Complete Mandarin Chinese - Lesson 4

Question 1

Vocab

to feel like doing something, to think

Answer 1

xiǎng

Question 2

Vocab

to go

Answer 2

qù

Question 3

Vocab

home, family, measure word for restaurant

Answer 3

jiā

Question 4

Vocab

to have fun, to play

Answer 4

wán(r)

Question 5

Vocab

that

Answer 5

nà

Question 6

Vocab

too, extremely

Answer 6

tài

Question 7

Vocab

evening

Answer 7

wǎnshang

Question 8

Vocab

to have free time

Answer 8

yǒu kòng

Question 9

Vocab

two (num + MW)

Answer 9

liǎ

Question 10

Vocab
to eat (a meal)

Answer 10

chī fàn

Question 11

Vocab

o’clock

Answer 11

diǎn zhōng

Question 12

Vocab

what about it, how?

Answer 12

zěnmeyàng

Question 13

Vocab

then, just, only, merely

Answer 13

jiù

Question 14

Vocab
Mr Wang, I’d like to invite you both over to our home. What do you say?
That would be great

Answer 14

Wáng xiānsheng nǐ hǎo, wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐmen qù wǒmen jiā wánr, hǎo ma?

Nà tài hǎo le

Question 15

Vocab
Are you free tomorrow evening?
Yes, we are

Answer 15

Nǐmen míngtiān wǎngshang yǒu kòng ma?

Yǒu kòng

Question 16

Vocab
In that case, you about you both come over for a meal tomorrow evening?
Thankyou very much indeed. What time shall we come?
How would 6 o’clock suit you?
Fine. 6 o’clock then

Answer 16

Nàme, qǐng nǐmen liǎ míngtiān wǎngshang qù wǒmen jiā chī fàn ba

Nà tàa xièxie nǐmen le. Jǐ diǎn zhōng qù ne?

Liù diǎn zěnmeyàng?

Xíng, jiù liù diǎn ba

Question 17

Grammar

Tài verb le

Answer 17

Le is almost invariably to be found with the adverb tài (too):
Tài hǎo le - great
Tài xièxie nǐmen le - thanks very much indeed

Question 18

Grammar

Adverbial phrases of time (time when)

Answer 18

Most adverbs precede the verb including adverbs of ‘time when’:
Qǐng nǐmen míngtiān lái - please come tomorrow
Míngtiān precedes lái - the reverse of English usage. Some adverbs can also precede the subject or topic for emphasis:
Wǒ jīntiān lái, míngtiān wǒ bù lái - I’ll come today, but tomorrow I’m not coming

Question 19

Grammar

Verb-Object constructions

Answer 19

A feature of Chinese so that while an English-speaker may simply state that ‘he likes eating’ or ‘she is going to eat’, a Chinese will normally say that he likes ‘eating cooked rice’ or that she is ‘going to eat cooked rice’.
The test is whether le can be inserted between the two parts or not. If so, then it is a verb-object construction. For example we can say chī le fàn but not xiè le xie or xǐ le huan

