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Complete Mandarin Chinese - Lesson 3 Flashcards

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Exercises Correct the Errors Jǐ suì tāmen?

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Tāmen jǐ suì?

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what

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Vocab shénme

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Exercises Correct the Errors Xiānsheng Wáng lái Zhōngguó míngtiān

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Wáng xiānsheng míngtiān lái Zhōngguó

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Vocab qù

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to go

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Vocab friend

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péngyou

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

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Wáng xiānsheng zài nǎr?

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Vocab Do you have a girlfriend? Yes, I do

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Yǒu nǚ péngyou ma? Yǒu

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

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

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Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ xǐhuan hē Zhōngguó chá hěn

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Wǒ hěn xǐhuan hē Zhōngguó chá

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how many, any number

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Vocab duōshao

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Vocab year (of age)

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suì

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Grammar Le Use

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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

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Exercises Correct the Errors Nǐmen yǒu liù péngyou

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Nǐmen yǒu liù ge péngyou

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Vocab xiàwǔ

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afternoon

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

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

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Vocab zěnmeyàng

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what about it, how

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Vocab to be at, at

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zài

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

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Pútáojiǔ zěnmeyàng?

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Vocab male

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nán

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

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Wǒmen hē shénme?

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Vocab also, too

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yě

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Vocab to have

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yōu

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

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Wáng xiānsheng, jié hūn le ma? Méi yǒu

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Vocab how many (fewer than ten)

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jǐ

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Vocab shénme

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what

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Vocab tomorrow

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míngtiān

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Exercises Correct the Errors Tā zài Zhōngguó yě ma?

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Tā yě zài Zhōngguó ma?

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Vocab to study

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xúe(xi)

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

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Nǚhair jǐ suì?

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what time. literally ‘what o’clock

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Vocab jǐ diǎn (zhōng)

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Vocab jǐ diǎn (zhōng)

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what time. literally ‘what o’clock

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Exercises Correct the Errors Tā bù yǒu nǚháir

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Tā méi yǒu nǚháir

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Vocab duōshao

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how many, any number

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Grammar èr and liǎng

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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

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where

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Vocab nǎr

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who

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Vocab shéi

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Vocab shénme shíhou

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when, literally ‘what time’

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Vocab hé

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and

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

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Nánháir jī suì?

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

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Lǐ xiānsheng hé Lǐ tàitai yǒu duōshao xiǎoháir?

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Vocab to marry, to get married

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jié hūn

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Vocab where

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nǎr

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Vocab nǎr

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where

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Vocab two (of a kind)

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liǎng

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Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ bù yǒu nǚ péngyou

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Wǒ méi yǒu nǚ péngyou

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Exercises Correct the Errors Tā jié hūn míngtiǎn

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Tā míngtiǎn jié hūn

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when, literally ‘what time’

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Vocab shénme shíhou

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Vocab not

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

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what about it, how

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Vocab zěnmeyàng

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Vocab female

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nǚ

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Vocab to come

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lái

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

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

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Vocab question word

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gè

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Exercises Correct the Errors Wǒ yǒu èr ge xiǎoháir

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Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge xiǎoháir

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Grammar gè

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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

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Exercises Correct the Errors Lǐ tàitai gāoxìng zhēn rènshi nín

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Lǐ tàitai rènshi nín zhēn gāoxìng

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

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

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Vocab twice

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liǎng diǎn

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Vocab shéi

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who

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Exercises Correct the Errors Zhōngguó shi nǎr?

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Zhōngguó zài nǎr?

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Grammar Le Question Form

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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?

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Grammar Question words and their position

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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

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Vocab child (small)

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xiǎoháir

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