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3 Here is a short dialog between two classmates with some adverbs omitted.
Fill in the appropriate adverbs based on the English translations.
A: ᱞཟ ____ ᔶᆜθ᱄ཟѣᮽ䈴 ____ ᴿቅ㘹θ____ 䇟ӰуҼȾ
ᱞཟ ____ 䯁ᆮθ᱄ཟѣᮽ䃨 ____ ᴿቅ㘹θ____ 䇉ӰуҼȾ
Zuótian ____ kai xué, míngtian Zhrngwén kè ____ yiu xifokfo,
____ ràng rén shòubùlifo.
School only just started yesterday and tomorrow we have a quiz in
Chinese class. I can’t stand it.
B: ____ ֖ᔶᆜ ____ уҼҼθ֖ ____ ᆜуᆜҼϋ
____ ֖䯁ᆮ ____ уҼҼθ֖ ____ ᆮуᆮҼϋ
____ kai xué nh ____ shòubùlifo le, nh ____ xué bù xué le?
School has just started and you can’t stand it. Do you want to continue?
A: ᆜ ____ 㾷ᆜθᡇ ____ ᣧᙞжс ____Ⱦ
ᆮ ____ 㾷ᆮθᡇ ____ ᣧᙞжс ____Ⱦ
Xué ____ yào xué, wi ____ bàoyuàn ycxià éryh.
Sure I want to continue. I just want to complain (and that’s all).
B: ᣧᙞᴿӶѾ⭞θ____ 㜳䇟֖㠠ᐧу儎ުȾ
ᣧᙞᴿ⭐哲⭞θ____ 㜳䇉֖㠠ᐧу儎㠾Ⱦ
Bàoyuàn yiu shénme yòng, ____ néng ràng nh zìjh bù gaoxìng.
Complaining is not helpful. It only makes you unhappy.
A: ֖ ____ ᑮᑮᣧᙞ੶Ⱦ
Nh ____ chángcháng bàoyuàn ya.
You also often complain.
B: ᡇ ____ ᣧᙞ֖ᣧᙞᗍ ____ ཐȾ
Wi ____ bàoyuàn nh bàoyuàn de ____ deo.
I only complain that you complain too much.
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