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Everyday Mandarin: Real Conversation (L3)

CEFR A2 · The grammar is genuinely simple — no conjugation, no tenses, no plurals. What you need instead is measure words, the particle 了, and the question forms that don't reorder the sentence.

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3 modules 15 lessons 10 enrolled ~14h of material
Everyday Mandarin: Real Conversation (L3)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Build Chinese sentences in the fixed time-place-manner-verb order
  • Use measure words correctly between numbers and nouns
  • Ask questions with 吗, with 呢, and with the verb-not-verb pattern
  • Use 了 for completion and change, and 过 for experience
  • Talk about the past and future without any tense marking
  • Keep a conversation running with the connectors Chinese speakers use

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

15 lessons across 3 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.