Lesson #4

May I know your name?

Nín guì xìng?

13) wǒ jiào Mǎlì.

I am Marry.
14) rènshi nǐ ,hěn gāoxìng.
I am glad to meet you.
15) nín guì xìng ?
May I know your name?
16)nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
What’s your name?
17) tā xìng shénme?
What’s his name?
18)tā bù shì lǎoshī. Tā shì xuéshēng.
She is not a teacher. She is a student.
 Conversation

Mǎlì : wǒ jiào Mǎlì , nǐ xìng shénme?

Wáng Lán: wǒ xìng Wáng , wǒ jiào Wáng lán 。
Mǎlì : rènshi nǐ , hěn gāoxìng 。
Wáng Lán: rènshi nǐ, wǒ yě hěn gāoxing。
* * * * * *
Dàwèi: lǎoshī , nín guì xìng ?
Zhāng : wǒ xìng Zhāng. nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Dàwèi : wǒ jiào Dàwèi. Tā xìng shénme?
Zhāng : tā xìng Wáng.
Dàwèi : tā shì lǎoshī ma?
Zhāng : tā bù shì laǒshī, tā shì xuéshēng。
Notes:
1) May I know your name?
This is a respectful and polite way of asking the
name of a person. The answer is never “wǒ guì
xìng...” but “wǒ xìng…”
2) What’s your name?
One may also use “nǐ jiào shénme?” it is used by
elders when they want to know the name of young
people or between young people. One shouldn’t
know use it , therefore when he wants to know an
elder’s name or when he needs to show respect and
politeness to his hearers.
3) What’s his name?
It is used for asking another person’s name , one
shouldn’t say “tā guì xìng ?”
Situation and extension

1) Wǒ rènshi nǐ
Tā
Nà ge xuéshēng
Tāmen lǎoshī
Mǎlì
Zhè ge rén
2) Tā shì lǎoshī ma?
Tā bù shì lǎoshī , tā shì xuéshēng 。
Dàifu Liú xuéshēng
Nǐ mèimei Nǐ péngyou
Wǒ gēge Wǒ péngyou
A: Wǒ bù rènshi nà ge rén. Tā jiào shénme?
B: tā jiào Mǎlì.
A: tā shì Měiguórén ma?
B: shì , tā shì Měiguó rén.
New words
Jiào To call, to be known
as, First name
Rènshi To know
Gāoxìng Glad
Guì Honored
Xìng To be called, Family
name, Last name
Shnéme What
Míngzi Name
Shì To be
Nà That
Ge Measure word
Zhè This
Rén Person
Dàifu Doctor
Liúxuéshēng Foreign student
Péngyou Friend
 Proper name

Měiguó The United States

grammar
1.) Questions with “ma”
An interrogative sentence is formed by adding the
modal particle “ma” at the end of a declarative
sentences.
E.g.
1) nǐ hǎo ma?
2) nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma?
3) tā shì lǎoshì ma?
2.) Question with interrogative pronouns
The word order of questions with interrogative pronouns
(“ shuí , nǎr , and so on “) is the same as that of the
declarative sentence. Replacing the corresponding part
(i.e., the part being questioned) of a declarative sentence
with an interrogative pronoun will result in an
interrogative sentence, e.g.
1) Nǐ xìng shénme ?
2) Tā jiào shénme míngzi ?
3) Shuí shì Dàwèi ?
4) Mǎlì zài nǎr ?
3.) The sentence with an adjectival predicate
A sentence with an adjective as the main element of its
predicate is known as the sentence with an adjectival
predicate, e.g.
1) Tā hěn máng 。
2) Tā bù tài gāoxìng。
Exercise
Complete the following conversations:
1) A: dàifu __________?
B: wǒ xìng Zhāng 。
A: nà ge dàifu ______?
B: tā xìng lǐ 。

2) A: tā __________________?
B: shì , tā shì wǒ meìmei 。
A: tā _________________?
B: tā jiào Jīngjīng 。

3) A: ________________________?
B: shì , wǒ shì liú xuéshēng。
A:nǐ máng ma?
 B:___________________。Nǐ ne?
A: ________________________。

4) A: jīntiān nǐ gāoxìng ma?

