Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese I Notes

Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese I Notes by Eric Nishio
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UNIT 1 ✔
wǒ shì měi guó rén
✔ I am American.
duì bu qǐ
Excuse me.
✔
nǐ shì měi guó rén ma?
✔ Are you American?
nǐ huì shuō yīng wén ma?
Can you speak English?
✔
shì, wǒ shì měi guó rén
✔ Yes, I am American.
qǐng wèn
Please let me ask.
UNIT 2
✔
nǐ huì shuō ma? ✔ In Mandarin, yes and no answers change
Can you speak? depending on the question. For example, a positive
answer to nǐ huì shuō ma? would be huì.
✔
bú huì ✔
No (lit. cannot). hǎo
well; good
✔
wǒ bú huì shuō pǔ tōng huà ✔
I can't speak Mandarin. wǒ shuō de bù hǎo
I don’t speak well.
✔
yì diǎnr ✔
a little nǐ hǎo
Hello.
✔
wǒ huì shuō yì diǎnr pǔ tōng huà ✔
I can speak a little Mandarin. nǐ hǎo ma?
How are you? (With good friends. Not to be used
in conjunction with “Nǐ hǎo.”)
✔
měi guó
America ✔
hěn hǎo, xiè xiè (nǐ)
Very well, thank you.
✔
měi guó rén
American (person) ✔
zài jiàn
Good bye.
✔
shì
yes; to be
Updated April 26, 2012 Page 1 of 22

UNIT 3 ✔
xué yuàn lù zài nǎr?
✔ Where is College Road?
zhōng guó
China
✔
cháng ān jiē zài zhèr
✔ Long Peace Street is located here.
nǐ bú shì zhōng guó rén
You’re not Chinese.
✔
shì zài zhèr ma?
✔ Is it located here? (Shì is used because it is a yes or
nǐ ne? no question.)
How about you?
✔
✔ bú shì, bú shì zài zhèr
wǒ shì měi guó rén, nǐ ne? No, it’s not located here.
I’m American. How about you?
✔
✔ shì zài nàr
kě shì It’s located over there.
but
✔
✔ bú zài zhèr, zài nàr
wǒ bú shì zhōng guó rén, kě shì wǒ huì shuō pǔ It’s not located here, it’s over there.
tōng huà
I’m not Chinese, but I can speak Mandarin.
✔
cháng ān jiē zài zhèr, kě shì xué yuàn lù zài nàr
✔ Long Peace Street is located here, but College
nǐ pǔ tōng huà shuō de hěn hǎo Road is located over there.
You speak Mandarin very well.
UNIT 5
UNIT 4
✔
✔ wǒ bù zhī dào
bú shì hěn hǎo I don’t know.
Not very well.
✔
✔ nǐ zhī dào ma?
nǐ míng bái Do you know?
You understand. (Understand the situation—but
not a language.)
✔
zhī dào, wǒ zhī dào
✔ Yes, I know.
wǒ bù míng bái nǐ shuō shén me
I don’t understand what you’re saying.
✔
wǒ xiǎng
I would like to.

✔ ✔
nǐ xiǎng chī yì diǎnr dōng xi ma? wǒ yě xiǎng
Would you like to eat something? I, too, would like to.
✔ ✔
yì diǎnr dōng xi nǐ xiǎng qù wǒ nàr chī ma?
(a little) something Would you like to go to my place to eat?
✔ ✔
xiǎng, wǒ xiǎng chī yì diǎnr dōng xi shén me shí hoù?
Yes, I would like to eat something. When?
✔ ✔
bù xiǎng, xiè xiè nǐ xìan zài
No, thank you. now
✔ ✔
kě shì wǒ xiǎng hē yì diǎnr dōng xi nǐ xiǎng shén me shí hoù chī?
But I’d like to drink something. When would you like to eat?
✔ ✔
kě shì wǒ bù xiǎng chī wǒ bù xiǎng xiàn zài chī
But I don’t want to eat. I would not like to eat now.
✔
UNIT 6 guò yì huěr
later
✔
nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr chī? ✔
Where would you like (to go) to eat?
wǒ bù xiǎng zài zhèr hē
I would not like to drink here.
✔
wǒ nàr ✔
my place
nǐ xiǎng guò yì huěr hē ma?
Would you like to drink later?
✔
qù wǒ nàr
to my place
UNIT 7
✔ ✔
wǒ xiǎng qù wǒ nàr chī nǐ xiǎng zài nàr chī ma?
I’d like to go to my place to eat. Would you like to eat over there?
✔ ✔
yě hǎo
also Okay.

✔ ✔
fàn diàn kě shì wǒ xiàn zài bù xiǎng hē
restaurant But I would not like to drink now.
✔ ✔
qù fàn diàn kě shì wǒ xiǎng xiàn zài hē yì diǎnr dōng xi
to a restaurant But I would like to drink something now.
✔
hǎo ma? UNIT 8
Okay?
✔
✔ chī wǔ fàn
to eat lunch
nǐ xiǎng chī shén me?
What would you like to eat?
✔
✔ qù wǒ nàr ma?
To my place?
yì diǎnr chá
some tea
✔
✔ liǎng
two (when using a measure word)
wǒ xiǎng hē yì diǎnr chá
I want to drink some tea.
✔
✔ liǎng bēi
two glasses/containers
pí jiǔ
beer
✔
✔ liǎng bēi pí jiǔ
two beers
wǒ xiǎng qù fàn diàn
I want to go to a restaurant.
✔
✔ yào
want
kě shì guò yì huěr, hǎo ma?
But later, okay?
✔ ___
✔ wǒ xiǎng yào ___
I’d like to order ___.
xiàn zài bù hǎo
Not now.
✔
✔ wǒ xiǎng yào liǎng bēi pí jiǔ
I’d like to order two beers.
wǒ xiǎng qù běi jīng fàn diàn
I want to go to the Beijing restaurant.
✔
✔ hái shì
or
běi jīng fàn dìan zài nǎr

✔ UNIT 9
nǐ xiǎng hē chá hái shì pí jiǔ?
Would you like to drink tea or beer? ✔
nǐ zhī dào cháng ān jiē zài nǎr ma?
Do you know where Long Peace Street is located?
✔
nǐ xiǎng zuò shén me?
What would you like to do? ✔
huò zhě
or
✔
qù jiǔ diàn
to the hotel (Note! Hotels are called fàn diàn in ✔ In Mandarin, two different words for ‘or’ are used,
Taiwan.) depending on whether they are contained within a
statement (huò zhě) or a question (hǎi shì).
✔
wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì diǎnr dōng xi ✔
I’d like to buy something. wǒ xiǎng mǎi chá huò zhě pí jiǔ
I would like to order tea or beer.
✔
nǐ xiǎng mǎi shén me? ✔
What would you like to buy? nǐ xiǎng chī yì diǎnr dōng xi hǎi shì hē yì diǎnr
dōng xi?
Would you like to eat something or drink
✔ something?
gēn
with
✔
kě shì bú shì zài zhèr
✔ But not here.
shéi
who/whom
✔
jǐ diǎn zhōng?
✔ At what time?
yì qǐ
along
✔
yì diǎn zhōng
✔ (At) one o’clock.
gēn shéi yì qǐ?
(Along) with whom?
✔
jiǔ diǎn zhōng
✔ nine o’clock
gēn nǐ yì qǐ
with you
✔
bā
✔ eight
nǐ xiǎng gēn wǒ yì qǐ hē yì diǎnr dōng xi ma?
Would you like to eat something with me?
✔
shì bā diǎn zhōng ma?
Is it at eight o’clock?

✔ ✔
bú shì, shì jiǔ diǎn zhōng xiàn zài jǐ diǎn zhōng?
No, it’s at nine o’clock. What time is it now?
✔ ✔
liǎng diǎn zhōng yì diǎn zhōng
two o’clock It’s one o’clock.
✔ ✔
bā diǎn zhōng hǎi shì jiǔ diǎn zhōng? wǔ
At eight o’clock or at nine o’clock? five
✔ ✔
hǎo, zài jiǔ diàn sān
Okay, at the hotel. three
✔ ✔
guò yì huěr ne? sì
How about later? four
✔ ✔
bù hǎo, xiè xiè nǐ, wǒ bù xiǎng liǎng diǎn zhōng shì sì diǎn zhōng ma?
hē. Is it four o’clock?
No thanks. I’d not like to drink at two o’clock.
✔
✔ yào
bù xíng to be going to
Impossible.
✔
✔ wǒ yào xiàn zài chī wǔ fàn
yì diǎn zhōng bù xíng, liǎng diǎn zhōng bù xíng I’m going to have lunch now.
One o’clock impossible, two o’clock impossible.
✔
✔ nǐ yào xiàn zài chī yì diǎnr dōng xi ma?
wǒ bù míng bái shén me? Are you going to eat something now?
What don’t I understand?
✔
shì
UNIT 10 Yes. (When answering yes to a “going to”
question)
✔
wǒ bù xiǎng hē dōng xi ✔
I don’t want to drink anything.
wǒ a
As for me...
✔
dōng xi ✔
thing/anything
wǒ a, wǒ yào chī wǔ fàn
As for me, I’m going to eat lunch.

✔ ✔
nǐ xiǎng shén me shí hoù gēn wǒ yì qǐ chī wǔ fàn? jīn tiān wǎn shàng
When would you like to have lunch with me? this evening
✔
UNIT 11 wǎn fàn
dinner
✔
xiàn zài sì diǎn zhōng ✔
Now it’s four o’clock.
jīn tiān wǎn shàng wǒ yào chī wǎn fàn
I’m going to eat dinner this evening.
✔
xiàn zài ma? ✔
Now?
shí
ten
✔
bú shì xiàn zài ✔
It isn’t now.
míng tiān
tomorrow
✔
liù ✔
six
míng tiān wǒ yào gēn nǐ yì qǐ chī wǎn fàn
Tomorrow I’m going to eat dinner with you.
✔
qī ✔
seven
míng tiān wǎn shàng qī diǎn zhōng
tomorrow evening at seven o’clock
✔
nà me ✔
in that case; then
jīn tiān wǒ bù xiǎng chī dōng xi
Today I would not like to eat anything.
✔
ba ✔
let’s say
nǐ xiǎng jīn tiān zuò shén me?
What would you like to do today?
✔
nà me qī diǎn zhōng ba ✔
In that case, let’s say seven o’clock.
míng tiān jiàn
See you tomorrow.
✔
jīn tiān
today
UNIT 12
✔ ✔
wǎn shàng shì shí diǎn zhōng ma?
in the evening Is it ten o’clock?

✔ ✔ The measure word kuài is not needed when asking

duō shǎo? how much.
How much/many?
✔
✔ wǒ yǒu shí sì kuài rén mín bì
duō shǎo qián? I have 14 renminbi.
How much money? / How much does it cost?
✔
✔ nǐ yǒu duō shǎo měi jīn?
rén mín bì How many American dollars do you have?
renminbi (currency of the People’s Republic of
China) ✔
wǒ yǒu shí sì kuài měi jīn
✔ I have 14 US dollars.
yí kuài rén mín bì
one (unit of) renminbi ✔
nǐ yǒu ma?
✔ Do you have?
shí yī
eleven ✔
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu?
✔ Do you have?
shí èr
twelve ✔
méi yǒu
✔ Don’t have.
shí èr kuài rén mín bì
12 renminbi ✔
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu qī kuài rén mín bì?
✔ Do you have seven renminbi?
liǎng kuài rén mín bì
two renminbi ✔
méi yǒu
No (I don’t have).
UNIT 13
✔
✔ jiā
shén me shí hoù? shì jīn tiān ma? plus
When? Is it today?
✔
✔ shí yī jiā yī
hái shì míng tiān? eleven plus one
Or tomorrow?
✔
✔ wǒ méi yǒu rén mín bì
nǐ yǒu duō shǎo rén mín bì? I don’t have (any) renminbi.
How much renminbi do you have?

✔ [nò] ✔
nò, shí kuài měi jīn gěi wǒ yì diǎnr rén mín bì
Here you are, ten American dollars. Give me some renminbi.
✔ ✔
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng chī yì diǎnr dōng xi? bú shì hěn duō
Would you like to eat something? It isn’t very much.
✔ [nò] ✔
hǎo, nò, yì bēi pí jiǔ shì bú shì zài nàr?
Okay, here you are, one beer. Is it located over there?
✔
UNIT 14 bú kè qì
Don’t mention it.
✔
bào zhǐ ✔
newspaper
gěi wǒ shí qī huò zhě shí bā kuài měi jīn
Give me seventeen or eighteen US dollars.
✔
wǒ yào ✔
I want.
wǒ gěi nǐ shí kuài měi jīn
I’m giving you ten American dollars.
✔
wǒ bú yào rén mín bì
I don’t want any renminbi.
UNIT 15
✔ ✔
nǐ yào bú yào? nǐ shuō shén me?
Do you want? What did you say?
✔ ✔
duō gěi nǐ de
much for you
✔ ✔
nǐ yǒu duō shǎo měi jīn? chá shì gěi nǐ de
How many American dollars do you have? The tea is for you.
✔ ✔
wǒ yǒu hěn duō rén mín bì yì bēi pí jiǔ duō shǎo qián?
I have a lot of renminbi. How much does one beer cost?
✔ ✔
wǒ yǒu yì diǎnr měi jīn yí kuài rén mín bì yì bēi
I have some US dollars. One renminbi for one cup.

✔ ✔
chá liǎng kuài kě yǐ, wǒ jīn tiān wǎn shàng kě yǐ
The tea—two units. Yes, I can this evening.
✔
wǒ bù kě yǐ UNIT 16
I can’t.
✔
✔ shì bú shì gěi wǒ de?
wǒ kě yǐ
I can. shì gěi wǒ de ma?
Is it for me?
✔ kě yǐ = able to
huì = know how to ✔
hěn duō qián
✔ That’s a lot of money.
nǐ kě bù kě yǐ?
Can you? ✔
tài
✔ too; excessively
nǐ ké bù kě yǐ xiàn zài chī?
Can you eat now? ✔
tài duō le
✔ It’s too much.
kě yǐ, wǒ kě yǐ xiàn zài chī
Yes, I can eat now. ✔
tài duō qián le
✔ It’s too much money.
wǒ bù kě yǐ xiàn zài chī
I can’t eat now. ✔
èr shí
✔ twenty
nǐ kě bù kě yǐ gěi wǒ yì diǎnr qián?
Can you give me some money? ✔
èr shí sì
✔ twenty-four
wǒ bù kě yǐ gěi nǐ
I can’t give you (any). ✔
gòu le
✔ It’s enough.
wǒ yǒu yì diǎnr, bú shì hěn duō
I have some. Not very many. ✔
bú gòu
✔ It’s not enough.
nǐ jīn tiān wǎn shàng kě bù kě yǐ?
Can you ___ this evening? ✔ With the negative, le is not needed.

✔ ✔
sān shí wǔ, gòu le xiàn zài wǒ yǒu sì shí yì kuài rén mín bì
Thirty-five, that’s enough. Now I have 41 renminbi.
✔ ✔
tài duō le ma? nǐ qián gòu ma?
shì bú shì tài duō le? nǐ qián gòu bú gòu?

Is it too much? Do you have enough money?
✔ ✔
bú shì, kě shì gòu le wǒ bú gòu
No, but it’s enough. I don’t have enough.
✔ ✔
nǐ yǒu qián ma? tài guì le
Do you have any money? It’s too expensive.
✔ ✔
nǐ kě yǐ gěi wǒ yì diǎnr qián ma? bú tài guì
It’s not too expensive.
nǐ kě bù kě yǐ gěi wǒ yì diǎnr qián?
Can you give me some money? ✔
nǐ yǒu měi jīn gěi wǒ ma?
UNIT 17 nǐ yǒu méi yǒu měi jīn gěi wǒ?

Do you have American dollars for me?
✔
nǐ yǒu rén mín bì gěi wǒ ma? ✔
nǐ shuō de tài kuài le
nǐ yǒu méi yǒu rén mín bì gěi wǒ? You speak too quickly.
Do you have renminbi for me?
✔
✔ wǒ shuō de bú kuài
gòu ma? I don’t speak quickly.
gòu bú gòu? ✔
Is it enough? nǐ shuō de hěn kuài
You speak very quickly.
✔
wǒ gòu le ✔
I have enough. wǒ shuō de kuài le ma?
Do I speak quickly?
✔ Thus, gòu le can also mean “to have enough.”
✔
✔ nǐ shuō de bú kuài
wǒ qián gòu le You don’t speak quickly.
I have enough money.

✔ ✔
nǐ qián gòu ma? shuǐ
water
nǐ qián gòu bú gòu?
Do you have enough money? ✔
má fán nǐ gěi wǒ shuǐ
Please give me water.
UNIT 18
✔ Má fán nǐ literally means “bothering you.”
✔
yì bǎi ✔
one-hundred shéi zài nàr?
Who’s over there?
✔
hěn guì ✔
It’s very expensive. wǒ yào gēn wǒ de xiān shēng yì qǐ chī wǎn fàn
I’m going to eat dinner with my husband.
✔
zài nàr, bú tài guì ✔
Over there, it’s not too expensive. nà me nǐ xiǎng hē yì diǎnr dōng xi ma?
Then would you like to drink something?
✔
bǐ jiào guì ✔
It’s more expensive. (Lit. “It’s relatively nà me chá ne?
expensive.”) Then what about tea?
✔
wǒ de xiān shēng shuō de hěn kuài
My husband speaks very fast.
UNIT 19
✔
✔ liù shí bā kuài tài guì le
tài tai Sixty-eight units is too expensive.
wife
✔
✔ tā zài nàr
wǒ de tài tai zài nàr He’s over there.
My wife is over there.
✔
✔ tā zài nǎr
wǒ de tài tai xiǎng hē yì diǎnr dōng xi where is she?
My wife would like to drink something.
✔
✔ Chén xiān shēng xiǎng hē shén me?
zài zhèr bǐ jiào guì What would Mr. Chen like to drink?
Here it’s more expensive.
✔
qǐng jìn
Please come in.

✔ Má fán nǐ is used when asking for something. It’s ✔

like saying, “Please give me.” nǐ gēn nǐ de tài tai zài yì qǐ ma?
You along with your wife are located together?
✔ Qǐng is used when making an offer or inviting
someone to do something. ✔ An affirmative answer to the previous question:
shì.
✔
nǐ men ✔
you (plural) shéi?
Who is it?
✔
nǐ men zhù zài nǎr? ✔
shì wǒ de xiān shēng
✔ It’s my husband.
nǐ men zhù
You (plural) live. ✔
má fán nǐ wǒ men xiǎng hē chá
✔ Please, we would like to drink tea.
wǒ men zhù zài zhèr
We live here.
UNIT 20
✔
hé ✔
and tā gěn nǐ zài yì qǐ ma?
Is she with you?
✔
wǒ de xiān shēng hé wǒ ✔
my husband and I tā gěn nǐ de xiān shēng zài yì qǐ
She is with your husband.
✔
wǒ men bú zhù zài zhèr ✔
We don’t live here. nǐ men yǒu xiǎo hár ma?
Do you have children?
✔ Ellis
Ellis tài tai zài nǎr? ✔
Where is Mrs. Ellis? jǐ gè xiǎo hár?
How many children?
✔
✔ Ge is a measure word used when referring to the
wǒ de tài tai zài wǒ nàr
size of a group of people.
My wife is at my place.
✔
✔
nǐ men yǒu jǐ ge xiǎo hár?
wǒ men zhù zài huà shèng dùn
How many children do you have?
We live in Washington.
✔
✔
wǒ men yǒu sān ge xiǎo hár
nǐ zhù zài nǎr?
We have three children.
Where do you live?

✔ UNIT 21
liǎng ge ér zi
two sons ✔
dà ér zi
older son
✔
yí gè nǔ ér
one daughter ✔
děng yì huěr
Wait one moment.
✔
wǒ méi yǒu ér zi
I don’t have any sons. ✔
nǐ kě yǐ děng yì huěr ma?
Can you wait a moment?
✔
hěn duō xiǎo hár
That’s a lot of children. ✔
xiǎo nǚ ér
younger daughter
✔
dà
big ✔
wǒ de ér zi hěn xiǎo
My son is very young.
✔
wǒ de ér zi hěn dà le
My son is very grown-up. ✔
tā zhēn de hěn xiǎo
✔ The ending le, in conjunction with dà, indicates He is really very young.
maturity—rather than size.
✔
✔ zhēn de?
nǐ de ér zi hěn dà le ma? Really?
Is your son very grown-up?
✔
✔ shì, zhēn de
shì, tā hěn dà le Yes, really.
Yes, he’s very grown-up.
✔
✔ xǐ shǒu jiān zài nǎr?
tā bú shì hěn dà Where is the bathroom?
She’s not very grown-up.
✔
✔ jiā rén
tā men hěn dà le family
They’re very grown-up.
✔
dà ér zi gēn wǒ men zài yì qǐ
The older son is (together) with us.

✔ ✔
dà ér zi gēn wǒ men zài zhèr fēi jī
The older son is here with us. airplane
✔ ✔
nǐ men de jiā rén hěn duō nǐ men yào zuò fēi jī qù ma?
You have a very big family. Are you going to take a plane?
✔ ✔
bú shì hěn duō tā yào zuò fēi jī qù xiāng gǎng
Not very many. She is going to take an airplane to Hong Kong.
✔
UNIT 22 fēi jī chǎng zài nǎr?
Where is the airport?
✔
wèn ✔
Ask.
liǎng qiān
two-thousand
✔
zài wèn yí cì ✔
Ask it again.
xiǎo shí
hour
✔
wǒ de jiā rén gēn wǒ zài yì qǐ ✔
My family is with me.
jǐ ge xiǎo shí?
How many hours?
✔
jǐ ge rén? ✔
How many people?
sān ge xiǎo shí
three hours
✔
nǐ jiā lǐ yǒu jǐ ge rén? ✔
How many people are in your family?
yào jǐ ge xiǎo shí?
How many hours is it?
✔
lǐ ✔
inside
yào sān ge xiǎo shí
It’s going to be three hours.
✔
wǒ men míng tiān yào qù xiāng gǎng
We are going to go to Hong Kong.
UNIT 23
✔ ✔
wǒ de jiā rén yào qù xiāng gǎng liǎng ge dà rén
My family is going to go to Hong Kong. two adults

✔ ___ ✔
pǔ tōng huà ___ zěn me shuō? nǎ ge bān jī?
How do you say ___ in Mandarin? Which flight?
✔ ✔
wǒ men jiā lǐ yǒu hěn duō rén nǎ ge bān jī qù xiāng gǎng?
There are many people in our family. Which flight goes to Hong Kong?
✔ ✔
bǎi zǒu
hundred go (when describing an ongoing motion)
✔ ✔
yào jǐ ge xiǎo shí? yì zhí wǎng qián
How many hours is it? straight ahead
✔ ✔
hěn yuǎn yì zhí wǎng qián zǒu
It's very far. Go straight ahead.
✔ ✔
xiāng gǎng bú shì hěn yuǎn zhè ge bān jī
Hong Kong is not very far. this flight
✔ ✔
xiāng gǎng hěn yuǎn ma? zhè ge bān jī qù xiāng gǎng ma?
Does this flight go to Hong Kong?
xiāng gǎng shì bú shì hěn yuǎn?
Is Hong Kong very far?
UNIT 24
✔
hěn guì ma? ✔
Is it very expensive? zài zhōng guó zuò fēi jī hěn guì ma?
✔ zài zhōng guó zuò fēi jī shì bú shì hěn guì?

In China, is it expensive to travel by airplane?
tài yuǎn le
It's too far.
✔ 14
✔ yào shí sì gè xiǎo shí
It takes 14 hours.
bān jī
flight
✔
✔ zuò fēi jī hěn guì
Flying is very expensive.
nǎ
which
✔
gǎng bì
Hong Kong dollar

✔ 70 ✔
wǒ yǒu qī shí kuài gǎng bì nǎ tiáo shì yīng huáng dào?
I have 70 Hong Kong dollars. Which is King's Road? (The measure word tiáo is
used to imply "which road".)
✔
wǒ gòu le ✔
I have enough. zuǒ biān
to the left
✔
yīng huáng dào ✔
King's Road zuǒ biān nà tiáo lù ma?
The road to the left?
✔
zǒu yīng huáng dào ✔
Take King's Road zǒu zuǒ biān nà tiáo lù ma?
Take the road to the left?
✔
tiáo lù ✔
road (tiáo is a measure word for roads) rán hòu
then
✔
yòu biān ✔
to the right rán hòu yì zhí wǎng qián zǒu
Then go straight ahead.
✔
yòu biān nà tiáo lù ✔
the road to the right nà tiáo shì yīng huáng dào
That is King's Road.
✔
nǎ tiáo lù? ✔
Which road? guó yǔ
Mandarin (The term is mainly used in Hong
Kong.)
✔
bú shì yì zhí wǎng qián zǒu
It's not straight ahead. ✔
nǐ shuō de tài kuài le
You speak too fast.
✔
yīng gāi
should ✔
Qǐng zài shuō yí cì
Please say it again.
✔
nǐ yīng gāi zǒu yòu biān nà tiáo lù
You should take the road to the right. ✔
fàn diàn bú shì hěn yuǎn
The restaurant isn't too far.
✔
wǒ yīng gāi zǒu nǎ tiáo lù?
I should take which road?

✔ ✔
wǒ zhēn de bù zhī dào yīn wèi tài wǎn le
I really don't know. Because it’s too late.
✔
UNIT 25 kāi
open
✔
nà tiáo lù zài nàr ✔
The road is over there.
kāi mén
open doors
✔
wǒ kě yǐ zài zhèr mǎi yì diǎnr dōng xi ma? ✔
Can I buy something here?
shāng diàn kāi mén le ma?
✔ shāng diàn yǒu méi yǒu kāi mén?

nǐ bù kě yǐ mǎi dōng xi Are the shops open?
You can’t buy anything.
✔
✔ méi yǒu, shāng diàn méi yǒu kāi mén
wèi shén me? No, the shops are not open.
Why?
✔
✔ xiàn zài shāng diàn kāi mén le ma?
yīn wèi Are the shops open now?
because
✔
✔ míng tiān shāng diàn kāi mén?
shāng diàn Are the shops open tomorrow?
store
✔
✔ wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì diǎnr dōng xi gěi wǒ de tài tai
guān I want to buy something for my wife.
closed
✔
mén
UNIT 26
door ✔
bú shì hěn wǎn
✔ It’s not too late.
guān mén le
The doors have been closed. (The le indicates ✔
“have been.”) nǐ yǒu duō shǎo gǎng bì?
How many Hong Kong dollars do you have?
✔
shāng diàn guān mén le ✔
The stores have been closed. nǐ yào zài nàr zuò shén me?
What are you going to do there?

✔ ✔
péng yǒu kě néng sān tiān
friend Maybe three days.
✔ ✔
wǒ yào kàn jǐ ge péng yǒu wǒ kě néng yào kàn jǐ ge péng yǒu
I’m going to see some friends. Maybe I’m going to see some friends.
✔ ✔
tā men bú shì zài xiāng gǎng kě néng yào
They’re not in Hong Kong. Maybe yes (I will).
✔ ✔
wǒ yǒu jǐ ge péng yǒu zài běi jīng wǒ xiǎng
I have some friends in Beijing. I think.
✔ ✔
gōng zuò wǒ xiǎng wǒ yào gōng zuò
work I think I’m going to work.
✔ ✔ Peter
wǒ yào qù nàr gōng zuò nǐ yào kàn Peter ma?
I’m going to go there to work. Are you going to see Peter?
✔ ✔
liǎng tiān wǒ kě néng yào
two days (a measure word is not needed for days) Maybe I will.
✔ ✔
dāi má fan nǐ gěi wǒ jǐ kuài rén mín bì
stay Please give me some renminbi.
✔ ✔
wǒ yào zài nàr dāi sān tiān wǒ yào zài běi jīng dāi jǐ tiān
I’m going to stay there three days. I’m going to stay some days in Beijing.
✔ ✔
nǐ yào dāi nǐ xiǎng mǎi dōng xi ma?
You are going to stay. Would you like to buy something?
✔ ✔
jǐ tiān? nǐ yào zài nàr zuò shén me?
How many days? What are you going to do there?
✔ ✔
kě néng wǒ xiǎng wǒ yào zài nàr gōng zuò
maybe I think I’ll work there.

UNIT 27 ✔
wǒ hé wǒ de xiān shēng yì qǐ
✔ My husband and I are together.
nǐ yào qù nàr zuò shén me?
What are you going to go there to do?
✔
wǒ men yào yì qǐ zǒu
✔ We’re going to leave together.
nǐ yào zài běi jīng dāi jǐ tiān?
How many days are you going to stay in Beijing?
✔
jiù wǒ yí ge rén zǒu
✔ I’m leaving alone.
wǒ xiǎng zǒu le
I’d like to leave.
✔
kě néng shì
✔ Maybe yes.
nǐ xiǎng zǒu le ma?
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng zǒu? (Le is dropped) UNIT 28

Would you like to leave?
✔
✔ shén me yì si?
wǒ bù xiǎng zǒu What’s the meaning?
I’d not like to leave. (Le is dropped)
✔
✔ yì si
míng tiān wǒ yào zǒu le meaning
Tomorrow, I’m going to leave.
✔
✔ wǒ men zài zhèr jǐ tiān le
wǒ men yào yì qǐ zǒu We have been here for some days. (Le = “have
We’re going to leave together. (Le is dropped) been”)
✔ ✔
wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ yì qǐ zǒu duō jiǔ le?
I’d like to leave with you. For how long?
✔ ✔
jiù jǐ tiān le
only For a few days.
✔ ✔
jiù wǒ yī gè rén jiǔ tiān le
I’m alone. For nine days.
✔ ✔
jiù nǐ yí ge rén ma? wǒ xiǎng dāi jǐ tiān
Are you alone? I’d like to stay for some days.

✔ ✔
nǐ men yào dāi duō jiǔ? wǒ men shì zuó tiān dào de
You’re going to stay how long? We arrived yesterday.
✔ ✔
kě néng wǒ yào kàn jǐ ge péng yǒu nǐ zuó tiān mǎi le shén me?
Maybe I’ll see a few friends. What did you buy yesterday?
✔ ___ ✔
yì si shì ___ nǐ mǎi le
The meaning is ___. You bought.
✔ ✔
shí jiān nǐ mǎi le shén me?
time What did you buy?
✔ ✔
yīn wèi wǒ men méi yǒu shí jiān wǒ mǎi le yì diǎnr dōng xi hē
Because we don’t have the time. I bought something to drink.
✔ ✔
nǐ men zài zhèr duō jiǔ le? nǐ chī le ma?
How long have you been here? Did you eat?
✔ ✔
rài yí hàn le chī le
That’s really too bad. Yes, I ate.
✔
UNIT 29 wǒ zuó tiān chī le.
I ate yesterday.
✔
xīng qī ✔
weeks
wǒ xǐ huān pí jiǔ.
I like beer.
✔
jǐ ge xīng qī ✔
a few weeks
wǒ xǐ huān chī dōng xi
I like to eat.
✔
yí ge xīng qī ✔
one week
zuó tiān wǒ méi yǒu chī dōng xi
I didn’t eat anything yesterday.
✔
yí ge xīng qī le ✔ Méi yǒu is used to express that something did not
It has been a week. happen in the past.

✔
wǒ men kě yǐ yì qǐ chī
We can eat together.
✔
nǐ shì shén me shí hou dào de?
When did you arrive?
UNIT 30
✔
zuó tiān zǎo shàng
yesterday morning
✔
wǒ men shì jīn tiān zǎo shàng dào de
We arrived this morning.
✔
nǐ men shì shén me shí hou dào běi jīng de?
When did you arrive at Beijing?
✔ Word order: dào [location] de
✔
wǒ shì gēn wǒ de jiā rén yì qí dào de
I arrived with my family.
✔
gēn wǒ de sān gè xiǎo hár yì qí
with my three children
✔
nǐ men zuó tiān qù le tiān tán ma?
Did you go to Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
yesterday?
✔
nǐ shén me shí hou qù le?
When did you go?
✔
wǒ men zài fàn diàn chī le yì diǎnr dōng xi
We ate something at a restaurant.

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✔ ✔ The measure word kuài is not needed when asking

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shì bú shì tài duō le? nǐ qián gòu bú gòu?

UNIT 17 nǐ yǒu méi yǒu měi jīn gěi wǒ?

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✔ Má fán nǐ is used when asking for something. It’s ✔

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✔ zài zhōng guó zuò fēi jī shì bú shì hěn guì?

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✔ shāng diàn yǒu méi yǒu kāi mén?

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nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng zǒu? (Le is dropped) UNIT 28

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✔ Word order: dào [location] de

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