SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS1287 Fill in the blanks, using either 䗽/䚄 guo, Ҽ le, or 䗽Ҽ/䚄Ҽ guo le as
appropriate.
a. ᡇ䐕ྯᵁਁৱ ____ ѣളȾ
ᡇ䐕ྯᵁਁৱ ____ ѣുȾ
Wi mèimei gbn ta péngyou qù ____ Zhdngguó.
My younger sister and her friend went to China.
b. ᡇԄᶛ⋗ৱ ____ ᰛᵢθਥᱥᡇଛଛ൞䛙ݵօ ____ њᒪȾ
ᡇᗔּ⋈ৱ ____ ᰛᵢθਥᱥᡇଛଛ൞䛙ވօ ____ ᒪȾޟ
Wi cónglái méi qù ____ Rìbgn, kgshì wi gbge zài nàr zhù ____
lifng nián.
) HAVE NEVER BEEN TO *APAN BUT MY OLDER BROTHER LIVED THERE FOR TWO YEARS
c. ֖ਹ⋗ਹ ____ ⌦ള侣ϋ
֖ਹ⋈ਹ ____ ⌦ു伥ϋ
Nh chc méi chc ____ Tàiguó fàn?
Have you eaten Thai food before?
d. ᡇԢ㘷ᐾ㔏ᡇԢԁ㔃 ____ ԛቧᱥླᵁਁ ____Ⱦ
ᡇه㘷ᑡ㎜ᡇهԁ23点 ____ ԛᗂቧᱥླᵁਁ ____Ⱦ
Wimen lfoshc ggi wimen jièshào ____ yhhòu jiù shì hfo péngyou
____.
After our teacher introduced us we became good friends.
e. ᡇԢԛࢃ䜳⋗ᴿ㿷 ____ 䘏ѠӰȾ
ᡇهԛࢃ䜳⋈ᴿ㿁 ____ 䙏فӰȾ
Wimen yhqián ddu méi yiu jiàn ____ zhège rén.
None of us have ever met this person before.
➪ 17.1, 17.3, 37.1, 37.3, 37.6, 37.7
8 Translate the following sentences into Mandarin using adverbs to indicate
past time.
a. He was my boyfriend.
b. I used to drink coffee every morning.
c. When I was young I liked to talk a lot.
d. Gasoline was 19 cents a gallon in 1962. [ࣖ jialún gallon]
e. This used to be a park.
f. Previously, I was not interested in China.
➪ 37.8