Complete Mandarin Chinese - Lesson 3

Question 1

Exercises Correct the Errors Jǐ suì tāmen?

Answer 1

Tāmen jǐ suì?

Question 2

what

Answer 2

Vocab shénme

Question 3

Exercises Correct the Errors Xiānsheng Wáng lái Zhōngguó míngtiān

Answer 3

Wáng xiānsheng míngtiān lái Zhōngguó

Question 4

Vocab qù

Answer 4

to go

Question 5

Vocab friend

Answer 5

péngyou

Question 6

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Wáng xiānsheng zài (Běijīng)

Answer 6

Wáng xiānsheng zài nǎr?

Question 7

Vocab Do you have a girlfriend? Yes, I do

Answer 7

Yǒu nǚ péngyou ma? Yǒu

Question 8

Vocab Do you have any children Mr Li? Yes, we have two; a boy and a girl

Answer 8

Lǐ xiānsheng, nǐmen yǒu xiǎoháir ma? Yǒu, wǒmen yǒu liǎng ge - yí ge nánháir, yí ge nǚhair

Question 9

Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ xǐhuan hē Zhōngguó chá hěn

Answer 9

Wǒ hěn xǐhuan hē Zhōngguó chá

Question 10

how many, any number

Answer 10

Vocab duōshao

Question 11

Vocab year (of age)

Answer 11

suì

Question 12

Grammar Le Use

Answer 12

Verbal suffix In the example below, is put after the verb to indicate that the action of the verb is completed: Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn le ma? If he was married the answer would be: Jié hūn le, if not: the construction would be Méi + verb where the yǒu may be omitted. The verb may be omitted when answering a question with le in the negative but yǒu must then be retained, so the response could have been: Méi yǒu jié hūn or Méi jié hūn There is no completed action in the negative so there is no le

Question 13

Exercises Correct the Errors Nǐmen yǒu liù péngyou

Answer 13

Nǐmen yǒu liù ge péngyou

Question 14

Vocab xiàwǔ

Answer 14

afternoon

Question 15

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Tǎ nǚ péngyou míngtiān xiàwǔ (liǎng) diǎn zhōng lái Zhōngguó

Answer 15

Tǎ nǚ péngyou míngtiān xiàwǔ jǐ diǎn (zhōng) lái Zhōngguó?

Question 16

Vocab zěnmeyàng

Answer 16

what about it, how

Question 17

Vocab to be at, at

Answer 17

zài

Question 18

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Pútáojiǔ (hěn hǎo)

Answer 18

Pútáojiǔ zěnmeyàng?

Question 19

Vocab male

Answer 19

nán

Question 20

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Wǒmen hē (júzizhī)

Answer 20

Wǒmen hē shénme?

Question 21

Vocab also, too

Answer 21

yě

Question 22

Vocab to have

Answer 22

yōu

Question 23

Vocab Mr wang, are you married? No, I’m not

Answer 23

Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn le ma? Méi yǒu

Question 24

Vocab how many (fewer than ten)

Answer 24

jǐ

Question 25

Vocab shénme

Answer 25

what

Question 26

Vocab tomorrow

Answer 26

míngtiān

Question 27

Exercises Correct the Errors Tā zài Zhōngguó yě ma?

Answer 27

Tā yě zài Zhōngguó ma?

Question 28

Vocab to study

Answer 28

xúe(xi)

Question 29

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Nǚhair (jiǔ) suì

Answer 29

Nǚhair jǐ suì?

