188 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
c. inexpensive coffee →
d. a small dormitory →
These noun phrases each include more than one description. Rewrite them in Mandarin.
Remember that numbers are always followed by classifiers. (Use and Structure notes 10.18)
e. two good friends →
f. those two good friends →
g. five new notebooks →
h. these five new notebooks →
i. one inexpensive cup of coffee →
j. this inexpensive cup of coffee →
- Scrambled sentences
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the
English translations.
a. 她 / shIujC / 一個 / 有 / guì / 的 / 很
She has a very expensive cell phone.
b. wàng / màn / 我 / 了 / zì / de / xiG / 很 / tài / 了 / 也 / 多
I forgot a lot of words, (and) also wrote too slowly.
c. 二 niánjí / mFi / shE / 我 / zuótiAn / yHjCng / 了 / 中文 / 的
I already bought the second-year Chinese book yesterday.
d. zuótiAn / kAfBi / 三 bBi / 晚 shang / 吃飯 / 沒 / 了 / zhH / 我 / hB
I did not eat last night. I only had three cups of coffee.
e. péngyou / 二 niánjí / nán / 都 / fBicháng / 我 / Rì 文 / 的 / 說 / 的
All my friends say that second-year Japanese is very difficult.
f. 幾 / 學生 / 吃 / 有 / wJ 飯 / 個
There are several students having lunch.
g. 學生 / 說 / 個 / 中文 / 當然 / 那 / 會
Of course that student can speak Chinese.