Mandarin Particles Practice Tool
Drill the small words that make Mandarin grammar work: 了 vs 过, the three de, 把 vs 被, and the question particles.
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 tool trains
Mandarin grammar lives in its particles. The tool trains learners to choose the particle that completes each sentence and to understand why it fits.
How to use it
Read the hanzi and pinyin, use the clue to name the grammar job, choose the particle, then listen to the sentence before the next mission.