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了 in Depth: The Completed-Action 了 and the Change-of-State 了

了 (le) is two different words sharing one character: completed-action le after the verb and change-of-state le at the end. How to tell them apart, with examples.

Telling Time Without Tenses

Modifying Nouns with 的: Building Longer Noun Phrases

Small Amounts and Softening: 一点儿, 有点儿, and 一下

Quantifiers: 都, 每, 一些, 几, 多, 少

Talking About Age

Talking About Money

Telling Time and Giving Dates

Approximate Amounts: 左右, 多, 来, 大约, 几

Ordinals, Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages

Numbers: 0 to 100, Then 百, 千, 万, and 亿

Chinese Measure Words: How Classifiers Work and Which to Learn

Chinese measure words (classifiers) explained: why you can't say three books without 本, how to pick the right word, and the 12 classifiers to learn first.

Demonstratives: 这, 那, and Pointing Things Out

Showing Possession with 的

Personal Pronouns and How 们 Works

Saying No to Actions: 别 and 不要

Commands, Suggestions, and the Softening 吧

The Particle 呢 and Asking Follow-up Questions

Question Words: 谁, 什么, 哪, 哪儿, 几, 多少, 怎么, 为什么, 怎么样

Yes and No Questions: The Particle 吗 and the A-not-A Pattern

Negation: 不 versus 没(有)

The Verb 有: Having and Existing

Adjective Predicates: Why 很 Appears and 是 Does Not

The 是 Sentence: Saying A is B