Tones, sounds and romanization
Subject-verb-object
Personal pronouns and 们
Identity statements
Classifiers between number and noun
The number system
Showing 'whose'
吗, V-not-V, and 呢
不 and 没
Stative verbs
Completion and change of state
Ongoing actions vs continuing states
'Have ever done'
Position of time and duration
Saying where
Question words stay in place
A is more ... than B
会, 能, 可以, 想, 要
Serial verbs and sequence
Three particles, one sound (de)
Fronting the object (disposal)
receiver 被 (doer) verb
Verb + result
来/去 and direction verbs
How well an action is done
Can / cannot achieve the result
Emphasizing how/when/where
Paired connectors
Topic first, then a comment
Vividness and idiom
