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12. ,L chi to eat

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w wdn N/Adj evening;night; ta

k €n N meal;(cooked)ric

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o.K.?
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17. i4li4i xidxie CE thank you

18. E* xihuan to likq to pr€fer

19. 4€ haishi Conj or

20. q € k6shi Conj but

a 1 );P heo Adj o.K.

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2. Dates and Time

(1) Theda!'softheweek:

&*- xinsqM Monday

&S: xinsqiAr Tuesday

&42 xingqrsen Wednesda

&ffiE xinsqisi Thursday

&*Z xinsqiwi Friday

&*^ xinsq-ii Saturday

&*A xinsqrri Sunday

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week)is comrnonly usedin writtenChinese.Mondaycanalsobe calle
Tuesday El:(zhdu'dr), etc.Weekend isffi = (zh6umd),andin wd
EJE (zh6un-)is sometimes usedto referto Sunday.In Chinqthewe
Monday.Theexpression E$|.fu? (xingqiji?) is usedto find out the
To answertiis questio4simplyreplacethewordJL (i, what,howma
numberindicatingthedayofthe weel suchasE HIEI (xingqisi,Thu
thefourthdayofthe week.In spokenChinese theexpression|lS (lib
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(O &[iu_Trme:
Thesewords areusedto tell time in Chinese:f;ff (diinzh6ng' o'
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Examples:
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= t4+ sandianzh6ng three o'clock
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=,*.Fr(rr\) sandi5nlingwU(fEn) 3:05

.a,*.:+(r\) wUdiSndrshi(fEn) 5:20

E+hYL.t. chasnrrenllu olan 8:50

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beforethe minuteif it is a singledigit number.
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(Howaboutifl inviteyou andyouryoungersisterto eatAmeric
tonight?)

5. AltemativeQuestions
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Iftlrcre is anotherverbusedin thepredicate,
altemativequestion. tlrc first ft
omitted.

(r)4&€f E/t'4*.*ElL?
h6ishiM6igu6r6n?
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(Are you Chineseor Amedcan?)
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(Is yourolderbrothera teacheror a student?)
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shi ni qingw6chifin,haishi€ qingwd ch?fan?
(Who is taking meto dinner,you or he?)

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Ta xr'huan
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glt({t *rBrt .
s,f @ffi,i=
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(IIe likes both Chinesefood andAmericanfood.)
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3. u dE t0 zE cti

words:
C. Two-syllable
bdng6ng gAnhu6 . nji xiinz)i
diq0 otru daxiE jiaozha

D. Neutraltone:
yi ge sange zhd ge ni ge
ta de sh6ide w6 de ni de

E. Tollesandhi:
zhdnlSn ligudn yUsin ddngddn
shduf5 yinx[ xuinji gudngch

What occasiotris this cakc for?

What time is it?
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