Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

286 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

Example:

You will hear: 你吃飯吃得太少。

You will say: 你吃得太少，多吃一點吧。

You will hear the correct response: 你吃得太少，多吃一點吧。

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4. Two ways to say come/go to a location to do something (Use and  Structure 
   notes 10.16, 11.3, 12.2)

You will hear a statement saying that someone goes (comes) to a location to do some action.
Rephrase the information using the pattern 到 location 去 (到 location 來), as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: 你們來我家吃飯。

You will say: 你們到我家來吃飯。

You will hear the correct response: 你們到我家來吃飯。

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5.  Only half that amount of time: Talking about the duration of actions  
(Use and Structure note 12.10)

You will hear a statement saying that you have done something for a certain amount of
time, followed by a question asking if the information is correct. Reply that it is not correct,
and say that you have only done it for half that time, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: 你在中國 zhù 了一年，對不對？

You will say: 不對，我在中國只 zhù 了半年。

You will hear the correct response: 不對，我在中國只 zhù 了半年。

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6. Twice as long: Talking about the duration of actions (Use and Structure 
   note 12.10)

You will hear a statement saying that you have done something for a certain amount of
time, followed by a question asking if the information is correct. Reply that it is not correct,
and say that you have done it for twice that amount of time, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: 你在中國 zhù 了一年，對不對？

You will say: 不對，我在中國 zhù 了兩年。

You will hear the correct response: 不對，我在中國 zhù 了兩年。

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