Lesson 7 Workbook 111- Describing nouns with nouns: Chinese to English (Use and Structure
notes 5.8, 7.5)
The following noun phrases all involve noun description. Translate them to English as in
the example:
Example: 一 niánjí 的 ZhDngwén shE → first-year Chinese booka. fúwùyuán 的 qián →
b. háizi 的 mAma →
c. wI mèimei 的 lFoshC →
d. lFoshC 的 dìtú →
e. wI 的 tóngwE 的 shIujC →
f. ZhDngguó 人的 míngzì →
g. tA 的 nán péngyou 的 diànhuà hàomF →
- Describing nouns with nouns: English to Chinese (Use and Structure
notes 5.8, 7.5)
The following noun phrases all involve noun description. Translate them to Chinese as in
the example. The words a and the do not get translated into Chinese.
Example: younger brother’s classmate → dìdi 的 tóngxuéa. my roommate’s water →
b. my classmate’s younger sister →
c. the teacher’s photograph →
d. the clerk’s pencil →
e. my friend’s notebook →
f. a second-year Chinese book →
g. that child’s name →
- Practice with noun phrases (Use and Structure notes 6.2, 6.11, 7.5, 7.6)
Rewrite the following sets of phrases in Mandarin, as in the example, using characters wherever
we have learned them. Each set starts with the main noun and then adds descriptions.
Example:
water: shuH
five bottles of water: 五 píng shuH
these five bottles of water: 這五 píng shuH