B:__________________。nǐ ne?
A:_______________________。
Situational dialogues
1) You meet a Chinese friend for the first time. You greet
each other and ask each other’s names with delight.
2) You do not know your younger brother’s friend. You
ask your brother about his name, health and work.
3) Listen and retell:
Wǒ rènshi Wáng Yīng. Tā shì xuéshēng, rènshi tā wǒ
hěn gāoxìng . tā bàba shì dàifu, māma shì lǎoshī , tāmen
shēntǐ dōu hěn hǎo , gōngzuò yě hěn máng. Tā mèimei yě
shì xuéshēng , tā bù tài máng.

Phonetic drills
1) Discrimination of sounds
Piāoyáng Biāoyáng Dōng le
Tōng le Xiāoxi Jiāoji
Gǔ zhāng Kù cháng Shǎo chī
Xiǎochī
2) Discrimination of tones
Běifāng Běifáng Fěnliang
Fēnliáng Mǎi huār Mài huār
Dǎ rén Dàrén Lǎo dòng
Láo dòng Róng yi Róng yī
3) Read the following words: 1st tone + 1st tone
Fēijī Cānjiā Fāshēng
Jiāotōng Qiūtiān Chūntiān
Xīngqī Yīnggāi Chōuyān
Guānxīn
 Lesson #5
Wǒ jièshào yīxiàr
Let me introduce …

19) tā shì shuí ?

Who is he ?
20) wǒ jièshào yīxiàr.
Let me introduce…
21) nǐ qù nǎr ?
Where are you going?
22) Zhāng lǎoshī zài jiā ma?
Is Mr. Zhang at home ?
23) wǒ shì Zhāng lǎoshī de xuéshēng.
I am Mr. Zhang’s student
24) Qǐng jìn!
Please come in!
Conversation

Mǎlì : Wáng Lán tā shì shuí ?

Wáng Lán : Mǎlì, wó jièshào yīxiàr , zhè shì wǒ gēge.
Wáng Lín : wǒ jiào Wáng Lín rènshi nǐ , hěn gāoxìng.
Mǎlì : rěnshinǐ wǒ ye hěn gāoxìng.
Wáng Lán : nǐ qù nǎr ?
Mǎlì : wǒ qù Běijīng Dàxué. Nǐmen qù nǎr ?
Wáng Lín : women qù Shāngdiàn.
Mǎlì : Zàijiàn!
Wáng Lán :Zàijiàn!
Wáng Lín : Zàijiàn!
* * * * *
Hézǐ : Zháng laǒshī zài jiā ma?
Xiǎoyīng : Zài. nín shì ?
Hézǐ : wǒ shì Zhāng lǎoshī de xuéshēng . wǒ xìng Shānxià,
wǒ jiào Hézǐ . nǐ shì …
Xiǎoyīng : wǒ jiào Xiǎoyīng. Zhāng lǎoshī shì wǒ bàba.
Qǐng jìn !
Hézǐ : xièxie!
Notes:
1) “wǒ jièshào yī xiàr”let me introduce…
This is a common expression for introducing others.
“yī xiàr ” means that an action will be of short
 duration or something will be done to a casual way,
here the second meaning is intended .
2) “nín shì…” you are…
It means “who are you ?” The hearer should respond
with his name or social status. Such as sentence is
used only when a stranger has started to speak to
you .
Caution: “nǐ shì shuí? ” (Who are you ?) is a rather
impolite inquiry. So normally one avoids asking a
stranger“nǐ shì shuí?”

Substitution and Extension

1) Wǒ jièshào yīxiànr Nǐ lái , wǒ kàn , nǐ tīng , wǒ xiūxi

2) Nǐ qù nǎr ?
Wǒ qù Běijīng dàxué.
Shāngdiàn , sùshè , jiàoshì , nóngmào shìchǎng
3) Zhāng lǎoshī zài jiā ma?
Nǐ bàba , nǐ māma , nǐ mèimei
* * * * * * *
1) A: nǐ qù Shāngdiàn ma?
B: wò bù qù Shāngdiàn, wǒ huí jiā.
3) A: Dàwèi zài sùshè ma?
 B : bù zài, tā zài sānlíngyāo jiàoshì .
New words
1. Shuí Who
2. Jièshào To Introduce
3. Yīxiàr One time,once
4. Qù To go
5. nǎr Where
6. zài To be at(in),in, at
7. jiā Home
8. de (structural Particle)
9. qǐng To invite, please
10. jìn To come in, to enter
11. Shāngdiàn Shop
12. Kàn To look, to watch
13. tīng To listen, to hear
14. xiūxi To have a rest
15. sùshè Dormitory, hostel
16. jiaòshì Classroom
17. nóngmào shìchǎng Agriculture market
18. shìchǎng Market
19. huí To return, to come
back