Question 20

Vocab

To eat

Answer 20

chī fàn

Verb-Object construction - eat cooked rice

Question 21

Vocab

To sleep

Answer 21

shuì jiào

Verb-Object construction - sleep sleep

Question 22

Vocab

To study

Answer 22

dú shū

Verb-Object construction - read books

Question 23

Vocab

To speak

Answer 23

shuō huà

Verb-Object construction - speak speech

Question 24

Vocab

To draw/paint

Answer 24

huà huàr

Verb-Object construction - draw drawings/paintings

Question 25

Vocab | to chat

Answer 25

tán huà | Verb-Object construction - chat speech

Question 26

Vocab | to smoke

Answer 26

xī yān | Verb-Object construction - smoke tobacco/cigarettes

Question 27

Vocab | to teach

Answer 27

jiāo shū | Verb-Object construction - teach books

Question 28

Vocab | to drive

Answer 28

kāi chē | Verb-Object construction - drive vehicle

Question 29

Vocab | to walk

Answer 29

zǒu lù | Verb-Object construction - walk road

Question 30

Vocab | to read

Answer 30

kàn shū | Verb-Object construction - read book/look book

Question 31

``` Vocab to go (by some form of transport) ```

Answer 31

zuò chē | Verb-Object construction - sit vehicle

Question 32

Vocab | to record

Answer 32

lù yīn | Verb-Object construction - record sound

Question 33

Vocab | to invite somebody for a meal

Answer 33

qǐng kè | Verb-Object construction - invite guest

Question 34

Vocab | to marry, get married

Answer 34

jié hūn | Verb-Object construction - tie marriage

Question 35

Grammar | Telling the time

Answer 35

Zhōng is normayy omitted except when asking the time or on the hour, where it is optional

Question 36

Vocab What time is it? It's one o'clock

Answer 36

Xiànzài jǐ diǎn (zhōng)? | Xiànzài yì diǎn zhōng

Question 37

Vocab | Now

Answer 37

Xiànzài

Question 38

Vocab | Two o'clock

Answer 38

liǎng diǎn (zhōng)

Question 39

Vocab | Five past three

Answer 39

sān diǎn (líng) wǔ fēn líng

Question 40

Vocab | minute (of time)

Answer 40

fēn

Question 41

Vocab | quarter past four

Answer 41

sì diǎn shíwǔ fēn or more commonly sì diǎn yí kè

Question 42

Vocab | one quarter

Answer 42

kè

Question 43

Vocab | Half past five

Answer 43

wǔ diǎn sānshí fēn or more commonly wǔ diǎn bàn

Question 44

Vocab | half

Answer 44

bàn

Question 45

Vocab | quarter to seven

Answer 45

liù diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn or more commonly liù diǎn sān kè or chà yí kè qī diǎn

Question 46

Vocab | three quarters

Answer 46

sān kè

Question 47

Vocab | to lack

Answer 47

chà

Question 48

Vocab | ten to eight

Answer 48

qī diǎn wǔshí fēn or more commonly chà shí fēn bā diǎn

Question 49

Exercise Translate nine o'clock

Answer 49

jiǔ diǎn (zhōng)

Question 50

Exercise Translate half past eleven

Answer 50

shíyī diǎn sānshí fēn or shíyī diǎn bàn

Question 51

Exercise Translate twenty five past two

Answer 51

èr diǎn èrshíwǔ fēn

Question 52

Exercise Translate ten to four

Answer 52

sān diǎn wǔshí fēn

Question 53

Exercise Translate quarter pst twelve

Answer 53

yī diǎn shíwǔ fēn or yī diǎn yí kè

Question 54

Exercise Translate five past eight

Answer 54

bā diǎn líng wǔ fēn

Question 55

Exercise Translate quarter to six

Answer 55

wǔ diǎn sìshíwǔ fēn or wǔ diǎn sān kè or chà yí kè liù diǎn

Question 56

Exercise Translate ten past twelve

Answer 56

shí 'èr diǎn shí fēn

Question 57

Grammar | jiù

Answer 57

This adverb is used in many ways. For example, to link two clauses and at the same time show aceptance: Xíng, jiù liù diǎn ba - fine, 6 o'clock then (ba also expresses approval in this case) As an adverb, can never precede a noun or pronoun.

Question 58

Exercise Correct the Errors Tā qù wǒmen jiā wǎnshang

Answer 58

Tā wǎnshang qù wǒmen jiā

Question 59

Exercise Correct the Errors Wǒmen qù shí diǎn zhōng

Answer 59

Wǒmen shí diǎn zhōng qù

Question 60

Exercise Correct the Errors Zěnmeyàng hē lǜ chá?

Answer 60

Hē lǜchá zěnmeyàng?

Question 61

Exercise Correct the Errors Zhōu Déjīn méi yǒu jié hūn le

Answer 61

Zhōu Déjīn méi yǒu jié hūn

Question 62

Exercise Correct the Errors Wáng tàitai bù chī fàn wǎngshang

Answer 62

Wáng tàitai wǎngshang bù chī fàn

Question 63

Exercise Correct the Errors Zhāng xiānsheng xiǎng qǐng wǒmen, jiù wǒmen bù qǐng tā

Answer 63

Zhāng xiānsheng xiǎng qǐng wǒmen, wǒmen jiù bù qǐng tā

Question 64

Vocab | many

Answer 64

duō

Question 65

Vocab | because

Answer 65

yīnwèi