Chinese demystified
Subtitle: hard stuff made easy
By: Claudia Ross
Series: Demystified; McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: chi
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780071477253
Subjects: Textbooks for foreign speakers; Problems, exercises; English; Self-instruction; Chinese language
Notes: Includes index.

Text in both simplified and traditional Chinese, Pinyin, and English.
Table of contents: title: The basics of Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and characters ; An overview of Mandarin grammar ; Chinese names and titles ; Numbers ; Using pronouns and nouns; title: Actions and verbs. Identifying nouns with linking verbs ; Adjectival and stative verbs ; Action verbs : talking about habitual, future, and ongoing actions ; Completed actions and actions that did not happen ; Indicating possibility, ability, and permission with modal verbs ; Expressing obligations, suggestions, and prohibitions; title: Nouns, questions, and connections. Indicating possession ; Describing nouns with adjectival verbs and description clauses ; Asking and answering yes-no questions ; Asking and answering content questions ; Expressing "all" or "both" in relation to nouns ; Linking verbs and verb phrases with "and" and "only"; title: Time and space, actions and comparisons. Location and distance ; Talking about time ; Describing how actions are performed ; Making comparisons.