Lesson 4 Dialogue I

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Lesson 4 Dialogue I

• Grammar

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Word Order in Chinese
Subject (agent of the action) Adverbial (time, place, manner, etc.) Verb Object (receiver of the action)
?? ??/?? ? ??
Wáng Péng zhoumò/chángcháng ting yinyuè
?? ?? ? ???
Li You míngtian c h i Zhongguó cài
??? ??????? ?? ????
Gao Wénzhong zuótian xiàwu wu dian bàn qù kàn wàiguó diànying
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Affirmative Negative (A-not-A) Questions (II)

• In this type of question there can be no
  adverbials before the verb other than time words

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• ???????
• Ni míngtian qù bu qù?
• Are you going tomorrow?

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• ???????????Ta jintian wanshang kàn bu kàn
  diànshì?
• Is she going to watch TV tonight?

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• If there is an adverbialsuch as
• ? (hen, very),
• ? (dou, all),
• ?? (chángcháng, often)
• before the verb, the ? type question must be used
  instead.

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Are they all students?

• ????????
• Tamen dou shì xuésheng ma?
• ?????????X
• Tamen dou shì bu shì xuésheng? X

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Do you often go to the movies?

• ????????
• Ni chángcháng kàn diànying ma?
• ?????????X
• Ni chángcháng kàn bu kàn diànying? X

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Is Dr. Wang very busy?

• ???????
• Wáng yisheng hen máng ma?
• ????????X
• Wáng yisheng hen máng bu máng? X

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If there is more than one verb, the question form
applies to the first verb

• Do you want to dance?
• ???????
• Ni xiang bu xiang tiào wu?
• ???????X
• Ni xiang tiào bu tiào wu? X

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Which sentence is correct?

• ??????????
• Ni de tóngxué qù bu qù da qiú?
• ??????????
• Ni de tóngxué qù da bu da qiú?

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The Conjunction ?(?) (nà me, then in that case)

• In a dialogue, immediately following a statement
  by speaker A, speaker B can often start with
  ?(?)(nà me), which links up the sentences by
  the two speakers.

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• A
• ????????
• Jintian wanshang méi shìr.
• We have nothing to do tonight.

• B
• ???????,????
• Nàme women qù kàn diànying, zenmeyàng?
• In that case, lets go to see a movie. Hows that?

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• B
• ?????
• Nà míngtian ne?
• Then how about tomorrow?

• A
• ?????,???????
• Wo jintian hen máng, bù xiang qù chi wanfàn.
• Im very busy today. I dont want to go to dinner.

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A ??????????? Ni xihuan bu xihuan chi Meiguó
cài? Do you like to eat American food or not?
B ???? Bù xihuan. No, I dont. C
???????,???? Nà women chi Zhongguó cài,
zenmeyàng? Then lets eat Chinese food. Hows
that? D ?????? Wo ye bù xihuan. I dont
like that either.
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? (qù, to go) Action

• If the performance of an action involves a change
  of location, then this is the construction we use.

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• ???????????
• Míngtian wanshang women qù kàn diànying.
• We are going to see a movie tomorrow night.

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• ????????
• Wanshang wo bú qù tiào wu.
• I will not go dancing tonight.

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• ??????,?????
• Zhoumò wo qù tiào wu, ni qù bu qù?
• Ill go dancing this weekend. Are you going?

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Questions with ?? (hao ma)

• To solicit someones opinion, we can ask ?? (hao
  ma) after stating an idea or suggestion.
• You will also hear people say ??? (hao bu hao),
  instead of ?? (hao ma).

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• ??????,???
• Women qù kàn diànying, hao ma?
• Well go see a movie, all right?

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• Well eat Chinese food tonight, all right?
• ??????????,???
• Women jintian wanshang chi Zhongguó cài, hao ma?

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