Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 4 Workbook 51

3. Pronunciation challenge

3.1. Tongue twister

Learn this tongue twister one line at a time. Don’t give up until you can say each line without
making any errors.

Shí shC sì qián yIu shíshC, In front of the stone lion temple there are stone lions.

Sì qián shù shàng yIu sè shì, In the tree in front of the temple there are unripened

persimmons.

Shí shC bù chC sè shì, The stone lions don’t eat the unripened persimmons.

Sè shì dào chC shí shC. But the unripened persimmons eat the stone lions.

 Structure drills 

1. Indicating possession (Use and Structure note 4.4)

You will hear a Mandarin phrase followed by a pronoun. Restate the Mandarin phrase
using the new pronoun, as in the example.

Example:

You will hear: wI de tóngxué (tA)

You will say: tA de tóngxué

You will hear the correct response: tA de tóngxué

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g) ( h) (i) (j)

2. Asking about possession (Use and Structure note 4.4)

You will hear questions about people’s families, roommates, classmates, students, or
teachers, followed by a pronoun. Answer the question with the pronoun, as in the
example.

Example:

You will hear: TA shì shéi de tóngwE? (wI)

You will say: TA shì wI de tóngwE.

You will hear the correct response: TA shì wI de tóngwE.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f ) (g)