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Mandarin HSK · Chapter 1 · HSK 1

Starting out (1 of 2)

New HSK 1 words for starting out.

10 vocabulary lessons (58 words), 9 grammar lessons, 2 phrase lessons.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Greetings and courtesies

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  2. Vocabulary

    I, you, he, she, we, they

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  3. Grammar primer

    Tones

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  4. Vocabulary

    De, le, ma, ne and dou

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  5. Grammar primer

    Greetings

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  6. Vocabulary

    Essential verbs: be, have, go, want

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  7. Grammar primer

    Word order

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  8. Vocabulary

    Numbers 0 to 10

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  9. Grammar primer

    Ye and dou

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  10. Vocabulary

    Question words

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  11. Phrase session

    Hello, who are you?

    The first thirty seconds of any conversation, with nothing you have not met.

  12. Grammar primer

    Copula shi

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  13. Vocabulary

    Times of day and the clock

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  14. Grammar primer

    Yes no questions

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  15. Vocabulary

    At, in, on, under

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  16. Grammar primer

    Question words

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  17. Vocabulary

    This, that, very big, too small

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  18. Grammar primer

    Negation bu mei

    Grammar for HSK 1.

  19. Vocabulary

    Today, yesterday, tomorrow

    New HSK 1 words for starting out.

  20. Phrase session

    What time is it?

    Clock, calendar and the weather: small talk's holy trinity.

  21. Grammar primer

    Numbers

    Grammar for HSK 1.

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