136 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Scrambled sentences
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the
English translations.
a. jCnnián / tóngwE / 也 / 二十五 / 是 / 我的 / suì
My roommate is also 25 years old this year.
b. xCngqC 三 / 幾 yuè / 是 / 幾 hào / xià 個
What is next Wednesday’s date?
c. 是 / 七 yuè / xCngqC / 幾 / 九 hào
What day of the week is July 9th?
d. chC / 你 / 我 / wFnshang / xCngqC 六 / qHng / zGn 麼 yàng / wFnfàn / 這個
How about if I treat you to dinner this Saturday evening?
e. wFnshang / kFla OK / qù / 我們 / 也 / chàng / míngtiAn / kGyH
We can also go sing karaoke tomorrow night.
f. 好不好 / 我 / tiào wJ / jiAo / xià 個 / 你 / xCngqC 三
Next Wednesday I’ll teach you to dance, okay?
g. 不 / ZhDngguó / hB / xHhuan / 他 / píjiJ
He does not like to drink Chinese beer.
- Add it in
Rewrite each sentence, adding the word in parentheses in its proper location. Then, trans-
late each sentence to English.
a. 我的 nán péngyou huì chàng gB。（很）
English:
b. 你 qHng shéi chC fàn？（míngtiAn）
English:
c. 我們不 huì tiào wJ。（dDu）
English:
d. 我們 xCngqC 五 qù chàng kFlA ok ba。（wFnshang）
English: