Monday, May 25, 2009

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。