Lesson 07
Conversation 1 : What day is today? Conversation 2 : What day of the week? Conversation 3 : In which year are we? Grammar Exercises : Substitution Drill
Conversation 1 : What day is today?
- | Jīntiān 今天 jǐ几 yuè月 jǐ几 hào?号 | | - | Jīntiān 今天 5 yuè5月 23 hào.23号 | | - | Míngtiān 明天 xīngqī星期 jǐ?几 | | - | Míngtiān 明天 xīngqīliù.星期六 |
| 今天 | jīntiān | (n) | today | 几 | jǐ | (pro) | how many | 月 | yuè | (n) | month, moon | 号 | hào | (n) | number, date | 5月 | 5 yuè | (n) | May | 明天 | míngtiān | (n) | tomorrow | 星期 | xīngqī | (n) | week | 星期六 | xīngqīliù | (n) | Saturday |
Audio file : lesson 07 - dialog 01.mp3 |
Translation
- What day is today?
- It's May the 23rd. ( Today 5th month, 23rd day )
- What day of the week is tomorrow?
- It's Saturday. ( Tomorrow 6th day of the week )
Conversation 2 : What day of the week?
- | 5 yuè 5月 25 hào25号 shì是 xīngqī星期 jǐ?几 | | - | 5 yuè 5月 25 hào25号 shì是 xīngqītiān.星期天 | | - | Zhè 这 gè个 yuè月 8 hào8号 shì是 xīngqī星期 jǐ?几 | | - | Zhè 这 gè个 yuè月 8 hào8号 shì是 xīngqīsì.星期四 | | - | Xià 下 gè个 xīngqīsān星期三 shì是 jǐ几 yuè月 jǐ几 hào?号 | | - | Xià 下 gè个 xīngqīsān星期三 shì是 5 yuè5月 28 hào.28号 |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | (n) | Sunday | 星期三 | xīngqīsān | (n) | Wednesday | 这个月 | Zhè gè yùe | | this month | 下个星期 | Xià gè xīngqī | | next week |
Audio file : lesson 07 - dialog 02.mp3 |
Translation
- What day of the week is the 25th of May?
- The 25th of May is a Sunday.
- What day of the week is the 8th of this month?
- the 8th of this month is a Thursday.
- What's the date of next Wednesday?
- Next Wednesday is May 8th.
Conversation 3 : In which year are we?
- | Jīnnián 今年 shì是 bú不 shì是 2005 nián?2005年 | | - | Jīnnián 今年 bú不 shì是 2005 nián,2005年 jīnnián今年 shì是 | | | 2006 nián 2006年 qùnián去年 shì是 2005 nián.2005年 |
| 年 | nián | (n) | Year | 今年 | jīnnián | (n) | this year | 去年 | qùnián | (n) | last year | 明年 | míngnián | (n) | next year |
Audio file : lesson 07 - dialog 03.mp3 |
Translation
- Are we in 2005? ( This year is 2005? )
- We aren't in 2005 ( This year is not 2005 ), we are in 2006 ( This year is 2006 ), last year was 2005.
Grammar Phrase structure A
sentence in which the main element of the predicate is a noun, a nominal
construction or a numeral-measure word is called a
sentence with nominal predicate. The verb 是 is, as a rule, not used in a
sentence of this kind.
Example:
- 今天 5月20号 : Today is May 20th, instead of 今天是5月20号.
- 明天 星期三 : Tomorrow is Wednesday, instead of 明天是星期三.
Phrase
structure : question An affirmative-negative question is another form of question which is made by juxtaposing the affirmative and
negative forms of the predicative verb or adjective.
Example:
- 今年 是不是 1999年? Are we in 1999?
- 你 去不去 美国? Are you going to the USA?
- 你 姓不姓 张? Is you family name Zhang?
- 你 叫不叫 张京生? Is you name Zhang Jingsheng?
Exercises : Substitution Drills Exercise 1
- | Jīntiān 今天 jǐ几 yuè月 jǐ几 hào?号 | | - | Jīntiān 今天 23 hào.23号 |
| 1月 | yīyuè | (n) | January | 2月 | èryuè | (n) | February | 3月 | sānyuè | (n) | March | 12月 | shíèryuè | (n) | December |
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Exercise 2
- | xīngqī 星期 jǐ ?几 | | - | Míngtiān 明天 |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | (n) | yesterday | 前天 | qián tiān | (n) | the day before yesterday | 明天 | míng tiān | (n) | tomorrow | 后天 | hòu tiān | (n) | the day after tomorrow |
星期一 | xīngqīyī | (n) | monday | 星期二 | xīngqīèr | (n) | tuesday | 星期三 | xīngqīsān | (n) | wednesday |
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Exercise 3
- | shì 是 jǐ yuè几月 jǐ hào?几号 | | - | Xià gè xīngqīsān 下 个 星期三 shì是 5 yuè5月 23 hào?23号 |
| 下 个 星期 | xià gè xīngqī | (n) | next week | 这 个 星期 | zhè gè xīngqī | (n) | this week | 上 个 星期 | shàng gè xīngqī | (n) | last week |
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