Anyone know any Chinese grammar sites that don't assume you can read Characters?

[Ferno]

Most sources I've seen use characters almost exclusively but I am concentrating on speaking/listening.

thx

[stephanhodges]

Try using either ZDT or Mandarin Tool's DimSum program to read the web pages. DimSum can automatically break the words and convert the entire page to Pinyin, if that's what you want. Or, it can put the pinyin above the hanzi, etc.

If the sites are not yet in the links section, consider adding them.

[Ole]

Oxford University´s Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language has a Chinese course of 22 lessons. Within this course you find a grammar section and lots of grammar exercises.[pop=grammar/yǔfǎ]语法[/pop] here

[atitarev]

The grammar is explained in English but pinyin usage is incosistent. There are exercises and answers:

http://www.ctcfl.ox.ac.uk/Grammar%20exercises.htm

[Quest]

Ferno, I think learning some characters will help solve most of your puzzles about Chinese. Even as a Chinese, I would have problems working with toneless and characterless Chinese.

[sky888]

I can't believe I have overlooked this DIM SUM application. I'm having all kinds of fun! Thx Stephen for mentioning it!

[stephanhodges]

Lots of other good links in the forum too

[Ferno]

thanks everyone!

yes Quest, I know that Chinese characters are much less ambigious than spoken/pinyin but listening and speaking still have to be learned