Proper names
1. Wáng Lín Wang lin
2. Běijīng Dàxué Beijing University
3. Shānxià hézǐ Walco Yamashita
4. Xiǎoyīng Xiaoying

Grammar
1) A sentence with a verb as the main element of its
predicate is called a sentence with a verbal
predicate. Of the verb takes an object , the former
usually precedes the latter , e.g.
1. Tā lái.
2. Zhāng lǎoshī zài jiā.
3. Wǒ qù Běijīng Dàxué.
2) When a personal pronoun or a noun is used as an
attributive genitive, it generally takes the structural
particle “de” ,e.g. “tā de shū ” , “Zhāng lǎoshī de
xuéshēng ”, “Wáng Lán de gēge.”

When a personal pronoun is used as an attributive

and the headword is a kin term or an institutional
one , “de” may be omitted in the attributive , e.g.
“wǒ gēge”,”tā jiějie”,”women xuéxiào”.
3) A sentence with the verb “shì” and other words or
phrases constituting as predicate as known as
the“shì”Sentences. It’s negative counterpart is
 formed by putting the negative adverbs “bù” befor
“shì” e.g.
1. Tā shì dàifu.
2. Dàwèi shì tā gēge.
3. Wǒ bù shì xuéshēng wǒ shì lǎoshī.
Exercises
1) Read until fluent the following phrases and make
sentences:
Jiào shénme , rènshi nǐ , zài nǎr , qù shāngdiàn ,
māma de péngyou , wáng lán de gēge
2) Complete the following conversation with the given
words:
1. A : Wáng Lán zài nǎr ?
B: tā zài jiàoshì .
A: tā huí sùshè ma?
A: huí.
2. A: Nǐ rènshi Wáng Lín de mèimei ma?
B: bù shì, wǒ bù rènshi.Nǐ ne?
A: wǒ rènshi.
B: tā jiào shénme míngzi?
A: tā jiào Wáng Lán.
3. A: nǐ qù shāngdiàn ma?
B: qù.
 A: zhè ge shāngdiàn hǎo ma ?
B: hěn hǎo .
3) Change the following sentences into questions by
replacing underlined parts with interrogative
pronouns.
1. Tā shì wǒ de lǎoshī .
2. Tā xìng Wáng.
3. Tā jiào Jīngjīng.
4. Tā rènshi Wáng Lín.
5. Wáng lǎoshī qù jiaòshì.
6. Mǎlì zaì sùshè.
4) Listen retell :
Wǒ jièshào yīxiàr , wǒ jiào Mǎlì, wǒ shì měiguó liú
xuéshēng. Nà shì Dàwèi , tā shì wǒ de péngyou, tā yě
shì liú xuéshēng, tā shì Fǎguórén, Liú Jīng, Wáng Lán
shì wǒmen de péngyou, rènshi tāmen wǒmen hěn
gāoxìng.
5) Phonetic drills:
1. Discrimination of sounds
Zhīdao Chídào
Běnzi Pénzi
Zìjǐ Cíqì
Aiǎolóng Làonóng
Chí lì Qìlú
 Jiāoti Jiāodi
2. Discrimination of tones
Null Null
Chīlì Chīlí
Jiǔrén Jiūrén
Mèijīn méijīn
 Lesson #6
nǐ de shēngri shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào
When is your birthday ?

25) jīntiān jǐ hào?

