Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews

Basic Cantonese

A Grammar and Workbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Basic Cantonese introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way. Each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical topic and provides associated exercises, designed to put grammar into a communicative context. Special attention is paid to topics which differ from English and European language structures. This new edition features: ¿ clear, accessible format ¿ lively examples to illustrate each grammar point ¿ informative keys to all exercises ¿ glossary of grammatical terms Basic Cantonese is ideal for students new to the language. Together with its sister volume, Intermediate Cantonese, it forms a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780415815581
• ISBN-10: 0415815584
• Artikelnr.: 57039139

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Consonants
2 Vowels and diphthongs
3 Tone
4 Pronouns
5 Possession: ge
6 Possession and existence: yáuh
7 Being: haih
8 Noun classifiers
9 Adjectives
10 Adverbs of manner
11 Adverbs of time, frequency and duration
12 Comparison: gwo and d¿
13 Prepositions: space and time
14 Negation
15 Verbs of motion: heui and làih
16 Verbs of giving: béi
17 Verbs and particles
18 Actions and events: jó and gwo
19 Activities: gán and jyuh
20 Auxiliary verbs
21 Passives
22 Word order and topicalization
23 Yes/no questions
24 Wh-questions
25 Sentence particles
26 Imperatives
27 Requests and thanks
28 Numbers, dates and times
Key to exercises
Glossary of grammatical terms