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2 Underline the prepositional phrases in the following Mandarin sentences.
Example:Ԍ䐕ԌⲺྩᵁਁਹᲐ侣Ⱦ
Ԍ䐕ԌⲺྩᵁਁਹᲐ伥Ⱦ
To gpn to de n| péngyou chq wtnfàn.
He eats dinner with his girlfriend.
a. ᡇ㔏ྫྷྫྷؗߏҼȾ
ᡇ㎜ྫྷྫྷሡؗҼȾ
Wi ggi nfinai xig xìn le.
I wrote a letter to my grandma.
b. ᡇሯᗹ⨼ᆜᖾᴿު䏙Ⱦ
ᡇቃᗹ⨼ᆮᖾᴿ㠾䏙Ⱦ
Wi duì xcnlhxué hgn yiu xìngqù.
I am very interested in psychology.
c. ᡇᖾ⅘䐕ᵁਁৱ⧟Ⱦ
ᡇᖾ↗䐕ᵁਁৱ⧟Ⱦ
Wi hgn xhhuan gbn péngyou qù wán.
I really like to go out with my friends.
d. 㾷ᱥ֖ᘏθᡇਥԛᴵڐ֖䘏ԬӁȾ
㾷ᱥ֖ᘏθᡇਥԛᴵڐ֖䙏ԬӁȾ
Yàoshi nh máng, wi kgyh tì nh zuò zhè jiàn shì.
If you are busy I can do that for you.
e. ֖ӶѾᰬُࡦᡇᇬᶛϋ
ϋּᡇᇬࡦ⭐哳ᱸُ֖
Nh shénme shíhòu dào wi jia lái?
When are you coming to my house?
➪ 4.
3 The following sentences and phrases include ‘time when’ expressions, location
expressions, and prepositional phrases. Rewrite the Mandarin sentences,
putting the phrases in the correct order to convey the meanings in the
English translations.
a. ᡇᆜҼѣᮽৱᒪ൞ѣളȾ
ᡇᆮҼѣᮽৱᒪ൞ѣുȾ
Wi xué le Zhdngwén qùnián zài Zhdngguó.
I studied Chinese last year in China.
b. ∅ཟ䜳ᡇ⻦ࡦԌ൞ᆜ⭕ѣᗹȾ
∅ཟ䜳ᡇ⻦ࡦԌ൞ᆮ⭕ѣᗹȾ
Mgitian ddu wi pèngdào ta zài xuésheng zhdngxcn.
I run into him every day in the student center.