1.0https://www.digmandarin.comCecilia Hehttps://www.digmandarin.com/author/ceciliaheThe Future Tense in Chinese: Describing Upcoming Events Without Verb Conjugationrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YjMsTzQCZS"><a href="https://www.digmandarin.com/say-something-will-happen-soon-mandarin-chinese.html">The Future Tense in Chinese: Describing Upcoming Events Without Verb Conjugation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.digmandarin.com/say-something-will-happen-soon-mandarin-chinese.html/embed#?secret=YjMsTzQCZS" width="600" height="338" title="“The Future Tense in Chinese: Describing Upcoming Events Without Verb Conjugation” — " data-secret="YjMsTzQCZS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://www.digmandarin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/soon-in-mandarin.jpg845450While Mandarin Chinese grammar is often considered a unique challenge for learners, students of the language can rejoice in one aspect of grammatical simplicity: there is no verb conjugation in Chinese. In contrast to languages like English, Mandarin employs distinct methods for conveying past, present, and future tenses without altering the form of its verbs.…