My ongoing saga with my first Chinese board game has come to an end. I just got the final first version from Kinkos. If you are at all interested in buying one of these, or have some thoughts on the concept, please leave a comment and let me know – even if it's negative.
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Here are some more helpful structures that I am practicing:
首先⋯⋯然后⋯⋯（接着⋯⋯） shǒu xiān⋯⋯rán hòu⋯⋯（jiē zhe⋯⋯） First … then … (then (a different then to sound less repetitive)…)
Notes 首先。 shou xian 然后: [ rán hòu ] (then)… 接着: [ jiē zhe ] (then – continuing…)
This one came about while I was talking to my teacher on Skype. The audio cut out [...]
I learned a few helpful patterns, and thought I would record them in case others were interested (and for my future reference)
The First (第一）
从⋯⋯到⋯⋯ cóng⋯⋯dào⋯⋯
Which means “from… to…”, or maybe even “from… till…”. For example:
⋯⋯从今天到明天⋯⋯ ⋯⋯cóng jīn tiān dào míng tiān⋯⋯ …from today to tomorrow…
The tones seem to be intuitive too. Rising for the from part and falling [...]