WAN DA store

No.1075, Alley.17, West JinShaJiang Road, Changning District, Shanghai

DA CHANG Store

No.4048, Changzhong Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai

HONG KOU Store

No.388, West Jiangwang Road, Hong Kou District, Shanghai

ZHEN BEI Store

No.328, Taopu Road, Putuo District, Shanghai

NEW MANDARIN Store

No.5001 Dushi Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

SUNG LOW Store

No.1995 Xietu road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

NAN FANG Store

No. 7388 Hu Min Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

QU YANG Store

No.560 QuYang Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai

BAO SHAN Store

No.1208 Gong Jiang Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai

WAN LI Store

No.1500, Xin Cun Road, Putuo District, Shanghai

QI BAO Store

No.3655 Qi Xin Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

GU BEI Store

No.268 North Shuicheng Road, Changning District, Shanghai

ZHONGSHAN PARK Store

No.1018, ChangNing Road, Changning District, Shanghai

WU NING Store

No.20 Wu Ning Road, Putuo District, Shanghai

JIN QIAO Store

No.555, Biyun Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

CHUANG SHA Store

No.1118 Miaojing Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

ZHANG JIANG Store

No.2860 Center Gaoke Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

JU FENG Store

No.239 Jufeng Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

XIN LI CHENG Store

No.2671 Gaoqing Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

LIAN YANG Store

No. 185 FangDian Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

Fortune Kindergarten – Puxi Campus

2151 Lianhua Lu, Hongqiao

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 5458-0508

Longbai Apartments Kindergarten

Attn: Longbai Service Department

2461 Hongqiao Lu, Hongqiao

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 6268-8320

Rainbow Bridge International School

2381 Hongqiao Lu, Hongqiao

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 6268-9773

Shanghai Centre Preschool

1/F West Tower, 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu,

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 6279-8600 ext. 6752

Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten

601 Hongmei Lu,

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 6242-9851

Tiny Tots Preschool

43 Fuxing Xi Lu

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 6431-3788

Fortune Kindergarten – Pudong Main Campus

1361 Dongfang Lu, Pudong

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 5875 1212

Fortune Kindergarten – Pudong Longyang Campus

201 Huanlong Dong Lu, Pudong

Shanghai, China

Tel: (8621) 5039-8797

Montessori Children’s Academy

56 Linshan Lu, Lane 2000, Pudong

Shanghai, China 200136

Tel: (8621) 5075-5473

Montessori Children’s House

418 Yunjian Lu, Green Hills, Pudong

Shanghai, China 200135

Tel: (8621)  5030 3681

Since the word order doesn’t match, sentences which are translated word-for-word to Mandarin will be difficult to understand.

You must learn to think in Mandarin Chinese when speaking the language.

1. Subject (who)

Just like English, Mandarin Chinese subjects come at the beginning of the sentence.

2. Time (when)

Time expressions come immediately before or after the subject.

John yesterday went to the doctor.

Yesterday John went to the doctor.

3. Place (where)

To explain where an event happened, the place expression comes before the verb.

Mary in school met her friend.

4. Prepositional Phrase (with whom, to whom etc.)

These are phrases which qualify an activity. They are placed before the verb and after the place expression.

Susan yesterday at work with her friend ate lunch.

5. Object

The Mandarin Chinese object has a great deal of flexibility. It is usually placed after the verb, but other possibilities include before the verb, before the subject, or even omitted. Conversational Mandarin often omits both the subject and the object when the context makes the meaning clear.

I like on the train read the newspaper.

Examples Of Activity Verbs

Mandarin activity verbs include:

吃 – chī – to eat

喝 – hē – to drink

看 – kàn – to see

說 / 说 – shuō – to talk

買 / 买 – mǎi – to buy

Activity verbs are defined as actions which have duration. This distinguishes them from stative verbs and achievement verbs, which have no duration.

Duration Of Activity Verbs

All activity verbs can take place over a period of time, which we can specify with expressions such as the verb suffix 着 (zhe – indicating an on-going action), or 正 (zhèng) and 正在 (zhèngzài), both of which indicate that the action is occurring at the present moment.

The verb suffix 了 (le) can be used with activity verbs to show that the action occurred in the past. A time duration can be used with the 了 (le) suffix, as in the following example:

他念書念了一個鐘頭。

他念书念了一个钟头。

Tā niànshū niàn le yīgè zhōngtóu.

He studied for one hour.

Direct Objects With Activity Verbs

Most activity verbs have direct objects, as seen in the example above, where the direct object of 念 (niàn – to study) is 書/书 (shū – book).

Some activity verbs have default direct objects, which are always used if there is no other direct object. Examples of default direct objects include:

念書 / 念书 – niànshū – to study (books)

吃飯 / 吃饭 – chīfàn – to eat (rice)

說話 / 说话 – shuō huà – to speak (words)

Most of these default direct objects are not translated into English.

The official Shanghai Securities News reported last week that non-local residents of Shanghai would qualify to buy second homes once they have held residence in the city for three years.

The news was interpreted by some as a sign of Shanghai starting to ease curbs on the real estate sector, spurring a rally in property shares.

The Shanghai government said in a statement late on Tuesday that it would stick to existing real estate policies, clarifying that only Shanghai residents qualify to buy second homes.

The Chinese property sector has been a prime target in Beijing’s fight against soaring inflation. Data over the weekend showed China’s home prices fell in January from December, the fourth monthly fall in a row, indicating the policy-driven property market downturn was deepening.

Despite Beijing showing its willingness to ease policy selectively to bolster growth, rhetoric has been resolutely tight-fisted on the property sector.

Shanghai is the latest city to reaffirm its real estate policies or backtrack from easing measures.

Local media reported that the third-tier Chinese city of Wuhu in Anhui province had suspended plans to ease property restrictions last week after they were slammed by experts.

Reuters News (Feb 29)

However, experts are cautious about whether the new standards will help “wait-and-see” homebuyers make a faster decision.

An apartment located within the city’s Inner Ring Road and priced at less than 3.3 million yuan will be defined as “ordinary” houses, according to an announcement from the municipal government on Thursday.

Similarly, houses located between the Inner Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road and priced at less than 2 million yuan, and those located outside the Outer Ring Road and at a cost of less than 1.6 million yuan will all be regarded as “ordinary” houses since March 1.

The current standard for ordinary housing was framed more than three years ago in November 2008.

According to the framework, houses located within the Inner Ring Road and priced at less than 2.45 million yuan, those between the Inner Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road and costing less than 1.4 million yuan, and those outside the Outer Ring Road and priced at no more than 0.98 million yuan are designated as ordinary houses.

“Over the past three years, both the city’s home prices and consumer products prices have changed a lot, and that means a large number of houses no longer belong to the current ordinary house standard.

This criteria adjustment serves the purpose of keeping up with the actual market changes, and will increase the supply of ordinary homes,” said the announcement.

Shanghai Mandarin Teacher