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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:pls="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon" xmlns:ssml="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><head><title>Unit 5</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-epub.css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="prev" href="ch02s14.xhtml" title="Unit 4"/><link rel="next" href="ch02s16.xhtml" title="Unit 6"/></head><body><header/><section class="section" title="Unit 5" epub:type="subchapter" id="d0e48744"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">Unit 5</h2></div></div></div><p/><section class="section" title="Introduction" epub:type="division" id="d0e48748"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p/><section class="section" title="Topics covered in this unit" epub:type="division" id="d0e48752"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Topics covered in this unit</h4></div></div></div><div class="orderedlist" epub:type="list"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Date and Place of birth.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Days of the week.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>Ages.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>The marker <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span> for new situations.</p></li></ol></div></section><section class="section" title="Material you will need" epub:type="division" id="d0e48771"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Material you will need</h4></div></div></div><div class="orderedlist" epub:type="list"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>The C-1 and P-1 tapes, the Reference List and Reference Notes.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>The C-2 and P-2 tapes.</p></li><li class="listitem" epub:type="list-item"><p>The 5D-1 tape.</p></li></ol></div></section></section><section class="section" title="References" epub:type="division" id="d0e48785"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">References</h3></div></div></div><p/><section class="section" title="Reference List" epub:type="division" id="d0e48789"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Reference List</h4></div></div></div><p/><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">1.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Andesen Fūren, nǐ
- shì zài nǎr shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">安德森夫人，你是在哪儿生的？</em></span></td><td>Mrs. Andersen, where were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì zài Dézhōu
- shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是在得州生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in Texas.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">2.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen shì Xīngqīsì
- dàode ma?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们是星期四到的吗？</em></span></td><td>Did you arrive on Thursday?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Bú shì, wǒmen shì
- Xīngqīwǔ dàode.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">不是，我们是星期五到的。</em></span></td><td>No, we arrived on Friday.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">3.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen xīngqījǐ
- zǒu?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们星期几走？</em></span></td><td>What day of the week are you leaving?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒmen Xīngqītiān
- zǒu.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我们星期天走。</em></span></td><td>We are leaving on Sunday.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">4.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì něinián
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是哪年生的？</em></span></td><td>What year are you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Yī jiǔ sān
- jiǔ nián shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是一九三九年生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in 1939.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">5.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì jǐyüè
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是几月生的？</em></span></td><td>What month were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Qíyüè
- shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是七月生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in July.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">6.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì jǐhào
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是几号生的？</em></span></td><td>What day of the month were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Sìhào
- shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是四号生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born on the fourth.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">7.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ duó dà
- le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你多大了？</em></span></td><td>How old are you?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ èr shi sì
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我二十四了。</em></span></td><td>I'm 24.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">8.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ duó dà
- le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你多大了？</em></span></td><td>How old are you?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ sān shi wǔ
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我三十五了。</em></span></td><td>I'm 35.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">9.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen nǚháizi jǐsuì
- le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们女孩子几岁了？</em></span></td><td>How old is your girl?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Tā básuì
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">她八岁了。</em></span></td><td>She's eight years old.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">10.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen nánháizi dōu
- jǐsuì le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们男孩子都几岁了？</em></span></td><td>How old are your boys?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Yíge jiǔsuì le,
- yíge liùsuì le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">一个九岁了， 一个六岁了。</em></span></td><td>One is nine, and one is six.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="section" title="Vocabulary" epub:type="division" id="d0e49106"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Vocabulary</h4></div></div></div><p/><div class="striped"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col class="col1"/><col class="col2"/><col class="col3"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">duó
- dà</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">多大</em></span></td><td>how old</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">hòunián
- (hòunian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">后年</em></span></td><td>the year after next</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐhào</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">几号</em></span></td><td>what day of the month?</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jīnnián
- (jīnnian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">今年</em></span></td><td>this year</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐsuì</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">几岁</em></span></td><td>how old</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐyüè</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">几月</em></span></td><td>what month</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">míngnián
- (míngnian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">明年</em></span></td><td>next year</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">něinián</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">哪年？</em></span></td><td>which year</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">niánnián
- (niánnian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">年年</em></span></td><td>every year</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qiánnián
- (qiánnian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">前年</em></span></td><td>the year before last</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qǜnián
- (qǜnian)</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">去年</em></span></td><td>last year</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shàngge
- yüè</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">上个月</em></span></td><td>last month</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shēng</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">生</em></span></td><td>to be born</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">岁</em></span></td><td>year (of age)</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xiàge
- yüè</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">下个月</em></span></td><td>next month</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīèr</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期二</em></span></td><td>Tuesday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqījǐ</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期几</em></span></td><td>what day of the week</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīliù</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期六</em></span></td><td>Saturday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīsān</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期三</em></span></td><td>Wednesday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīsì</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期四</em></span></td><td>Thursday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqītiān</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期日，星期天</em></span></td><td>Sunday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīwǔ</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期五</em></span></td><td>Friday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Xīngqīyī</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">星期一</em></span></td><td>Monday</td></tr><tr><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">zheìge
