Free Japanese and Mandarin Language Games
Three free language games help learners practise sentence order, Japanese conjugation, Mandarin aspect markers, and measure words across more than 1,900 prompts.
About the author
Luke McLaughlin created Constructing Language after living in Japan and later learning Mandarin Chinese from scratch. The lessons, games, and guides are built from that first-hand learner experience and checked against native-speaker course work with Hiro for Japanese and Xiang for Mandarin Chinese.
- Lived in Japan and studied Japanese through immersion and structured self-study.
- Learned Mandarin Chinese from scratch as an adult learner.
- Created the Construction Method: audio-first sentence building, grammar graphics, and active recall.
- Built Japanese course material with Hiro and Mandarin course material with Xiang, both native-speaker collaborators.
What the games cover
The practice bank includes 270+ Japanese syntax sentences, 280+ Mandarin syntax sentences, 820 Japanese conjugation prompts, and 564 Mandarin grammar prompts.
- Syntax Builder for Japanese and Mandarin word order.
- Japanese Conjugator for verbs and adjectives.
- Mandarin Conjugator for aspect markers, measure words, and grammar forms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are the Constructing Language games free?
Yes. The Syntax Builder, Japanese Conjugator, and Mandarin Conjugator can be used for free in a web browser.
How many prompts are available?
The expanded practice set contains more than 1,900 prompts across sentence building, Japanese conjugation, and Mandarin grammar.