Do you know that the concept of the verb come and go in Japanese and English are different? Not only…
The verb to be is probably one of the most irregular verbs in English. It does need more attention as…
Simple present tense is one of the commonly used verb tense in English. What is simple present tense? Simple…
Do you know that nouns in Japanese have neither gender nor singular-plural forms? Let’s learn how to form simple Japanese…
What is that? Where is the toilet? How much is this? Have you ever wondered how to ask questions in…
The particles か (ka) and ね (ne) can be used to form questions in Japanese. Let’s learn the usage…