One of the way to ask questions is by using the question words in Chinese. Where do we place the question words in Chinese…
You only need to know 16 characters to write all the numbers in Chinese! Moreover, it is relatively easy to learn Chinese numbers – they…
Who said that numbers in French are way too complicated? As long as you remember the basic number, know how to do the counting, and…
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…
Perhaps you have heard about a large portion of Japanese vocabulary is borrowed from traditional Chinese characters. Surprisingly, the borrowing of words actually goes in…
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…
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…
In English, we can use ‘to give’ and ‘to receive’ regardless who is giving and who is talking. Differently, in Japanese, there are two verbs…
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…
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…
The answer is ‘no’. Just because they are both used for introducing relative clauses does not mean that they have the same usage. The…
Origin of the Story In ancient time, there was a musician named Gong Mingyi. He played zither – a traditional Chinese plucked stringed instrument –…
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’,…
If you are learning Chinese, you should know a few 成語 (chéng yǔ) or Chinese idioms. They are widely used in books, articles, even in…
Both 漢字 (Japanese Kanji) and 汉字 (Chinese Hanzi) are translated as Chinese Characters’. At the present time, approximately 70% of the characters share the same…
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…
An idiom is a phrase or a group of words that has a metaphorical meaning. Next time, use these idioms to make you sound more…
Bonjour! Do you know that all of the French verbs belong to the three conjugations? Today we are going to unmask the secret behind the…
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…
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…
