Nouns take no adjectival articles in Chinese.

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  Nouns are pronounced and sound the same whether singular or plural and there is no change in characters to indicate how many of an object is being referred to.

flower (or) flowers
book (or) books
table (or) tables
a small dog (or) small dogs
I am eating an apple (or) I am eating apples.

  Studying a foreign language like Chinese may seem like a formidable task at first, but a student is spared having to learn page after page of rules of grammar and exceptions, as in a European language. In fact, many say there is no such thing as "Chinese grammar".

  The process of building a Chinese sentence can be compared to the task of a brickbuilder. It doesn't matter which brick (word) is placed in what position, the end result - a sturdy wall (sentence), is the same. While this description may not be a complete and accurate picture, if in fact there is such a thing as Chinese grammar, it is a very flexible structure.

  A simple sentence in Chinese consists of a topic, and some description, condiition or action concerning the topic: