MIT Lesson 1 Practice Action Verbs

AV Practice.
Translate to Chinese pinyin:
1. Read the paper? Not yet.=Kàn bào ma? Hái méi ne.
2. Started work? Yes, I have.=Shàng ban1 le ma? Shàng ban1 le.
3. They've gone? No, not yet. = (tamen) Zou3 ma? Hái méi ne.
4. Was it cold? No, not very. = Leng3 ma? Bù tài leng3.
5. Have (they) got off work yet? Yes, (they) have. (tamen) Xià ban1 le ma? Xià le. (shi, tamen xià ban le.)

-Denaz

MIT Lesson 1 Action Verbs Part C

Lesson 1 AV Part C
"guo4" (usually untoned) root meaning is "to pass by, over, or through".
Chi1guo (fan) le ma?
Chi1 (guo) le. or "Hái méi (chi1guo) ne."

Other examples...
Chi1fàn le ma? -> Chi1fan le. I've eaten (my meal).
Chi1guo fàn le ma? ->Chi1guo fàn le. I've had my meal.
Chi1 le ma?-> Chi1 le. I have (eaten).
Chi1guo le ma? -> Chi1guo le. I've had it. (I've had my meal)
Chi1fàn le méiyou? -> Hái méi chi1 fàn ne. I haven't eaten my meal yet.
Chi1guo fàn le méiyou? -> Hái méi chìguo ne. I haven't had my meal yet.
Chi1fàn le méi?-> Hài méi chi1 ne. I haven't eaten yet.
Chi1guo fàn le méi? -> Hài méi chìguo ne. I haven't had it yet.
Chi1 le méi? -> Hái méi ne. Not yet. (haven't yet.)
Méiyou3. ->Have not.
Méi.-> No(t).

-Denaz

MIT Lesson 1 Action Verbs Part B

Lesson 1 AV Part B
Writing events that haven't happened yet...
Hái méi chi1fan ne. = (We) haven't eaten yet.
Hái méiyou xi3zao3 ne. = (I) haven't bathed yet.
Hái méi shàng ban1. (She) hasn't started work yet.

Writing events that have happened, positive marked with "le".
Chi1fan le. = (We)ate; (we've) eaten (a meal).
Xi3zao3 le. = (I) bathed; (I've) bathed.
Shàng ban1 le. = (She's ) started work; (she's) gone to work.

"Le" implies "new situation" when paired with "bu"; but "past event" when paired with "mei(you)". Action verbs allow both interpretations...depending on context.
"Zou3 le. = "(I'm) leaving (now)" or "He's) gone"/(He) left.
Shàng kè le. = (We're) starting class. or (She's) in class.
Chi1fan le. = "(They've) started eating" or "(I've) eaten.

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-Denaz

Lesson 3 Vocab

Lesson 3 Vocab.
1. 种 zhong1=sort, type; a common classifier
2. 件 jian4 = ite; classifier for clothing, event and thing.
3. 东西 dong1xi= thing, object (cl. 件 (jian4) 个 (ge).
4. 方法 fang1fa = method (cl. 个).
5. 朋友 peng2you = friend (cl. 个).
6. 同学 tong2xue2 = fellow-student (cl. 个).
7. 太 tai4 = too (excessive)
8. 很 hen3 = very
9. ...行不行 ...xing2buxing = Will...be all right?
10. 好 hao3 = good

Practice
1. 你好吗？Ni3 hao3 ma? = How are you? (Lit: you well?)
2. 这行不行？Zhe xing2buxing? = Will this be all right?
3. 你是一个很好朋友。Ni shi yi ge hen hao pengyou. = You are a very good friend.
4. 太好。Tai hao. = Too good.

All for now. More on the way.

-Denaz

Chinese Writing Lesson 2 Exercise 2

C. Translate into English:
1. 我没有那本书=Wo meiyou na ben shu=I don't have (not have) that book.
2. 他们有三枝笔=Tamen you san zhi bi=They have three writing instruments/writing tools/three things to write with (three pencils, pens, 3 pencils/pens, 2 pencils and 1 pen, etc).
3. 你们有报纸吗？=Nimen you baozhi ma? =(Do) you (all) have newspapers?
4. 他有一万零四张枝。=Ta you yi wan ling si zhang zhi=He has 10,004 papers.
5. 我们有两杯水。=Women you liang3bei1 shui3=We have 2 cups of water/We have a couple cups of water/We have a pair of cups full of water.
6. 这些是铅笔，那些是圆珠笔。= Zhexie shi qianbi, naxie shi yuanzhubi.=These are pencils, those are ballpoint pens.
7. 我没有这两份杂志。=Wo meiyou zheliang fen zazhi.=I don't have these two magazines.
8. 他有两千本书。Ta you liang qian ben shu.=He has two thousand books./He has a couple thousand books.
9. 那九个学生没有笔。Na jiuge xuesheng meiyou bi=Those nine students don't have writing instruments/Those nine students have nothing to write with.
10. 这两学生有杯子。Zhe liangge xuesheng you beizi. =These two students have cups/This pair of students have cups.

All for today.
-Denaz

Chinese Writing Lesson 2 Exercise 1

Learn to write Lesson 2: Exercises
A. 1. 38 = san1shi2ba1 三十八.
2. 87 = ba1shi2qi1八十七.
3. 106=yi1bai3ling2liu4一百零六.
4. 115=yi1bai3yi1shi2wu3一百一十五.
5. 1002=yi1qian1ling2ling2er4一千零零二.
6. 1,302=yi1qian1san1bai3ling2er4一千三百零二.
7. 20,040=er4wan4ling2lingsi4shi2二万零零四十.
8. 23,104=er4wan4yi1bai3ling2si4二万三千一百零四.
9. 20,307=er4wan4ling2san1bai3ling2qi1二万零三百零七.
B. Translate to Chinese:
1. You all don't have these two books=Nimen meiyouzhege er shu/你们没有这个二书。
2. I have five magazines=wo you wuge zhngzhi/我有五个张纸。
3. You have a pencil=Ni you yi zhi qianbi/你有一枝铅笔。
4. This is a magazine, that is a newspaper=Zhe4 shi za2zhi4, na4 shi bao4/这是杂志，那是抱。