10 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
- Scrambled sentences (Use and Structure notes 1.5, 1.6)
Rewrite these phrases as sentences, putting the words in the correct order to match the
English translations.
a. wI / xuésheng / shì
I am a student.
b. xuésheng / shì / tA / bù
He is not a student.
c. shì / ma / tA / lFoshC
Is she a teacher?
d. ma / shì / xuésheng / XiFo GAo
Is Xiao Gao a student?
e. shì / yG / nH / ma / xuésheng
Are you also a student?
f. shì / nH / lFoshC / ma
Are you a teacher?
g. shì / xuésheng / wI / yG
I am also a student.
h. bù / lFoshC / yG / wI / shì
I am also not a teacher.
i. hGn / tA / hFo / yG
He’s fine too.
- Meeting for the first time
You are meeting Xiao Gao and Xiao Zhang for the first time. You are speaking in Mandarin.
a. Greet Xiao Gao.
b. Ask Xiao Gao if she is a student.
c. Ask Xiao Zhang if he is a teacher.
d. Xiao Gao replies with the short answer yes. Write her reply here: __