Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

Expressing ability and possibility

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d. ⋗Ӂ ৱⵁ⭫ᖧ ᡇᲐр 㜳䐕֖ԢȾ

⋈Ӂ ৱⵁ䴱ᖧ ᡇᲐр Ⱦه֖㜳䐕

méi shì qù kàn diànyhng wi wfnshang néng gbn nhmen.

I am free this evening, (I) can go to the movie with you.

➪ 52.1

3 Here is a short conversation between two students waiting for a friend.
Translate the conversation into English.
A: ֖㿿ᗍԌԀཟᲐрՐᶛ੍ϋ
֖㿰ᗍԌԀཟᲐрᴹּఄϋ
Nh juéde ta jcntian wfnshang huì lái ma?
B: ᡇᜩԌжᇐՐᶛȾ
ᡇᜩԌжᇐᴹּȾ
Wi xifng ta ycdìng huì lái de.
A: ռᱥཟ≊人ᣛ䈪ԀཟᲐрՐсཝ䴠Ⱦ
ռᱥཟ≙乆๧䃠ԀཟᲐрᴹсཝ䴠Ⱦ
Dànshì tianqì yùbào shud jcntian wfnshang huì xià dà xug.
B: ྸ᷒сཝ䴠ԌቧуՐᶛҼȾ
ྸ᷒сཝ䴠ԌቧуᴹּҼȾ
Rúgui xià dà xug ta jiù bù huì lái le.
➪ 52.1, 52.2

4 Read this passage and answer the following questions in complete sentences
in Mandarin.
㘷⧁ੇᶛᖾ㜳௓䞈Ⱦਥᱥᴶ䘇䓡։уླθཝཡ䈪Ԍу㜳߃௓䞈ҼȾԌਠਥԛ௓
ਥ҆θ⊳≪θ㥬θӶѾⲺθቧᱥу㜳௓䞈Ⱦ㘷⧁ᜩԌ⯻жླቧਥԛ௓䞈ҼȾ
⋗ᜩࡦθࢃњཟԌ௓Ҽж⛯䞈ቧ㿿ᗍᖾу㡈ᵃȾ੄ᶛθᵁਁ䈭Ԍ௓䞈θԌቧ䈪
ąᡇ㜳௓䞈ਥᱥᡇуਥԛ௓䞈ҼȾĆ
㘷⧁ੇּᖾ㜳௓䞈Ⱦਥᱥᴶ䘇䓡儊уླθཝཡ䃠Ԍу㜳߃௓䞈ҼȾԌਠਥԛ௓
ਥ‸θ⊳≪θ㥬θ⭐哳Ⲻθቧᱥу㜳௓䞈Ⱦ㘷⧁ᜩԌ⯻жླቧਥԛ௓䞈ҼȾ
⋈ᜩࡦθޟࢃཟԌ௓Ҽж唔䞈ቧ㿰ᗍᖾу㡈ᵃȾᗂּθᵁਁ䄁Ԍ௓䞈θԌቧ䃠
ąᡇ㜳௓䞈ਥᱥᡇуਥԛ௓䞈ҼȾĆ
Lfo Wáng xiànglái hgn néng hb jij. Kgshì zuì jìn shbnth bù hfo, dàifu
shud ta bù néng zài hb jij le. Ta zhh kgyh hb kglè, qìshuh, chá, shénmede,
jiù shì bù néng hb jij. Lfo Wáng xifng ta bìng yc hfo jiù kgyh hb jij le.
Méi xifngdào, qián lifng tian ta hb le ycdifn jij jiù juéde hgn bù shefú.
Hòulái, péngyou qhng ta hb jij, ta jiù shud ‘wi néng hb jij kgshì wi bù
kgyh hb jij le.’