Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (2nd Edition)

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g. ᡇ൞但঻ਹ侣Ⱦу

ᡇ൞但ᔩਹ伥Ⱦу

Wi zài cantcng chc fàn. (bù)

I don’t eat in the cafeteria.

h. ᡇԢ䜳Ր䈪ᒵђ䈓Ⱦу

ᡇه䜳ᴹ䃠ᔙᶧ䂧Ⱦу

Wimen ddu huì shud Gufngddng huà. (bù)

None of us can speak Cantonese.

i. ᡇ੢៸ԌⲺ䈓Ⱦ⋗

ᡇ㚳៸ԌⲺ䂧Ⱦ⋈

Wi tcngding ta de huà. (méi)

I did not understand what he said.

➪ 10.1, 11.1, 12, 13.3, 17, 27.1, 27.2

2 Rewrite these sentences in Mandarin, using у bù or ⋗ méi as appropriate.

a. I don’t like noodles. [䶘ᶗ/哫ồ miàntiáo noodles]

b. I don’t have any friends.

c. I didn’t do my homework.

d. I am not tall.

e. I was not busy yesterday.

f. I haven’t ever heard that song before.

g. There’s no one home.

h. It didn’t rain yesterday.

i. I can’t drive a car.

j. I haven’t graduated from university.

➪ 27.1

3 Match these expressions with ᰖ/❗ wú and 䶔 fpi with equivalent Mandarin
expressions.
a. ᰖ䇰ྸ֋/❗䄌ྸ֋ 1 ᗻ亱/ᗻ举
wúlùn rúhé bìxe
b. ᰖ᭻/❗᭻ 2 ࠗ䶔
wúgù fbifán
c. 䶔ᑮ 3 у㇗ᙄѾṭ/у㇗ᙄ哳⁙
fbicháng bù gufn zgnmeyàng
d. 䶔ᗍ 4 ⋗ᴿ৕᭻
fbidgi méi yiu yuángù
e. ᰖ∊/❗∊ 5 ࡛⢯
wúbh tèbié