grammar – yueputang

asking questions

use 吗 to ask “yes or no” questions
这书是你的吗？
Is this your book?

Terms about Chinese grammar

字 characters
Chinese characters do have meanings like English words do.

普通话的语法是「以典范的现代白话文著作为语法规范」。

人称代词 pronoun

我 I/me
你 you (single)

他正在吃饭。
He is having (his) meal.

There are no tenses in Chinese.

Chinese does not use the forms of a verb to indicate the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.

我吃了饭。
I (have) had my meal.