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Indicating completion and
talking about the past
1 Describe my older brother’s dinner party in complete sentences in Mandarin.
Pay attention to the position of time and location phrases in your sentences.
a. My older brother bought a house last month.
b. Last week he invited some friends to his house to eat dinner.
c. He cooked five dishes.
d. He also made a soup.
e. His friends gave him a bottle of wine. [䘷Ċж⬬䞈 sòng... ycpíng jij]
f. They ate the food and drank the wine.
➪ 17.1, 37.1
2 Describe the sequence of events at the dinner party in complete Mandarin
sentences using Ҽ le, ԛ/ԛᗂ yvhòu, and ቧ jiù.
Example: After my brother→ ᡇଛଛсҼ⨣ԛቧഔᇬҼȾ
got out of work, ᡇଛଛсҼ⨣ԛᗂቧഔᇬҼȾ
he went home. Ww gpge xià le bon yvhòu jiù huí jio le.
a. After the guests arrived, my older brother invited them to drink tea.
b. After they drank tea, my older brother invited them to eat dinner.
c. After they ate, they all sang some songs.
d. After they sang, they went home.
e. After they left, my older brother began to wash the dishes. [⍍ xh wash,
ⴎᆆ/ⴚᆆ pán zi dishes]
f. After he washed the dishes he went to sleep.
➪ 17.1.2, 37.2, 42.2
3 ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng is getting ready for the new semester. Here is a list of things
he has done and things that he has not yet done. Translate the list into
Mandarin in complete sentences.
Example: Done → ⧁᱄ᐨ㔅Ҧ⭫㝇ҼȾ
bought a computer ⧁᱄ᐨ㏉䋭䴱㞜ҼȾ
Wáng Míng yvjing mti diànnto le.
Not yet done → ⧁᱄䘎⋗ⵁԌⲺᵁਁȾ
see his friends ⧁᱄䚺⋈ⵁԌⲺᵁਁȾ
Wáng Míng hái méi kàn to de péngyou.