STRUCTURES
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h. Ԍ∅Ѡᆍ䜳ߏ ________ ҼȾ
Ԍ∅فᆍ䜳ሡ ________ ҼȾ
Ta mgi gè zì ddu xig ________ le.
He wrote every character wrong.
➪ 18.3, 18.4
2 Rewrite these sentences in Mandarin, using the correct form of the resultative
verb.
a. I can’t remember his name. [ᆍ míngzi name, 䇦 jì remember]
b. We’ve already finished today’s homework. [ࣕ䈴/ࣕ䃨 gdngkè homework,
ڐ zuò do]
c. Can you finish today’s homework in an hour? [жѠ䫕ཪ/жف䩎乣 yc ge
zhdngtou an hour]
d. Not in an hour. (In an hour, I can’t finish it.)
e. I can’t open the window. Can you open it? [ネᡭ chuanghu window,
ᢉᔶ/ᢉ䯁 df (kai) open]
f. I still haven’t finished washing the clothes. [㺙ᵃ ycfu clothing, ⍍ xh wash]
g. This shirt is really dirty. Do you think you can wash it clean? [㺢㺡/㾥㺡
chènshan shirt, 㝅/儈 zang dirty, ߶ᒨ/Ҵ␞ ganjìng clean]
h. I didn’t hear clearly what you just said. Could you say it again?
[/㚳 tcng hear, ֖䈪Ⲻ䈓/֖䃠Ⲻ䂧 nh shud de huà what you said ]
i. I don’t understand (by listening) what the teacher says.
j. Can you afford an airplane ticket? [Ҧ/䋭 mfi buy, 伔ᵰ車/休ₕ車 fbijc piào
airplane ticket]
➪ 18.5, 18.6, 18.7
3 Turn these sentences into yes–no questions.
Example:
ᡇਹуᇂȾ → ֖ਹᗍᇂਹуᇂϋ or ֖ਹᗍᇂ੍ϋ
֖ਹᗍᇂఄϋ
Ww chqbùwán. Nv chqdewán chqbùwán? Nv chq de wán ma?
a. ᡇּуҼȾ
Wi láibùjí le.
I can’t make it.
b. 䘏ӑҜ䘏Ѿ䠃θᡇᤵуࣞȾ
䙏ӑᴮ䙏哲䠃θᡇᤵуऋȾ
Zhè xib she zhème zhòng, wi nábùdòng.
These books are so heavy. I can’t lift them.