1. CHINESE GRAMMAR

2. 1. It is simply a means by which the direct object is displaced to a position before the verb. 2. It states how a person is handled, manipulated or dealt with; 3. How something is disposed of; or how an affair is concluded

3. Subject bǎ + direct object + verb + complement / other element Lǐ Míng bǎ nǐ-de zìdiǎn názǒu le. Ming Li has taken your dictionary away. Bǎ men dǎkāi. Open the door

4. Kèrén láile (The guest has come.) (subject: known information, definite) Lái kèrénle (Weve got a guest.) (after the verb, new information, indefinite)

5. indefinite nouns: a book some people a few of computers X he BA a cup tea drink Le X he Ba some letter write le

6. definite nouns: possessive pronoun+noun: ba my cloth wash Le demonstrative pronoun+noun: ba that MW car sell Le bare noun: I Ba person to you find compl. Le (someone who both the speaker and the listener knows)

7. Disposal of the noun following (to name a few) 1.result and degree He got the date wrong by 3 years. He Ba date get wrong Le three year

8. 2.direction & movement Drive your car around to the back! Ba your car drive compl.Dao back comple.Qu. Go and get your own calculator. Go Ba your self calculator get compl. Lai

9. 3.particle : emergence of a new state I lost my laptop. Wo Ba laptop lost Le

10. 3. negators should go before In other words, they negate the whole phrase + verb phrase.

11. Translation 1 Zuótiān w ǒ b ǎ shū diūle 2 B ǎ w ǎ n x ǐ gānjìng!

12. Using ba construction 1 W ǒ xiě wán le zhōngwén zuòyè. 2 Tāmen ná dàole shū

13. meaning of radicals :