\tUnlike in European languages, words in Chinese do not change. They have a fixed form that is the same no matter what they’re used for or where the appear in a sentence. In Chinese, you don’t conjugate verbs and you don’t make adjectives agree. According to Chinese grammar rules, a word is a word.<\/p>\n
\tHave a look at these examples that illustrate this point:<\/p>\n
\t\u5979\u53bb\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
\tT\u0101 qù g\u014dngzuò.
\tShe goes to work.
\t\u6211\u53bb\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
\tW\u01d2 qù g\u014dngzuò.
\tI go to work.
\t\u4ed6\u4eec\u53bb\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
\tT\u0101men qù g\u014dngzuò.
\tThey go to work.
\t\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
\tW\u01d2men qù g\u014dngzuò.
\tWe go to work.
\tThese simple sentences show that verbs do not change in Chinese, whereas they do in English. The verb \u53bb (qù) is the same in every sentence and doesn’t change. These sentences would be even more varied in a language like French, but in Chinese the verb is the same every time.<\/p>\n
\tIt’s not just verbs that never change according to Chinese grammar rules. Adjectives are also fixed in their form and are the same no matter what noun they modify. Let’s see some examples:<\/p>\n
\t\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u8f86 \u9ed1\u8272\u7684 \u8f66\u3002
\tZhè shì y\u012b liàng h\u0113isède j\u016b.
\tThis is a black car.
\t\u6211\u770b\u5230\u4e86\u4e00\u4e9b \u9ed1\u8272\u7684 \u732b\u3002
\tW\u01d2 kàn dàole y\u012bxi\u0113 h\u0113isède m\u0101o.
\tI saw some black cats.
\t\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u4ef6 \u9ed1\u8272\u7684 \u886c\u886b\u3002
\tZhè shì y\u012b jiàn h\u0113isède chènsh\u0101n.
\tThis is a black shirt.
\tThe adjective in these sentences, \u9ed1\u8272\u7684 (h\u0113isède) , is the same for each of the items. There is no gender or grammatical number in Chinese grammar rules.<\/p>\n