What is the date today?
26) jīntiān shíyuè sānshíyī hào.
Today is October the 31st
27) jīnitān bù shì xīngqīsì. Zuótiān xīngqīsì.
Today is not Thursday, but yesterday was.
28) wǎnshang nǐ zuó shénme?
What will you do this evening?
29) nǐ de shēngri shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
When is your birthday?
30) wǒmen shàngwǔ qù tā jiā , hǎo ma?
We’ll call on him at his home in the morning, won’t
we ?
Conversion
Mǎlì : jīntiān jǐ hào?
Dàwèi : jīntiān shíyuè sānshíyī hào .
Mǎlì: jīntiān xīngqīsì ma?
Dàwèi : jīntiān bù shì xīngqīsì ,zuótiān xīngqīsì.
Mǎlì : míngtiān xīngqīliù . wǎnshang nǐ zuò shénme?
Dàwèi : wǒ xiě xìn.nǐ ne?
Mǎlì : wǒ kàn diànshì.
* * * * *
Mǎlì : nǐ de shěngri shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
Wáng lán : sānyuè shíqī hào .nǐ ne?
Mǎlì : wǔyuè jiǔ hào .
Wáng lán : sì hào shì Zhāng lìyīng de shēngri.
Mǎlì : sì haòxīngqījǐ ?
Wáng lán : xīngqītiān.
Mǎlì : nǐ qù tā jiā ma?.
Wáng lán :qù . nǐ ne?
Mǎlì : wǒ yě qù .
Wáng lán : women shàngwǔ qù, hào ma?
Mǎlì : hǎo .
 Substitution and extension
1) Jīntiān jǐ hào ?
Zuótiān
Míngtiān
Zhè ge xīngqī liù
Zhè ge xīngqī rì
2) Wǎnshang nǐ zuò shénme ?
Wǒ xiě xìn.
Kànshū
tīng yīn yuè
Kàndiànshì
3) Wǒnmen shàngwǔ qù tā jiā .
Hǎo ma?
Wǎnshang kàndiànshì
Xiàwǔ qù tā jiā
Xīngqītiān tīng yīnyuè
míngtiān qù mǎi dōngxi

* * * * *
1. A: míngtiān shì jǐ hào , xīngqijǐ ?
B: míngtiān shì shíyī yuè èrshíbā hào , xīngqīrì.
2. zhè ge xīngqīwǔ shì wǒ néngyou de shēngri. tā
jīntiān èrshí suì. Xiàwǔ wǒ qù tā jiā kàn tā.
 New words
1. Jǐ What, how many
2. Xīngqī Week
3. Zuótiān Yesterday
4. Wǎnshang Evening
5. Zuò To do , to make
6. Shēngri Birthday
7. Shàngwǔ Morning
8. Xiě To write
9. Xìn Letter
10. Diànshì Television
11. Xīngqītiān / Sunday
Xīngqīrì
12. Shū Book
13. Yīnyuè Music
14. Xiàwǔ Afternoon
15. Mǎi To buy
16. Dōngxi Things, goods
17. Suì Age

Proper name
Zhāng lìyīng Zhang liying
 Grammar
A sentence with a noun, noun phrase or numeral-
measure compound as its predicate is known as the
sentence with a nominal predicate. In the affirmative
sentence. “shì ”Is not used (“shì ” is ;used in the sentence
with a verbal predicate ). This type of sentence is mainly
used to show time age, birthplace and quantity,e.g.
1) jīntiān xīngqītiān.
2) Wǒ jīntiān èrshí suì.
3) Tā(shì) Běijīngrén.
The addition of “bù ” before the nominal predicate
makes it the negative counterpart of the sentence,
resulting in a sentence with a verbal predicate at the
same time , e.g.
4) Jīntiānbù shì èrshí suì.
5) Tā bù shì běijīngrén.
“nián, yuè, hào, xīngqī ” ways to show the year ,the
month ,the day and the days of the week.
1) The way to read a year us simply to read every
figure, e.g.
a) Yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián
b) Yī jiǔ jiǔ bā nián
c) Yī jiǔ jiǔ jiǔ nián
 d) Èr líng líng líng nián
2) The name of the twelve months arte formed by
adding “yuè” it each of the numerals from 1 to
12,e.g.
Yī yuè wǔ yuè jiǔ yuè shí yuè
3) A day is indicated in the same way as a month ,i.e.
to add “hào” or “rì ” to each of the numerals from
1 to 31. ( “rì ” is mainly used in written Chinese.
while “hào” is preferred as an oral form.)
4) Weekdays are indicated by putting “xīngqī ”before
each of the numerals from “yī ” to “liù” the seventh
day is written as “ xīngqītiān” or “xīngqīrì”.
5) The order of the year, month, day and the days of
the week is as follow
1998 nián 3 yuè 29 hào

** * **** *
Exercises
1. Read until fluent the following phrases and make
sentences with four of them:
Kàn diànshì
tīng yīnyuè
Xiěxìn
 Kànshū
Tā de shēngrì
Wǒ de sùshè
Zuò shénme
Mǎi shénme
xīngqīrì xiàwǔ
Míngtiān xiàwǔ
Jīntiān wǎnshang

