SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS2162 Respond to each question indicating your degree of dissatisfaction. ‘10’
indicates that you are greatly dissatisfied. ‘1’ indicates that you are a little
dissatisfied. Translate the questions into English. Refer to Modern Mandarin
Chinese Grammar, Chapter 60, for words used to indicate the degree of
dissatisfaction in Mandarin.
a. 䘏Ѡ侣侼Ⲻ侣ᙄѾṭϋ(10)
䙏ف伥佞Ⲻ伥ᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Zhège fàngufn de fàn zgnmeyàng?
b. 䛙ѠคᐸⲺ⋱ᆿླуླϋ(3) [⋱ᆿ zhì’an the public security]
䛙فคᐸⲺ⋱ᆿླуླϋ
Nàge chéngshì de zhì’an hfo bù hfo?
c. ᴶ䘇Ⲻཟ≊ᙄѾṭϋ(5)
ᴶ䘇Ⲻཟ≙ᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Zuì jìn de tianqì zgnmeyàng?
d. 䛙ᵢҜᙄѾṭϋ(7)
䛙ᵢᴮᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Nà bgn she zgnmeyàng?
e. 䛙Ѡॱ䲘ᙄѾṭϋ(4)
䛙ف䟡䲘ᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Nàge ycyuàn zgnmeyàng?
f. ֖Ⲻ䖜ᆆᙄѾṭϋ(1)
֖Ⲻ䔀ᆆᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Nh de chbzi zgnmeyàng?
➪ 60.2
3 One of your friends is asking you how you are adjusting to life in China.
Translate her questions into English and express your answers in Mandarin.
a. Friend:֖Ⲻᇵ㡃ᙄѾṭϋ
֖Ⲻᇵ㡃ᙄ哳⁙ϋ
Nh de sùshè zgnmeyàng?
b. You: It’s okay.
c. Friend:ড⭕䰪ᒨ߶уᒨ߶ϋ
㺑⭕䯉Ҵ␞уҴ␞ϋ
Wèishbngjian ganjìng bù ganjìng?
d. You: It’s all right in the morning. By night-time it is not too clean anymore.
e. Friend:֖ҖᜥҼ੍ϋ
֖㘈យҼఄϋ
Nh xíguàn le ma?
f. You: Yes. After a while you get used to things.