Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

76 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

6. Translation

Translate the answers in Exercise 5 to English.

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7. Mini-dialogues

Complete the following mini-dialogues by choosing the appropriate word. Each word can
only be used once.

1) zhCdào 2) hé 3) gGi 4) nà 5) rènshi

6) shéi 7) jH 8) duDshao 9) zGnme

a. A: XiFo Xiè, nH de diànhuà hàomF shì ?
B: YAo líng sAn wJ líng líng èr liù jiJ sAn bA. NH kGyH wI dF diànhuà.
A: HFo, xièxiè.

b. A: NH Xiè Guóqiáng de tóngwE shì ZhDngguó rén ma?
B: WI zhCdào.
A: NH zhCdào?
B: WI ___ Xiè Guóqiáng de tóngwE. WImen shì tóngxué.

c. A: XiFo Wáng, zhè shì de zhàopiàn?
B: Zhè shì wI hé wI mèimei de zhàopiàn.
A: , nH jiA yIu gè rén?
B: WI jiA yIu sì gè rén. Bàba, mAma, mèimei wI.

8. Scrambled sentences

Put these phrases in the correct order to match the English translations.

a. yIu / nH / XiFo ZhAng / hàomF / de / zGnme / diànhuà
Why do you have Xiao Zhang’s phone number?

b. dAngrán / gGi / nH / diànhuà / wI / kGyH / dF
Of course you can call me.