在(zài) - at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker in Mandarin

Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense

The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It

不但...而且 in Mandarin: Not Only A But Also B (不仅, 还, 也, 并且)

Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page

Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 坐, 给 - the Prepositions That Look Like Verbs

Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)

Mandarin Conditionals: 如果, 要是, 的话 and the 就 That Finishes the Sentence

Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It

Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses

The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out

Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out

The Mandarin Durative 着 (zhe): Marking a State That Continues (门开着, 拿着书, 笑着说)

How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管

Mandarin Existential and Presentative Sentences: 有, 出现, 发生 and Why New Things Go After the Verb

Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)

Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System

Mandarin Question Words: 什么 (shénme), 谁 (shéi), 哪 (nǎ) and Friends Stay Where the Answer Goes

就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected

The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End

Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words

Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)

Mandarin Relative Clauses with 的 (de): How the Modifier Goes Before the Noun

Mandarin Requests and Imperatives: 请, 别, 不要, the Softening Particles 吧/啊, and Verb Reduplication

Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不

Mandarin Sentence-Final Particles: 吧, 呢, 啊, 嘛, 吗 and the Final 了

Serial Verb Constructions in Mandarin: 我去商店买东西 and Stacking Verbs in Sequence

The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened

The Mandarin 所 (suǒ) Family: 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb, and the 为...所 Passive

Mandarin Verb Reduplication: 看看, 看一看, 休息休息 and the 一下 Alternative

Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction

Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs

又 (yòu) vs 再 (zài) vs 还 (hái) in Mandarin: The Three Ways to Say 'Again'

The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于

Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的