Phrases 12

Question 1

宝宝在自己穿衣服。

Answer 1

Bǎobǎo zài zìjǐ chuān yīfú.
The baby is getting dressed on his own.

Question 2

冬天太冷了，所以要穿多一点儿。

Answer 2

Dōngtiān tài lěngle, suǒyǐ yào chuān duō yīdiǎn’r.
It’s rather cold in winter, so you need to wear a bit more.

Question 3

夏天太热了，可以穿少一点儿。

Answer 3

Xiàtiān tài rèle, kěyǐ chuān shǎo yīdiǎn’r.
It’s rather hot in the summer, so you can wear less.

Question 4

He jumps higher than me.

Answer 4

他比我跳得高。

Question 5

He’s much taller than me.

Answer 5

他比我高得多。

Question 6

他比我跳得高。
Say with different word order.

Answer 6

他跳得比我高。

Question 7

他们比我说得好。
Say with different word order.

Answer 7

他们说得比我好。

Question 8

我跑得比妻子快。
Say with different word order.

Answer 8

我比妻子跑得快。

Question 9

She’s very good-looking. (Literally: she has grown to be very good-looking.)

Answer 9

她长得很漂亮。

(zhǎng)

Question 10

下雪下得很大。

Answer 10

It’s (been) snowing heavily.

Question 11

I don’t live far.

Answer 11

我住得不远。

Wǒ zhù de bù yuǎn.

Question 11

I get up very early every day.

Answer 11

我每天起得很早。

Question 12

You speak excellent English. (Two ways of saying it. One is a bit longer.)

Answer 12

你英语说得非常好。
你说英语说得非常好。

Question 13

Does your husband speak Mandarin well?

Answer 13

你丈夫说汉语说得好不好？

Question 14

I’ve eaten too much today.

Answer 14

我今天吃得太多了。

Question 15

I’ve eaten far more than you today.

Answer 15

我今天比你吃得太多了。
我今天吃得比你太多了。

Question 16

我妻子每天比我晚起一个小时。

Answer 16

Wǒ qīzi měitiān bǐ wǒ wǎn qǐ yīgè xiǎoshí.
My wife gets up an hour later than me every day.

Question 17

我每天晚上十一点就睡觉。

Answer 17

Wǒ měitiān wǎnshàng shíyī diǎn jiù shuìjiào.
You see, I go to bed at eleven o’clock every night.

Question 18

早睡早起对身体好。

Answer 18

Zǎo shuì zǎoqǐ duì shēntǐ hǎo.
Early to bed and early to rise is good for you.

Question 19

再来点儿米饭吧，你吃得太少了。

Answer 19

Zàilái diǎn er mǐfàn ba, nǐ chī dé tài shǎole.
Have some more rice. You’re eating too little.

Question 20

Q: 你做饭做得怎么样?
A: 不怎么样。

Answer 20

A: Nǐ zuò fàn zuò dé zěnme yàng? / B: Bù zě me yàng.
Q: How’s your cooking? / A: Not all that good.

Question 21

有零下十度吧？

Answer 21

Yǒu língxià shí dù ba?
It’s minus ten degrees, isn’t it?

Question 22

有零上十度。

Answer 22

Yǒu língshàng shí dù.
It’s +10°C

Question 23

有零下十度。

Answer 23

Yǒu língxià shí dù.
It’s -10°C

Question 24

他们希望能住得近一点儿。

Answer 24

Tāmen xīwàng néng zhù de jìn yīdiǎn’r.
They’re hoping to like to live closer.

Question 25

住得远真的很累！

Answer 25

Zhù dé yuǎn zhēn de hěn lèi!
Living a long way away is really tiring.

Question 26

现在他家离公司有点儿远。

Answer 26

Xiànzài tā jiā lí gōngsī yǒudiǎn’r yuǎn.
Right now his place is rather far from his workplace.

Question 27

我们进房间吧。

Answer 27

Wǒmen jìn fángjiān ba.
Let’s go inside. (Lit. inside a room.)

Question 28

你穿得太少了。

Answer 28

Nǐ chuān dé tài shǎole.
You’re not wearing enough.

Question 29

I don‘t know yet
what to give her
for her birthday.

(HINT: put ‘what’ in the 3rd line)

Answer 29

我还不知道
要送给她
什么生日礼物。
Wǒ hái bù zhīdào
yào sòng gěi tā
shénme shēngrì lǐwù.

Question 30

你做这个工作多少年了？

Answer 30

Nǐ zuò zhège gōngzuò duōshǎo nián le?
How many years have you had this job?

Question 31

每个星期工作几天？
每天工作几个小时？

Answer 31

Měige xīngqī gōngzuò jǐtiān?
Měitiān gōngzuò jǐgè xiǎoshí？
How many days a week do you work?
How many hours a day?

Question 32

你喜欢喝茶还是喝咖啡？

Answer 32

Nǐ xǐhuan hē chá háishi hē kāfēi?
Would you like tea or coffee?