Lesson 08 - September 3rd 2013

Question 0

Computer

Answer 0

diàn nâo (literally electricity - brain)

Question 1

Warm / hot

Answer 1

rè

Question 2

Bring / take

Answer 2

dài

Question 3

Easy to use / user-friendly

Answer 3

hâo yòng

Question 4

little girl / boy

Answer 4

nühái’r / nánhái’r

Question 5

son / daughter

Answer 5

érzi / nüèr

Question 6

Elder / second / third … kid

Answer 6

lâo dà / èr / sān / …

Question 7

The elder is a girl, my second is a boy

Answer 7

lâo dà shì nühái’r, lâo èr shì nánhái’r.

Question 8

how many times?

Answer 8

jî cì

Question 9

once / twice / thrice / …

Answer 9

yīcì / liângcì / sāncì

Question 10

once a week

Answer 10

yīqe xīngqī yīcì

Question 11

hour (duration)

Answer 11

xiâoshí

Question 12

We study Chinese once every week for 1 hour and a half

Answer 12

wômen xué hànyû yīge xīngqī yīcì yī xiâoshí sānshí fēnzhōng / bàn

Question 13

it’s (your) turn to…

Answer 13

lúndào (nî) … le / gāi (nî) … le

Question 14

It’s your turn to ask me questions

Answer 14

lúndào nî wèn wô wèntí le

Question 15

it is my turn to work

Answer 15

lúndào wô gōngcuò le

Question 16

Everyday

Answer 16

tiāntiān

Question 17

say something

Answer 17

shuō huà

Question 18

degree (temperature)

Answer 18

dù

Question 19

retired

Answer 19

tùixiū

Question 20

My father is not retired yet

Answer 20

wô de pàpa hái méiyôu tùixiū

Question 21

A is more adj than B

Answer 21

A bî B adj

Question 22

Shanghai is bigger than Beijing

Answer 22

Shànghâi bî Bêijīng dà

Question 23

the adjectivest

Answer 23

zùi adj

Question 24

to go to school

Answer 24

shàng xué

Question 25

primary school

Answer 25

xiâo xué

Question 26

middle & high school

Answer 26

zhōng xué

Question 27

University

Answer 27

dà xué

Question 28

my daughter is 8 years old this year, she is attending primary school

Answer 28

wô de nüér jīnnián qī suì. Tā zài shàng xiâoxué.

Question 29

major (@ university)

Answer 29

zhuānyè

Question 30

engineering

Answer 30

gōng chéng

Question 31

physics

Answer 31

wùlî

Question 32

mathematics

Answer 32

shùxué

Question 33

At university, my major was engineering.

Answer 33

zài dàxué wôde zhuānyè shì gōngchéng.

Question 34

situation / state

Answer 34

qíngkuàng

Question 35

talk about

Answer 35

jiâng (colloquial) / tán (more formal)

Question 36

to give

Answer 36

gêi

Question 37

to (preposition)

Answer 37

gêi (like “to give”…)

Question 38

You told me about your family

Answer 38

nî gêi wô jiâng le nîde jiā

Question 39

Interesting

Answer 39

yôuyìsī (“has meaning”)

Question 40

boring

Answer 40

méiyôuyìsī

Question 41

softening a sentence (verb), make it more polite

Answer 41

repeat the verb for ex. jiâng –> jiângjiang

Question 42

Tell me about your children (please)?

Answer 42

Gêi wô jiângjiang nîde qíngkuàng.

Question 43

good idea

Answer 43

hâo zhûyi

Question 44

Psychology

Answer 44

xīnlî

Question 45

husband

Answer 45

zhàngfu

Question 46

elder brother

Answer 46

gēge

Question 47

elder sister

Answer 47

jiêjie

Question 48

younger brother

Answer 48

dìdi

Question 49

younger sister

Answer 49

mèimei

Question 50

My wife does not work anymore

Answer 50

wô tàitai bù gōngzuò le

Question 51

My wife and I are both retired

Answer 51

wô hé wô tàitai dōu tùixiū le

Question 52

Neither my wife nor I are retired

Answer 52

wô hé wô tàitai dōu bù tùixiū le

Question 53

both / all of us / you / them …

Answer 53

wômen / nîmen / tāmen dōu …

Question 54

none of us / you / them ….

Answer 54

wômen / nîmen / tāmen dōu bù …