212 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Translation challenge I
Translate the following sentences to English.
a. 她家在 bGibiAn，lí 這兒 fBicháng yuFn。
b. 這兒不是 shì 中 xCn。我不 zhCdào shì 中 xCn 在哪兒。
c. Xià 個星期五我的 tóngwE 請我去他家吃晚飯。他說他還請了幾個 péngyou。
d. 我去 shEdiàn mFi 了四 bGn 中文 shE，還 mFi 了幾 zhC qiAnbH。
e. 你不 xHhuan hB kAfBi，對嗎？怎麼 xiFng 去 kAfBiguFn？
f. 那個 gDngyuán 太 yuFn了。我不 xiFng 去。
g. XC Hú 在哪兒？Lí huIchB zhàn yuFn 不 yuFn？
h. 小 GAo 的男 péngyou mGi 天晚上都 gGi 她 dF diàn 話。
i. 我 jCn 天晚上 jiù xiFng 看看 diànshì 上上 wFng。
- Translation challenge II
Translate the following sentences to Mandarin, using characters wherever we have learned
them.
a. Ask Professor Li what day next week we are having a test.
b. Look, this is the train station. The park is in the south, not in the north.
c. Xiao Gao: When are you coming to my dorm to help me study Chinese?
Xiao Xie: How about 7:30 this Sunday night?
Xiao Gao: Great!
d. That coffee shop is very small. It is also far from the dorm. I don’t want to go.
e. Zhongshan Bookstore is in the northeast, far away from the college.
f. Xiao Wang: Where is the city center? Is it far from here?
Xiao Ye: Not far. I’ll draw you a map.
g. Xiao Xie: How about if you come to my house? It’s only a half a mile from here.
Xiao Zhang: Great! When?