Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

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d. с᱕ᵕ㾷ӚⲺᣛ઀Ԍᐨ㔅ߏླҼȾ᱄ཟⲺ㘹䈋ᘎҼ߼༽ҼȾ

с᱕ᵕ㾷ӚⲺ๧઀Ԍᐨ㏉ሡླҼȾ᱄ཟⲺ㘹䂜ᘎҼⓌۏҼȾ

Xià xcngqc yào jiao de bàogào ta yhjing xighfole. Míngtian de kfoshì

wàng le zhjnbèi le.

He has already finished writing the report he has to hand in next week.

He forgot to prepare for tomorrow’s exam.

e. ѣᮽуᇯ᱉ᆜȾྯᆜᗍᖾླȾ

ѣᮽуᇯ᱉ᆮȾྯᆮᗍᖾླȾ

Zhdngwén bù róngyì xué. Ta xué de hgn hfo.

Chinese is not easy to learn. She is learning it well.

f. ᇯ᱉Ⲻ䈴䘿Ⲻᆜ⭕ཐȾ䳴Ⲻ䈴䘿Ⲻᆜ⭕ቇȾ

ᇯ᱉Ⲻ䃨䚮Ⲻᆮ⭕ཐȾ䴙Ⲻ䃨䚮Ⲻᆮ⭕ቇȾ

Róngyì de kè xufn de xuésheng dud. Nán de kè xufn de xuésheng shfo.

A lot of students select the easy classes. Few students select the hard classes.

➪ 41.2.2

6 Your friend is telling you about her shopping experience. Use the pattern AV
(adjectival verb) ᱥ shì AV or SV (stative verb) ᱥ shì SV to express her
comments in complete Mandarin sentences.
Example: The movie was okay but it was too long.
→
䛙Ѡ⭫ᖧླᱥླਥᱥའ䮵Ⱦ
䛙ف䴱ᖧླᱥླਥᱥའ䮭Ⱦ
Nàge diànyvng hto shì hto kushì tài cháng.
a. The shoes [䷁ᆆ xiézi] were okay but they were too expensive.
b. The sweater [∑㺙 máoyc] was pretty but it was too small.
c. The prices [ԭ䫧/䥘ܯ jiàqian] were good but the goods [䍝/䋞 huò]
were inferior [ᐤ chà].
d. The size is appropriate [ཝቅ dàxifo – ਾ䘸/ਾ䚟 héshì] but the color is
too pale [仒㢨/亊㢨 yánsè – ␗ dàn].
e. The department store [Ⲵ䍝ޢਮ/Ⲵ䋞ޢਮ bfihuò gdngsc] was big but
there were too many people.
➪ 41.3

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