Question 30

what time. literally 'what o'clock

Answer 30

Vocab jǐ diǎn (zhōng)

Question 31

Vocab jǐ diǎn (zhōng)

Answer 31

what time. literally 'what o'clock

Question 32

Exercises Correct the Errors Tā bù yǒu nǚháir

Answer 32

Tā méi yǒu nǚháir

Question 33

Vocab duōshao

Answer 33

how many, any number

Question 34

Grammar èr and liǎng

Answer 34

Liǎng (two of a kind) is used with measure words instead of èr, so two children is liǎng gè xiǎoháir not èr gè xiǎoháir. Some people find it helpful to think of liǎng as the bound form 'two of a kind'. Liǎ (an abbreviated form of liǎng gè) is often used with personal pronouns 'we', 'you', 'they' instead of liǎng gè, thus 'the two of us' may be either wǒmen liǎ or wǒmen liǎng gè

Question 35

where

Answer 35

Vocab nǎr

Question 36

who

Answer 36

Vocab shéi

Question 37

Vocab shénme shíhou

Answer 37

when, literally 'what time'

Question 38

Vocab hé

Answer 38

and

Question 39

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Nánháir (wǔ) suì

Answer 39

Nánháir jī suì?

Question 40

Exercises Replace the brackets with a question word Lǐ xiānsheng hé Lǐ tàitai yǒu (liǎng ge) xiǎoháir

Answer 40

Lǐ xiānsheng hé Lǐ tàitai yǒu duōshao xiǎoháir?

Question 41

Vocab to marry, to get married

Answer 41

jié hūn

Question 42

Vocab where

Answer 42

nǎr

Question 43

Vocab nǎr

Answer 43

where

Question 44

Vocab two (of a kind)

Answer 44

liǎng

Question 45

Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ bù yǒu nǚ péngyou

Answer 45

Wǒ méi yǒu nǚ péngyou

Question 46

Exercises Correct the Errors Tā jié hūn míngtiǎn

Answer 46

Tā míngtiǎn jié hūn

Question 47

when, literally 'what time'

Answer 47

Vocab shénme shíhou

Question 48

Vocab not

Answer 48

méi (only used with yǒu). The single exception to the rule that all verbs are negated by bu

Question 49

what about it, how

Answer 49

Vocab zěnmeyàng

Question 50

Vocab female

Answer 50

nǚ

Question 51

Vocab to come

Answer 51

lái

Question 52

Vocab How old are they? They boy is 14, the girl is 9

Answer 52

Nánáir jǐ suì? Nǚháir jǐ suì? Nánháir shísì suì, nǚháir jiǔ suì

Question 53

Vocab question word

Answer 53

gè

Question 54

Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ yǒu èr ge xiǎoháir

Answer 54

Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge xiǎoháir

Question 55

Grammar gè

Answer 55

By far the most common measure word. Used with a whole range of nouns that don't have their own specific measure words. When in doubt as to the correct measure word, gè should be used. When said in everyday speech, usually toneless

Question 56

Exercises Correct the Errors Lǐ tàitai gāoxìng zhēn rènshi nín

Answer 56

Lǐ tàitai rènshi nín zhēn gāoxìng

Question 57

Vocab Where is she? Is she in China too? She's coming to China tomorrow to study

Answer 57

Tā zài nǎr? Tā yě zài Zhōngguó ma? Tā míngtiǎn lái Zhōngguó xuéxí

Question 58

Vocab twice

Answer 58

liǎng diǎn

Question 59

Vocab shéi

Answer 59

who

Question 60

Exercises Correct the Errors Zhōngguó shi nǎr?

Answer 60

Zhōngguó zài nǎr?

Question 61

Grammar Le Question Form

Answer 61

Made by adding ma to the statement or méi yǒu after it: Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn le ma? Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn le méi yǒu? The latter is identical to the choice type questions except that the verb isn't repeated. Another alternative form is: Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn méi jié hūn?

Question 62

Grammar Question words and their position

Answer 62

Question words such as jǐ, duōshao, shénme, shénme shíhou, shéi, nǎr, jǐ diǎn, zěnmeyàng appear in a sentence in the same position as the word that replaces them in the answer eg Tǎmen jǐ suì? - how old are they Nánháir shísì suì, nǚháir jiǔ suì (nb no verb is necessary when stating age in terms of years) Tā zài nǎr? Tā yě zài Zhōngguó The question word ne is often found at the end of the sentence containing a question word and has a softening effect. Sentences containing question words don't take ma

Question 63

Vocab child (small)

Answer 63

xiǎoháir