Potential Complements
This is what a potential complement expresses.
What is the ability or possibility of something to occur?
This is the basic english translation of both "或者" and “还是”
What is "or"?
This is what “看起来" expresses.
What is "it looks like, or it looks as if."?
This is the basic english meaning of 结果
What is "as a result?"
This is a common mistake involving the word 是
What is putting 是 before an adjective without a following noun?
This is the potential complement that expresses that you are able to see something.
What is "看得到“ or "看得见“？
This is the primary difference between 或者 and 还是
What is, 还是 asks a question that requires you to pick between two options and 或者 is normally used in statements?
What is "it sounds like, it sounds as if" ?
This is where 结果 typically goes in a sentence
What is at the beginning of a secondary clause or the next sentence?
This is a common mistake involving typing that results in vocabulary errors.
What is selecting the wrong character?
This is how to say, "unable to finish reading" in Chinese
What is “看不完”？
This is how to ask if you like writing blogs or checking the news in Chinese
What is 你喜欢写博客还是查新闻？
This is how to say "It sounds as if you don't want to video chat with me" in Chinese
What is “听起来你不想跟我视频“?
These are two simple options to connect clauses or sentences in a less choppy way
What are time and place references at the beginning of the sentence/clause?
This is how to say "unable to get online" in Chinese
What is 上不了网
this is the correct spelling for the pinyin in 或者
What is huozhe?
This is how to say "It looks as if it might rain" in Chinese
This overused word is often well-replaced with 结果
what is 所以？
This is how to say "he can't understand the words the teacher is saying" using a potential complement
What is 他听不懂老师说的话？
This is how to express, Would you like either coffee or tea? in Chinese
This is how to say "It looks like I'm unable to get online."
This is an example of a connecting device in use other than 结果 that is not as simple as "昨天／今天／明天“
Answers may vary
This whether or not the sentence "他看得完课本， 然后她去吃饭。“
What is incorrect. The focus should be on the ability, but this implies that the writer means she finished reading the book, not that she was able to finish reading the book