2. Complete the following conversations:

1) A: míngtiān Xīngqījǐ?
B:míngtiān xīngqīliù.
A: nǐ míngtiān zuò shénme?
B:wǒ kàn diànshì.
2) A:xīngqīliù shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
B: (xīngqīliù)jiù yuè èrshísì hào.
A: nǐ wù shnāgdiàn ma?
B: wǒ bù qù(shāngdiàn).
3) A: xīngqīrì wǎnshang nǐ zuò shénme?
B: wǒ qù kàn péngyou.nǐ ne?
A:wǒ kàn diànyǐng.
3. Say what you can can:
1) Students talk about their own birthdays.
 2) Talk about the periods of time in which you do
the following things.
Kànshū Kàn Tīng xiěxìn
diànyǐng yīnyuè

4. Listen and read :

Jīntiān shì xīngqī tiān ,wǒ bù xuéxí. Shàngwǔ wǒ
qù shāngdiàn, xiàwǔ wǒ qù kàn péngyou,
wǎnshangwǒ xiěxìn.
 Lesson #7
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén?
How many people are there in your family?

31) Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén?

How many people are there in your family?
32) Nǐ bàbazuò shénme gōngzuò?
What does your father do ?
33) Tā zài dàxué gōgngzuò.
He works in a university.
34) Wǒ jiā yǒu bàba, māma hé yī ge dìdi.
There are my father,mother and younger brother in
my family.
35) Gēge jié hūn le.
My elder brother.
36) Tāmen méi you háizi.
They haven’t any children.
Grammar
Dàwèi : liú jīng , nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ?
Liú jīng : sì kǒu rén . nǐ jiā ma ?
Dàwèi : sān kǒu rén . Bàba, māma hé wǒ.
Liú jīng: nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò?
Dàwèi : tā shì lǎoshī . tā zài dàxué gōngzuò.
** * * * * *
Hézǐ : nǐ jiā yǒu shénme rén ?
Bàba, māma , hé yī ge dìdi.
Nǐ dìdi shì xuéshēng ma?
Shì. Tā xuéxí yīngyǔ.
Nǐ māma gōngzuò ma?
Tā bù gōngzuò.
** * * * * *
Wáng lán : nǐ jiā yǒu shuí ?
Mǎlì : bàba, māma jiějie.
Wáng lán : nǐ jiějie gōngzuò ma?
Mǎlì : gōngzuò . tā shì zhíyuán, zài yínháng gōngzuò. Nǐ
gēge zuò shénme gōngzuò.
Wáng lán : tā shì dàifu.
Mǎlì : tā jié hūn le ma?
Wáng lán : jié hūn le. Tā àirén yě shì dàifu.
Mǎlì : tāmen yǒu háizi ma?
Wáng lán : méiyǒu .
 Notes:
1) “nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?”How many people are there in
your family ?
“jǐ kǒu rén” is used for ask about the number of
people in the family only. When one wants to ask
about the number of people in an institution or a
community, he should use the measure word “gè”
2) “nǐ jiā yǒu shuí?” who are there in your family?
The above sentence has the same meaning as “nǐ jiā
yǒu shénme rén?” “shuí”can either be singular (one
person) or plural (several).
Substitution and extention
1) Tā xuéxí yīngyǔ.
Hànyǔ Rìyǔ Hányǔ Diànnǎo
2) Tā zài yínhánggōngzuò .
Jiàoshì Shàngkè
Sùshè Xiūxi
Jiā Kàn diànshì
3) Tāmen yǒu háizi ma?
Nǐ jiějie Tā mèi
Meinǐ yīngyǔ shū Tā hànyǔ shū

** * * * * *
1. Wǒ zài běijīng yǔyán wènhuà dàxué xuéxí.
2. Jīntiān yǒu hànyǔ kè , míngtiān méiyǒu kè.
3. Xià kè le. Wǒ huí sùshè xiūxi.
New words
1) Yǒu There to be , to have
2) Kǒu A Measure word for
people in family
3) Dàxué University
4) Hé And , as well as
5) Jié hūn To marry
6) Le Modal particle
7) Méi No,not
8) Háizi Child , children
9) Xuéxí To study
10) Yīngyǔ English
11) Zhíyuán Employee, clerk
12) Àirén Wife, husband
13) Hànyǔ Chinese
14) Rìyǔ Japanese(language )
15) Hányǔ Korean (language )
16) Diànnǎo Computer
17) Shàng To go to ,to have
18) Kè Class
19) Xià To finish, to be over
 Proper name
Běijīng yǔyán Beijing language and
Wénhuà dàxué culture university

