LESSON NOTES

3-Minute Chinese S1 #19

Going Without

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 我没有笔。

2. 我没有时间。

3. 我不知道。

4. 我不明白。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 我沒有筆。

2. 我沒有時間。

3. 我不知道。

4. 我不明白。

PINYIN

1. Wǒ méiyǒu bǐ .

2. Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān .

3. Wǒ bù zhīdào .

4. Wǒ bù míngbai.

ENGLISH
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1. I don't have a pen.

2. I don't have time.

3. I don't know.

4. I don't understand.

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English C lass

没有 méiyǒu don't have verb

笔 bǐ pen noun

我 我 wǒ I pronoun

时间 shíjiān time noun

不 bù do not adverb

知道 知道 zhīdào to know, know verb

明白 明白 míngbai understand verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

我叫王林。 也许我们永远不会知道这个习惯是
Wǒ jiào Wáng Lín. 来源于哪里。
yěxǔ wǒmen yǒngyuǎn búhuì zhīdào zhège
I am called Wang Lin. xíguàn shì láiyuán yú nǎlǐ .

We will probably never know the origins of

this habit.

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我知道问题的答案。 你知道他是谁吗？
Wǒ zhīdào wèntí de dáàn . Nǐ zhīdào tā shì shéi ma?

I know the answer to the question. Do you know who he is?

小学生明白了问题。
xiǎoxuéshēng míngbai le wèntí.

The elementary school students understood the problem.

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to state essential negative statements.

Register Thai Romanization English

I don't have a
Phrase 1 formal 我没有笔 。 Wǒ méiyǒu bǐ . pen.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 没有 méiyǒu don't have

Word 3 笔 bǐ pen

我没有时 Wǒ méiyǒu I don't have

Phrase 2 formal 间。 shíjiān . time.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 没有 méiyǒu don't have

Word 3 时间 shíjiān time

Phrase 3 formal 我不知道 。 Wǒ bù zhīdào . I don't know.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 不 bù do not

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Word 3 知道 zhīdào know

I don't
Phrase 4 formal 我不明白 。 Wǒ bù míngbai. understand.

Word 1 我 wǒ I

Word 2 不 bù do not

Word 3 明白 míngbái understand

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Do you know how to say “Are you a student?” in Chinese? There are two ways. One is Nǐ shì
xuésheng ma? and the other is Nǐ shì bù shì xuésheng? And the rule is the same. Nǐ shì
xuésheng ma? is a little formal, so use this one when you are in a formal situation.

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