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Title: Intermediate Chinese by Yong Ho ISBN: 0-7818-0992-4 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Concise and practical
Comment: What really captivated me about this book is the simple explanations of some of the nuances of the Chinese language such as yao...le or kuai...le (about to...). Very important too are the examples on the various uses of 'le'. This is by no means exhaustive, but done in a non-complicated manner and besides, any help on the usage of 'le' is helpful as this is quite a hard concept to master in Chinese.
Each chapter starts off with some dialog (Chinese characters, pinyin, no English translations) and then a reading passage. Afterwards, new words and concepts are explained, where the finer points of the language are explained. Although there are no English translations alongside the initial text in the dialogs, I think this format is ok for an intermediate text as it gives the reader an opportunity to do some self evaluation. The translations are at the end of each chapter.
Here's another example of clarifying grammatical concepts. When I previously leared "ni putonghua shuo de hen hao (your Chinese is very good)" I never understood the grammatical construct of it. The author explains that it is a shortened form of "ni shuo putonghua shuode hen hao," explains the construct and explains why and how it is shortened. He cleared up in 5 minutes what I was confused about for months.
Alas, I have only read Chapter 1 and am now reading Chapter 2. I think I will enjoy this text and will also buy his "Beginner's Chinese" which is the prequel to this book.
One step closer to being liuli (fluent).
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Title: Beginner's Chinese by Yong Ho ISBN: 078180566X Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Chinese-English Frequency Dictionary: A Study Guide to Mandarin Chinese's 500 Most Frequently Used Words by Yong Ho ISBN: 0781808421 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Reading and Writing Chinese: A Guide to the Chinese Writing System by William McNaughton, Li Ying ISBN: 0804832064 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary by Rick Harbaugh ISBN: 0966075005 Publisher: Zhongwen.com Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: What Character Is That?: An Easy-Access Dictionary of 5,000 Chinese Characters by Go Ping-Gam ISBN: 0962311359 Publisher: Simplex Publications Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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