Grammar
1) The “yǒu”sentence
The sentence with the predicate made up of “yǒu”
and its object as known as the “yǒu” sentence.
Such as sentence indicates possession. Its negative
form is constructed by putting the adverb “méi” but
not “bù”. before “yǒu”, e.g.
1.
2.
3.
2) Prepositional contractions
The prepositional construction consists of a
preposition and its object. It often occurs before a
verb, serving as an adverbial adjunct, e.g. “zài
yínháng” and “zài jiàoshì”in “zài yínháng gonāzuò”
and “zài jiàoshì shàngkè”, respectively ,are both
prepositional construction of the preposition
“zài”and its object.
 Lesson #8
What time is it ?
Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
37) Xiànzài jǐ diǎn ?
38) Xiànzài qī diǎn èrshíwǔ fēn.
39) Nǐ jǐ diǎn shàn kè ?
40) Chà yī kè bā diǎn qù.
41) Wǒ qù chī fàn.
42) Wǒmen shénme shìhào qù?
43) Tài zǎo le.
44) Wǒ yě liù diǎn bàn qǐ chuáng.
Conversation
Mǎlì : xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
Wáng lán : xiànzài qī diǎn èrshíwǔ fēn.
Mǎlì : nǐ jǐ diǎn shàng kè ?
Wáng lán : bā diǎn .
Mǎlì : nǐ shénme shíhou qù jiàoshì?
Wáng lán : chà yī kè bā diǎn qù.
Mǎlì : xiànzài nǐ qū jiàoshì ma?
Wáng lán : bù qù. Wǒ qù chī fàn .
** * * * *
Liú jīng : míngtiān qù chángchéng hǎo ma?
Dàwèi : hǎo, shénme shíhouqù ?
Liú jīng : zǎoshang qī diǎn .
Dàwèi : tài zǎo le. Qī diǎn bàn ba. Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng ?
Liú jīng : lù diǎn bàn .nǐ ne?
Dàwèi : wǒ yě liù diǎn bàn qǐ chuáng .
Substitution and extension
1. Xiànzài jǐ diǎn ?
Xiànzài qī diǎn èrshíwǔ fēn.
10:45 3:45
11:35 12:10
2:55 5:20
2. Nǐ shénme shíhou qù jiàoshì ?
Chà yī kè bā diǎn qù.
Lái jiàoshì 2:00
Lái wǒ deshùshè 4:00
Qù shítáng 11:55
Qù shànghǎi 7 yuè 28 hào
Qù rìběn 1 yuè 25 hào

