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The History of the English Language in Ten Animated Minutes. English. Shakespeare. GRAMMAR good bad + ugly! Common Errors in English. Teaching Adverbial and Adjective Clauses. When teaching adverbial and adjective clauses to students, it is important to demonstrate how these types of clauses differ. While they are both dependent clauses that cannot stand on their own and thus require another independent clause to create a grammatical sentence, adverbial clauses and adjective clauses perform two distinct functions in sentences. Adverbial Clauses Adverbial clauses are dependent clauses that modify verbs and verb phrases. Adverbial clauses answer questions about the verb phrase that relate to time, location, purpose, and condition. The hostess wouldn't seat us because the restaurant was closed . The clause because the restaurant was closed answers questions about why the hostess wouldn't seat us. The seeds will take root wherever there is enough light .

In this example, wherever there is enough light is an adverbial clause because it specifies where the seeds will take root. Sean will come to your party if you promise to let his band play . Subordinate Conjunctions. TENSES. ENGLISH TENSES DIAGRAMS. ESL Ozkan. Study English with fun, free ESL video quizzes. English Video. VideoJug. Ready to Go Lessons. Free Online Lesson Planbook Software for Teachers. HotChalk's Lesson Plans Page - Over 4,000 Lesson Plans for Teachers by Teachers. Best of Chinese Study Tools, Studying Chinese Online and Off. Dictionaries come in three main categories: paper, hardware, and software.

I would suggest noting that in the dictionary section, with forward references to wakan, plecodict, mandarintools, zdt, etc. In the "other" (software?) Section, you missed both Dimsum from and zdt from They are both completely free, multifunction software tools, but, like wakan, have very good built in dictionary support for Chinese. For example, you can paste in a section of chinese text in Dimsum, and it will generate a complete list of all the vocabulary in the text. You can look up all words which contain a particular character, for example, etc. On the other hand, Wakan has several bugs in the chinese implementation, which I've reported to them well over a year ago, and they haven't come out with a new version in all that time (ver 1.67 I think). I like many of your categories. But, sometimes putting a category down can suggest things. 字典部首检索 笔画4 部首方 汉典 zdic.net. 条目 字典 词典 成语 全站 请直接输入汉字或词语进行查询,支持拼音查询,例:“han”;“han4”;“han yu”;“han4 yu3”。 【汉字拆分】 | 【康熙字典】 | 【說文解字】 | 【字典部首】 | 【词典部首】 【汉字拆分】 | 【康熙字典】 | 【說文解字】 | 【部首索引】 | 【拼音索引】 【词典部首】 | 【词典拼音】 【成语部首】 | 【成语拼音】 抱歉: 您所访问的资源不存在: 点击返回汉典首页» © 2004-2013 zdic.net, all rights reserved 粤ICP备10071303号 本站法律顾问:张峥嵘律师 关于汉典 · 联系我们 · 免责声明 · 帮助中心 · 意见反馈 · 手机汉典汉典交流群:203589259.

Chinese exclamative particles. The Chinese language involves a number of spoken exclamative words and written onomatopoeia which are used in everyday speech and informal writing. Such "exclamations" have their own Chinese character, but are rarely used in formal written documents. Rather, they are found in movie subtitles, music lyrics, informal literature and on internet forums. Many exclamatives contain the 口 mouth radical. Use of exclamative particles[edit] Exclamative particles are used as a method of recording aspects of human speech which may not be based entirely on meaning and definition. Use of exclamative particles is highly informal, and it is advised that they not be used in formal documents or academic papers, unless it is specifically required to do so (such as the case of narrative telling).

While such exclamations are used in subtitles and descriptions of speech, usage is also popular in social circumstances, such as in text messaging, IM and blogs, where the formality of text is not an issue. [edit] Learn Chinese Characters - Chinese-Tools.com. Mini Printable Chinese Exercise Book | Mandarin Poster. The Mini Chinese Exercise Book is a great tool for people who are serious about learning Chinese. It’s based on the excellent PocketMod that helped me organise my studies during university but it’s specifically tailored for learning Chinese. What is it? Simply put it’s a document that you print out onto a piece of paper and then fold into a mini wallet-sized booklet. The great thing about it is that the pages have been designed with Chinese learners in mind, there are pages for: New Words Idioms & Phrases Writing Drills Individual Character Profiles Writing Practice General Notes How do I use it? It’s really up to you.

Download and Get Started The first thing you need to do is download the PDF document (or if you want to create you own version then download the individual pages): Next you need to fold it, which is arguably the hardest thing to do – but once you’ve folded and created one booklet you’ll be able to make further booklets with ease. Clavis Sinica: Chinese Vocabulary Extractor Tool. This Clavis Sinica applet automatically creates a vocabulary list or vocabulary review sheet from any digitized Chinese text. You can specify the type of vocabulary to be included (character, compounds, or both) and your skill level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced).

The higher your skill level, the fewer high-frequency words will be included on your list. With the Vocabulary Review Sheet option, you can print out a list of vocabulary words including character, pinyin, and English definitions for study and review. The Vocabulary List option generates a list you can use as a flashcard set within the Clavis Sinica program to drill yourself on new words.

To use the applet, simply paste simplified Chinese text into the text window (or select a simplified Chinese text file on your computer), choose an output type, vocabulary type, and skill level, and press Display. You can download and install the Java Plug-In by clicking here. Clavis Sinica: Learn Chinese with Clavis Sinica Chinese language reading and dictionary software.

Chinese Text Project Dictionary. Language Materials Project: Language Profile. Mandarin Citations Mandarin Links Select a New Language Number of Speakers: 885 million Key Dialects: Northern, Northwestern, Southwestern, Eastern or Lower Yangtze River Geographical Center: China GENERAL INTRODUCTIONMandarin is the most widely spoken of all Chinese languages/dialects and is used by upwards of 720 million people in China, or 70 percent of the population of China (Grimes 1992). Substantial numbers of speakers are in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, the USA, Mongolia, Vietnam, Brunei, South Africa, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Hong Kong. LINGUISTIC AFFILIATIONMandarin, belongs to an independent branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The major linguistic distinctions within Chinese are Mandarin, Wu, Min, Yue (commonly known as Cantonese), and Hakka (Kejia). LANGUAGE VARIATIONSeveral subgroups of dialects have been distinguished, including: Northern, Northwestern, Southwestern, and lower Yangtze River dialects.

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