Simplified Chinese grammar

The parts that trip people up

Chinese grammar is famously light on conjugation, which is great news.

The catch is elsewhere: measure words decide how you count things, particles like 了 and 吗 do heavy lifting at the end of sentences, and word order carries meaning English handles with endings.

Our lessons break each of these into one small piece at a time, with pinyin and examples you can hear.

Grammar that fits in a teacup, one particle at a time.