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Complete Mandarin Chinese - Lesson 4 Flashcards

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1
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Vocab

to feel like doing something, to think

A

xiǎng

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to go

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qù

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home, family, measure word for restaurant

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jiā

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to have fun, to play

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wán(r)

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that

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nà

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too, extremely

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tài

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evening

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wǎnshang

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to have free time

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yǒu kòng

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Vocab

two (num + MW)

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liǎ

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to eat (a meal)
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chī fàn

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Vocab

o’clock

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diǎn zhōng

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Vocab

what about it, how?

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zěnmeyàng

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then, just, only, merely

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jiù

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

A

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

Nà tài hǎo le

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Vocab
Are you free tomorrow evening?
Yes, we are

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Nǐmen míngtiān wǎngshang yǒu kòng ma?

Yǒu kòng

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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

A

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

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Grammar

Tài verb le

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

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Grammar

Adverbial phrases of time (time when)

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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

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Grammar

Verb-Object constructions

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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

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Vocab

To eat

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chī fàn

Verb-Object construction - eat cooked rice

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To sleep

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shuì jiào

Verb-Object construction - sleep sleep

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To study

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dú shū

Verb-Object construction - read books

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To speak

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shuō huà

Verb-Object construction - speak speech

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Vocab

To draw/paint

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huà huàr

Verb-Object construction - draw drawings/paintings

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to chat

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tán huà

Verb-Object construction - chat speech

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to smoke

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xī yān

Verb-Object construction - smoke tobacco/cigarettes

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to teach

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jiāo shū

Verb-Object construction - teach books

28
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Vocab

to drive

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kāi chē

Verb-Object construction - drive vehicle

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Vocab

to walk

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zǒu lù

Verb-Object construction - walk road

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Vocab

to read

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kàn shū

Verb-Object construction - read book/look book

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to go (by some form of transport)
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zuò chē

Verb-Object construction - sit vehicle

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Vocab

to record

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lù yīn

Verb-Object construction - record sound

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Vocab

to invite somebody for a meal

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qǐng kè

Verb-Object construction - invite guest

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Vocab

to marry, get married

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jié hūn

Verb-Object construction - tie marriage

35
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Grammar

Telling the time

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

36
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Vocab
What time is it?
It’s one o’clock

A

Xiànzài jǐ diǎn (zhōng)?

Xiànzài yì diǎn zhōng

37
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Vocab

Now

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Xiànzài

38
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Vocab

Two o’clock

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liǎng diǎn (zhōng)

39
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Vocab

Five past three

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sān diǎn (líng) wǔ fēn líng

40
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Vocab

minute (of time)

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fēn

41
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Vocab

quarter past four

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sì diǎn shíwǔ fēn or more commonly sì diǎn yí kè

42
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Vocab

one quarter

A

kè

43
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Vocab

Half past five

A

wǔ diǎn sānshí fēn or more commonly wǔ diǎn bàn

44
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Vocab

half

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bàn

45
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Vocab

quarter to seven

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

46
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Vocab

three quarters

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sān kè

47
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Vocab

to lack

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chà

48
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Vocab

ten to eight

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

49
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Exercise
Translate
nine o’clock

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jiǔ diǎn (zhōng)

50
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Exercise
Translate
half past eleven

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shíyī diǎn sānshí fēn or shíyī diǎn bàn

51
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Exercise
Translate
twenty five past two

A

èr diǎn èrshíwǔ fēn

52
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Exercise
Translate
ten to four

A

sān diǎn wǔshí fēn

53
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Exercise
Translate
quarter pst twelve

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yī diǎn shíwǔ fēn or yī diǎn yí kè

54
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Exercise
Translate
five past eight

A

bā diǎn líng wǔ fēn

55
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Exercise
Translate
quarter to six

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

56
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Exercise
Translate
ten past twelve

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shí ‘èr diǎn shí fēn

57
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Grammar

jiù

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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.

58
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Exercise
Correct the Errors
Tā qù wǒmen jiā wǎnshang

A

Tā wǎnshang qù wǒmen jiā

59
Q

Exercise
Correct the Errors
Wǒmen qù shí diǎn zhōng

A

Wǒmen shí diǎn zhōng qù

60
Q

Exercise
Correct the Errors
Zěnmeyàng hē lǜ chá?

A

Hē lǜchá zěnmeyàng?

61
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Exercise
Correct the Errors
Zhōu Déjīn méi yǒu jié hūn le

A

Zhōu Déjīn méi yǒu jié hūn

62
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Exercise
Correct the Errors
Wáng tàitai bù chī fàn wǎngshang

A

Wáng tàitai wǎngshang bù chī fàn

63
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Exercise
Correct the Errors
Zhāng xiānsheng xiǎng qǐng wǒmen, jiù wǒmen bù qǐng tā

A

Zhāng xiānsheng xiǎng qǐng wǒmen, wǒmen jiù bù qǐng tā

64
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Vocab

many

A

duō

65
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Vocab

because

A

yīnwèi

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