134 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
5. Expressing time phrases (Use and Structure notes 8.10, 8.19)
Rewrite the following English time phrases in Chinese, as in the example.
Example: this Friday → 這個 xCngqC 五a. Sunday evening →
b. tomorrow night →
c. this Tuesday →
d. next Thursday →
e. next Wednesday evening →
f. June 8th →
g. the 15th of August →
h. September of this year →
i. July of next year →
- Indicating the time when an action occurs (Use and Structure note 8.11)
Rewrite each sentence, adding the word or phrase in parentheses in its proper location.
Then, translate your sentences to English.
a. 我 yIu sAn 個 kFoshì。（xCngqC 二）
English:
b. 我 xiFng qù mFi 一 niánjí 的 ZhDngwén shE。（這個 xCngqCtiAn）
English:
c. 我們 qù tiào wJ，zGn 麼 yàng？（xCngqC 六）
English:
d. 我們 qù chàng kFlA OK ba！（xCngqC 四）
English:
e. 你的 mèimei duD dà？（jCnnián）
English:
f. 我 kGyH gGi 你 dF diànhuà 嗎？（míngtiAn）
English: