Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

Making comparisons

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g. ᷍Օᆜਹ侣ਹᗍᴶཐȾ

᷍ٿᆮਹ伥ਹᗍᴶཐȾ

Lín Wgixué chc fàn chc de zuì dud.

h. ⧁᱄ߏ≿ᆍߏᗍ⋗ᴿઞ࡟䛙Ѿ┸ӤȾ

⧁᱄ሡ╘ᆍሡᗍ⋈ᴿઞ࡟䛙哳┸ӤȾ

Wáng Míng xig Hàn zì xig de méi yiu Zhdu Lì nàme piàoliang.

➪ 33.3.4.1, 33.3.4.2, 33.3.4.3, 33.3.4.4, 33.5, 33.6

8 Translate these sentences into Mandarin. The Mandarin translations of
underlined words are provided in brackets.
a. My younger brother works a lot faster than I. [Ӂڐ zuò shì]
b. My younger brother eats a lot more food than I do.
c. My younger brother doesn’t earn as much money as I do. [䎐䫧/䌰䥘
zhuàn qián]
d. I earn a lot more money than him.
e. I am eleven years older than my younger brother.
f. This movie is not as interesting as that movie. [ᴿᝅᙓ yiu yìsc]
g. I like that movie the most.
h. This book is twice as expensive as that book.
➪ 6.6.5, 33.3.4.1, 33.3.4.2, 33.3.5, 33.4.1, 33.4.3, 33.6

9 Translate these sentences with уྸ bùrú, ∊䖹/∊䔹 bvjiào, and ⴮ᖉ/⴮⮬
xiongdong into English.
a. 䘏䈴Ⲻ⭕䈃⴮ᖉཐȾ
䙏䃨Ⲻ⭕䂔⴮⮬ཐȾ
Zhè kè de shbngcí xiangdang dud.
b. 䘏Ѡᆜᵕᡇ䘿Ⲻ䈴䜳∊䖹ᇯ᱉Ⱦ
䙏فᆮᵕᡇ䚮Ⲻ䃨䜳∊䔹ᇯ᱉Ⱦ
Zhège xuéqc wi xufn de kè ddu bhjiào róngyì.
c. ᆜᰛᮽуྸᆜѣᮽȾ
ᆮᰛᮽуྸᆮѣᮽȾ
Xué Rìwén bùrú xué Zhdngwén.
d. 䘏〃ᆍޮ∊䖹䳴ҦȾ
䙏つᆍޮ∊䔹䴙䋭Ⱦ
Zhè zhing zìdifn bhjiào nán mfi.
e. Ԍ㿿ᗍᡶᴿⲺӰ䜳уྸԌȾ
Ԍ㿰ᗍᡶᴿⲺӰ䜳уྸԌȾ
Ta juédé suóyiu de rén ddu bùrú ta.
f. 䛙Ѡᆜ⭕ᆜᗍ⴮ᖉ࣑࣠Ⱦ
䛙فᆮ⭕ᆮᗍ⴮⮬࣑࣠Ⱦ
Nàge xuéshbng xué de xiangdang njlì.
➪ 33.4.2, 33.7