Day 5 - 15/01

Question 1

What did you eat for lunch?

Answer 1

wǔfàn nǐ chī le shenme？

Question 2

We cycled for 5 1/2 hours

Answer 2

wǒmen qī dānchē qī le wǔ ge bàn xiǎoshí

wǒmen qī le wǔ ge bàn xiǎoshí de dānchē

Question 3

How much time

Answer 3

duō shàng shíjiàn

Question 4

To do homework

Answer 4

zuò zuòyè

Question 5

My husband is having a meeting now

Answer 5

wǒ lǎogōng xiànzài zài kāi huì

zài indicates past / present participle

Question 6

I waited for an hour for my husband today

Answer 6

wǒ jīntiān déng lǎogōng déng le yī ge xiǎoshí

Question 7

Can you wait 30 minutes for me?

Answer 7

nǐ kěyǐ déng wǒ sān shí fēnzhōng ma？

Question 8

can you wait for me?

Answer 8

nǐ kěyǐ déng (wǒ) yī xià ma

Question 9

I have one class today

Answer 9

wǒ jīntiān yǒu yī jié ke

Question 10

I won’t call my mother and my father tomorrow

Answer 10

wǒ míngtiān bù gěi māma hé bába dǎ diànhuà

Question 11

He is having a meeting at home now

Answer 11

tā xiànzài zài jià kāi huì
(Emphasis here is on location not on what he is doing right now so we don‘t need zài before verb to indicate past/present participle）

Question 12

Still

Answer 12

Hái

Question 13

He is still having a meeting

Answer 13

tā hái zài kāi huì

Question 14

I am quite tired

Answer 14

wǒ tǐng léi le

Question 15

I am quite hungry

Answer 15

wǒ tǐng e le

Question 16

It is convenient for me

Answer 16

wǒ fāngbiàn

Question 17

Is Susan there?

Answer 17

Susan zài ma?

Question 18

It’s me。Who is this please?

Answer 18

wǒ jiù shì。nín shí nǎ wěi？