By the end
What you'll build
- Use the 把 construction to foreground an object
- Form passives with 被 and know when Chinese prefers not to
- Attach resultative and directional endings to verbs
- Describe how an action is done using the 得 complement
- Compare things with 比, 没有 and 一样
- Read authentic Chinese — news, listings, notices and recipes
Curriculum
What's inside
2 modules · 11 lessons
- 01
The Structures Chinese Uses Instead
5 lessons- The 把 Construction
- Resultative and Directional Endings
- 把, 被 and Complementsfill blank
- Building Complex Sentencessentence builder
- Checkpoint: Structuresquiz
- 02
Reading Real Chinese
6 lessons- How to Read Chinese Without Translating
- Reading: A News Itemlistening lab
- Reading: A Rental Listing and a Job Postinglistening lab
- Reading: A Notice and a Recipelistening lab
- Flashcards: The Grammar Coreflashcard sr
- + 1 more lesson
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
11 lessons across 2 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.