If you don't know the answer, please DON'T GUESS. How do you say "of" and "the" in Chinese language?

I know the basics (ni hao, ni hao ma, xie xie, bu ke qi, du bu qi, dui bu dui, hao, hao le, etc., & the tones) but I don't know the Chinese grammar at all. Can someone (briefly) explain Chinese Grammar to me? It would help me so much. I've heard it's not that hard. Also, should i be learning Chinese grammar first or conversational phrases, or just building up my Chinese vocabulary? Thanks for all of the help!

I want to take daily Chinese lessons for my trip to China. Can you recommend some good daily Chinese lessons?

I start to learn Chinese lessons tomorrow night and am just wondering if anyone knows anything about learning Chinese lessons.

We tried to learn Chinese yesterday and it was so much fun. It has the funniest sounds ever. he ha hu...We are looking for Chinese lessons in particular. :-)

I plan to do business in China, so I think I should try to know more about business Chinese, such as business Chinese words, business Chinese etiquette and so on.

I need practice recognizing the four tones quicker. So is there a site or a place I can go listen to mandarin in Chinese lessons and check the tone?

I want to learn Chinese characters this summer holiday. Are there some summer Chinese programs for it?

My kids want to take summer Chinese course during their summer holiday. Do you know where I can find some good summer Chinese courses for them?

imp English educated Chinese guy and i don’t know how to read or write but i know how to speak mandarin. what i afraid is that Chinese language will be the international language soon as china is getting greater and better. i already feel upset that i don’t know Chinese language and i heard from a friend said that Chinese language is getting popular so she gonna let his children to learn Chinese language in the future. so, is it true? Mandarin/Chinese language will become the international language soon?

I don't understand this Chinese grammar.

I really want to learn more and improve my spoken Chinese. Is the "nothing" in this context the same as "nothing" in any context?

My Chinese teacher gave me an assignment. And I'm supposed to translate a Chinese text into English. My Chinese teacher is very (VERY) big on preciseness. Last time we translated something, my Chinese teacher graded me down because I used "very" instead of "extremely". For this assignment, should I translate directly? (Like, to the word, and to the comma, even to the point where it doesn't make sense in English?) or should I just glean the meaning from the text and translate that?

Just after information rather than actual stories and Chinese songs. Thanks =)

I want to take HSK exam and look for some useful books about HSK exam.

What is the HSK exam? Can I take the HSK exam?

I don't get special tone rules in Chinese pinyin. If there are two third tones right after one another in a word you pronounce the first one as the second tone but still write it as the third tone in Chinese pinyin. Well, how are you supposed to know whether something is to be marked as a third or second tone when they both sound exactly the same in Chinese pinyin? Help!