Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

Adverbs

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h. ԌрҼѣᆜ ________ ᔶခᆜ㤧ᮽȾ

ԌрҼѣᆮ ________ 䯁ခᆮ㤧ᮽȾ

Ta shàng le zhdngxué ________ kaishh xué Ycngwén.

When he started middle school he began to study English.

i. Ԍрཝᆜԛ੄ ________ ᔶခᆜᰛᮽȾ

Ԍрཝᆮԛᗂ ________ 䯁ခᆮᰛᮽȾ

Ta shàng dàxué yhhòu ________ kaishh xué Rìwén.

Only after he started college did he begin to study Japanese.

j. ᰛᵢӰ௒⅘᯻⑮Ⱦ㤧ളӰу ________ ௒⅘᯻⑮Ⱦ

ᰛᵢӰ௒↗᯻⑮Ⱦ㤧ുӰу ________ ௒↗᯻⑮Ⱦ

Rìbgn rén xhhuan lnyóu. Ycngguó rén bù ________ xhhuan lnyóu.

Japanese people like to travel. Not all British people like to travel.

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2 ቅᶄ Xifo Lh is a high school student in China who is being interviewed
because of his excellent foreign language skills. Translate his replies into
Mandarin, using an adverb in each sentence. Translate the interviewer’s
questions into Mandarin.
a. Interviewer: What foreign languages do you study?
Xiao Li: I study English and I also study Japanese.
b. Interviewer: How old are you?
Xiao Li: I am only 16 years old.
c. Interviewer: Have you ever been to a foreign country?
Xiao Li: Not yet. I have still not left China.
d. Interviewer: Do you plan to go abroad?
Xiao Li: Yes. After I graduate, only then will I have the chance to go abroad.
e. Interviewer: Where will you go?
Xiao Li: I plan to go to Britain and I plan to go to the United States.
f. Interviewer: Will you also go to Japan?
Xiao Li: After I go to England and the United States I plan to go to Japan.
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