Articles (a / an / the) 🏆
The #1 grammar error for Mandarin speakers. Mandarin has no articles, so you skip them. Time to fix that.
A2 — Expansion
A2 Expansion
Section titled “ Expansion”This is where it gets real for Mandarin speakers. The topics here are the biggest sources of errors — articles, prepositions, and the tenses that don’t exist in 中文. If you only study one level, make it this one.
Available Lessons
Section titled “Available Lessons”Prepositions of Place
在 is doing the work of about 6 English words. Meet the whole crew: in, on, at, above, below, between…
Coming Soon
Section titled “Coming Soon”Present Continuous
“I am eating” — the tense for right now, this moment, as we speak.
Present Perfect
“I have eaten” — the tense that connects the past to the present. A Mandarin speaker’s nightmare.
Countable vs. Uncountable
Why “an advice” is wrong and “a piece of advice” is right. English is picky about this.
Basic Modals
Can, must, should — the helper verbs that change everything.