a. shàngkè上课attend class, go to class

b. shàngbān上班go to work

c. shàng chē上车get into a car/bus

d. shàng xuéxiào上学校 go to school

e. shàng yóujú上邮局go to the post office

It is placed before stative verb, such as zhèmeduō这么多so much, so many:

zhème duō rén这么多人 so many people

zhème piàoliang这么漂亮 so beautiful

a. wŏ xīnqiyī gōngzuò

    我星期一  工作。

b.shéi méiyou gōngzuò ?

    谁   没 有    工作？

This sentence construction is used to indicate that two actions are going on simultaneously, as in

a.   tāmen yìbiān    zŏu    yìbiān    shuō   Hànyŭ

   他们    一边       走， 一边       说      汉语。

    they YIBIAN   walk,  YIBIAN  speak Chinese

They  are  talking  in  Chinese  while  walking.

b.   ta    yìbiān xiě    yìbiān tīng.

     她    一边  写，  一边    听。

    she YIBIAN write YIBIAN listen

    She is writing while  listening.

When错 is preceded by the negation 不as in 不错, 错implies bad, therefore不错 means not bad.

a.   tā  cuò         le

     她  错          了

     she wrong  le

     She is wrong.

b.   wŏ  xiecuò      le

     我  写  错       了.

     I write wrong LE

     I wrote incorrectly.

c.   nĭ    zuòde bù   cuò

     你    做 得 不   错

     you did DE not bad.

     You didn’t do badly.

Yīnwèi因为is used to introduce the cause, and suŏy 所以 is followed by a clause for the outcome.

a.  yīnwèi   tiānqi    hĕn  lĕng  suǒyǐ      wŏ bù   qù xuéxiào.

     因为     天气   很     冷，所以     我  不  去  学校。

    because weather very cold, therefore I   not go school

   I don’t go to school because it is too cold.

b. yīnwèi   wŏméiyŏu  qián,    wŏ  bù bu néng lǚyóu.

                因为     我  没有    钱，   我   不 能     旅游。

                because I   not have money,  I    not can travel

                As I don’t have money, I can’t travel.

c. yīnwèi   tā   zhĭyŏu 17suì ,        suǒyǐ      bù  néng jié hūn.

因为     他  只有    17 岁，  所以      不  能    结婚。      

because he only      17 years old, therefore, not can marry

Because he is only  17 years old,  he cannot get  married.

d. yīnwèi   Tāngmŭ   bìng  LE   suǒyǐ   méi lái    shàngkè.

因为      汤姆     病    了，所以   没  来   上    课。

because Tom       ill LE,     so not came attend lesson

As Tom was ill, therefore he didn’t attend class.

This construction is used to indicate that a situation changes in a certain respect as time goes on, as in

           a. shēngcí       yuè    xuéxí  yuè duō.

               生词          越     学习   越   多。

        new words more study more many

              The more we study, the more new words (we will know).

           b. shū   yuè      măi yuè duō.

               书    越       买   越    多。

              books more buy more many

              The more books you buy, the more you have.

           c. qián     yuè     huā     yuè shăo.

               钱       越       花      越   少。

       money more spend  less few

              The more you spend, the less money you have.

           d. tā de  Hàn yǔ   yuè  shuō   yuè   hǎo.

               她的 汉语      越    说      越      好。

                her  Chinese more speak more good

              The more she speaks, the better her Chinese is.

Another expression yuè lái yuè越来越 which has the similar Chinese characters, but it has different meaning. yuè lái yuè 越来越 increasingly, as in

tiānqì    yuè lái yuè   lĕng

天气      越  来   越    冷 。

weather increasingly  cold

The weather is getting colder and colder.

This is short for Shìjiè màoyì zŭzhī: The World Trade Organization

a. chīfàn  yĭhòu   wŏmen qù xuéxiào.

吃 饭   以后，我们    去  学校。

eat meal after,  we         go school

    We will go to school after eating.

b. xuéxí Zhōngwén yĭhòu,    tā  qù zhōngguó gōngzuò.

    学习  中文       以后 ，他  去  中   国     工  作。

    study Chinese    after      he   go  China      work

    He will go to China to work after he has learned Chinese.

             c. sāntiān yĭhòu    wŏ kāishĭ  xuéxí  Yīngwén.

                 三  天  以后，我 开始   学习   英文。

                  3 days   after     I    start   study English

                  After three days, I will start studying English.

a. tānmen huì          lái .

         他们   会          来 。

         they   will likely come

         They will come.

b.  sānshínián yĭhòu, nĭmén       yĕ  huì       tuìxiū.

         三十  年    以后，你们   也   会        退休 。

          30 years     after    you     also will likely retire

          After 30 years, you will retire too.

zhè  bĕn  zìdiăn  hăo,  nà   bĕn  zìdiăn       gèng hăo

这    本    字典 好,   那   本    字典        更     好。

this BEN dictionary good that BEN dictionary even good

         This dictionary is good and that one is even better.