Chinese grammar

Alright kiddo, let me explain Chinese grammar to you like you're five.

In Chinese, instead of having different tenses and verb conjugations like we have in English (like "I run" vs "I ran"), they use something called particles. Particles are words that modify the meaning of other words in a sentence.

For example, if you want to say "I like apples," you would say "wo xi huan ping guo." In this sentence, "wo" means "I," "xi huan" means "like," and "ping guo" means "apples."

But let's say you want to say "I will like apples." In English, we add the word "will" to indicate a future tense. In Chinese, we add a particle to indicate future tense. So the sentence would become "wo jiang xi huan ping guo." In this sentence, "jiang" is the particle that means "will."

Another important aspect of Chinese grammar is the use of measure words. In English, we might say "three apples," but in Chinese, they use a measure word between the number and the object. So instead of "three apples," you would say "san ge ping guo." "San" is the number three, "ge" is the measure word for objects, and "ping guo" is still apples.

Lastly, Chinese grammar doesn't use articles like "a" or "the." So instead of saying "a cat," you would just say "mao." And instead of saying "the cat," you would also just say "mao."

So there you have it, a brief explanation of Chinese grammar with particles, measure words, and no articles.