3. Wǒ qù chīfàn .
Mǎi shū Tīng yīnyuè Dǎ bǎolíng qiú
Kàn diànshì Mǎi dōngxi shuìjiào
 ** * * * * *
1. Xiànzài liǎng diǎn líng wǔ fēn, wǒ qù Dàwèi sùshè
kàn tā.
2. Zǎoshang qī diǎn yī kè chī zǎofàn.
New words
1. Xiànzài Now, nowadays
2. Diǎn O’clock ,hour
3. Fēn Minute
4. Chà To lack,to be short of
5. Kè Quarter
6. Chī To eat
7. Fàn Meal, (cooked)rice
8. Shíhou Time,hour
9. Bàn Half
10. Qǐ To get up
11. Chuáng Bed
12. Zǎoshang Morning
13. Ba Modal partical
14. Liǎng Two
15. Shítáng Dining-room
16. Dǎ To play
17. Bǎolíngqiú Bowling (ball)
18. Diànyǐng Film
19. Shuìjiào To go to sleep
20. Zǎofàn breakfast
 Proper names
Chángchéng the great wall
Grammar
1. How to tell time
2:00 liǎng diǎn
6:05 liù diǎn wǔ fēn
8:15 bā diǎn shíwǔ fēn
10:30 shí diǎn sānshí fēn
11:45 shíyī diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn
1:50 yī diǎn wǔshí fēn
2. Grammatical functions of time words
Nouns or numerals measures compounds indicating
time may be used as subjects, predicates and
attributes, e.g.
1)
2)
3)
4)
When used as an adverbial adjuncts, the words
may be put between the subject and the
predicate, or before the subject, e.g.
5)
6)
 When more than two times words are used as
adverbial adjuncts, the word showing a longer
period of time comes first , e.g .
7)
When a time word and a place word are both used
as adverbial in the same sentence normally the
former Is put before the latter, e.g.
8)
 Lesson #9
Nǐ zhù zài nǎr
Where do you live
45) Nǐ zhù zài nǎr
46) Zhùzài liúxuéshēng sùshè
47) Duōshao hǎo fángjiān ?
48) Nǐ jiā zài nǎr ?
49) Huāngying nǐ qù wànr.
50) Tā cháng qù.
51) Wǒmen yīqǐ qù ba?
52) Nà tài hǎo le.
Conversation
Liú jīng : nǐ zhù zài nǎr ?
Dàwèi : zhùzài liúxuéshēng sùshè.
Liú jīng : jǐ hào lóu ?
Dàwèi : kiǔ hào lóu .
Liú jīng : duōshao hào fángjiān ?
Dàwèi : sānlíngbā hào fángjiān. Nǐ jiā zài nǎr?
Liú jīng : wǒ jiā zài xuéyuàn lù, huāngyīng nǐ qù wánr.
Dàwèi : xièxie.
** * * * *
Dàwèi : zhāng lìyīng jiā zài nǎr ?
Mǎlì : dōngsì dàjiē jiǔshíqī hào . .nǐ qù tà jiā ma?
Dàwèi : duì . míngtiān wǒ qù tā jiā .
Mǎlì : nǐ bù rènshi lù . women yīqǐ qù ba!
Dàwèi : nà tài hǎo le.
Notes :
1) “jǐ ” and “duōshao” in the sentences are
interrogatives of number. When the estimated
number is smaller them 10 “jǐ ” is usually used; when
the estimated nmber exceeds 10, “duōshao” is used.
2) Nà tài hǎo le.
“Nà” here means “if so..”.
“tài hǎo le.” I san expression showing satisfaction,
appreciation and so on. Here “tài” greatly intensifies
the meaning of the word that follows it.
Substitution and extention
1. Nǐ zhù zài nǎr ?
Wǒ zhù zài liú xuéshēng sùshè.
9 lóu 308 hào fángjiān
5 lóu 204 hào fángjiān
Shànghǎi Běijīng fàndiàn

2. Huānying nǐ qù wánr.
 Lái wǒ jiā wánr Lái běijīng gōngzuò
Lái yǔyán wénhuà dàxué

3. Tā cháng qù zhāng lǐyīng jiā .

Wāng lǎoshī jiā Nà ge yóujú
Liú xuéshēng sùshè Wǒmen xuéxiào

A: nǐ qù nǎr ?
B: wǒ qù yóujú mǎi yóupiào. Nǐ zhīdao xiǎo wáng xhùzài
nǎr ma?
A: tā zhùzài bīnguǎn èr céng èrsānsì hào fángjiān.
New words
1. Zhù To live
2. Duōshao How many,how much
3. Fángjiān Room
4. Huānying To welcome
5. Wánr To enjoy oneself, to play
6. Cháng(cháng) Often, usually
7. Yīqǐ Together
8. Lóu Building
9. Zhīdao To know
10. Wèn To ask
11. Duì Right ;opposite ;to face
12. Lù Road
13. Yóujú Post office
14. xuéxiào School
15. yóupiào Stamp
16. bīnguǎn Hotel
17. céng Floor

Proper names
1. xuéyuan lù xueyuan road
2. dōngsì dàxué dongsi avenue
3. shànghǎi shanghai
4. běijīng fàndiàn Beijing hotel
5. běijīng Beijing

Grammar
1. if a sentence with verbal predicate is composed of
several verbs or verbal phrases which shares the
same subject. It is known as the sentence with
verbal constructions in series, e.g.
1) wǒ qù wèn tā .
2) wáng lín cháng qù kàn diànyǐng.
3) Xīngqītiān dàwèi lái wǒ jiā wánr.
4) Wǒ qù tā sùshè kàn tā .
The modifying elements before verbs and adjectives
are known as adverbial adjuncts. Adverbs, adjectives
time words and prepositional constructions can all be
used as adverbialadjuncts, e.g.
1) Tā cháng qù wǒ jiā wánr.
2) Nǐmen kuài lái.
3) Wǒmen bā diǎn qù shàngkè.
4) Tā mèimei zài yínháng gōngzuò.