- yüè</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">这个月</em></span></td><td>this month</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="section" title="Reference Notes" epub:type="division" id="d0e49333"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Reference Notes</h4></div></div></div><p/><section class="section" title="Notes on №1" epub:type="division" id="d0e49337"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №1</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">1.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Andesen Fūren,
- nǐ shì zài nǎr shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">安德森夫人，你是在哪儿生的？</em></span></td><td>Mrs. Andersen, where were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì zài
- Dézhōu shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是在得州生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in Texas.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>The <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shì...de</em></span>
- construction is used to focus on place expressions as well as on time and
- manner expressions.</p><div class="informaltable"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/><col class="c3"/><col class="c4"/><col class="c5"/><col class="c6"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shi</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">zài
- Měiguó</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shēng</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-de.</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">I was born in America. WHERE</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shi</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">zuótiān</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">dào</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-de.</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">I arrived yesterday. WHEN</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shi</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yíge
- rén</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">lái</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-de.</em></span></td><td>I came alone. HOW</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №2-3" epub:type="division" id="d0e49441"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №2-3</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">2.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen shì
- Xīngqīsì dàode ma?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们是星期四到的吗？</em></span></td><td>Did you arrive on Thursday?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Bú shì, wǒmen
- shì Xīngqīwǔ dàode.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">不是，我们是星期五到的。</em></span></td><td>No, we arrived on Friday.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">3.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen xīngqījǐ
- zǒu?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们星期几走？</em></span></td><td>What day of the week are you leaving?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒmen
- Xīngqītiān zǒu.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我们星期天走。</em></span></td><td>We are leaving on Sunday.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span class="bold"><strong>Days of the week:</strong></span></p><div class="informaltable"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqījǐ</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">What day of the week?</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqīyī</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Monday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqīèr</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Tuesday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqīsàn</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Wednesday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqīsì</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Thursday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xingqīwǔ</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Friday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqīliù</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">Saturday</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqītiān</em></span></td><td>Sunday</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Until now, you have always seen <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐ</em></span>, "how many," at the beginning of a word
- (<span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐge háizi, jǐwèi xiānsheng,
- jǐhào</em></span>). In <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqījǐ</em></span>, <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-jǐ</em></span> is at the end of the word. In both places, occupies
- the position of a number and acts like a number: <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">xīngqījǐ</em></span>, "What number day of
- the week?"</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №4" epub:type="division" id="d0e49581"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №4</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">4.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì něinián
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是哪年生的？</em></span></td><td>What year are you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Yī jiǔ
- sān jiǔ nián shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是一九三九年生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in 1939.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>The word for "year," -<span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">nián</em></span> is a bound word (like the word for "day,"
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-tiān</em></span>). The
- question word <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">něinián</em></span>, "which year," is formed with the bound word
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">něi</em></span>
- "which."</p><p>The year is given as a sequence of digits, so that 1972, <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Yījiǔqīèrnián</em></span> would literally
- be "one-nine-seven-two year." In a sequence of digits, the word
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">èr-</em></span> (not
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">liǎng-</em></span> is used
- for 2, and the words for 1, T, and 8 keep their basic high tones. (See notes
- on No. 10 for cases in which these tones change.)</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №5" epub:type="division" id="d0e49642"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №5</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">5.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì jǐyüè
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是几月生的？</em></span></td><td>What month were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Qíyüè
- shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是七月生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born in July.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span class="bold"><strong>Months:</strong></span></p><div class="informaltable"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/><col class="c3"/><col class="c4"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐyüè?</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">What month?</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "> </td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yíyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">January</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qíyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">July</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">èryüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">February</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">báyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">August</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">sānyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">March</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jiǔyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">September</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">sìyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">April</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shíyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">October</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">wǔyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">May</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shǐyīyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">November</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">liùyüè</em></span></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; ">June</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shíèryüè</em></span></td><td>December</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Since the names of the months are formed with numbers, <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jǐ-</em></span> "how many," is the
- appropriate question word to use for "what month." <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Jǐ-</em></span> is used in <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Běijīng</em></span> to ask for a number
- expected to be around 10 or 11. </p><p>Notice the tones on the words for 1, 7 and 8, which most Peking speakers
- pronounce as Rising before Falling-tone words such as <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yüè</em></span>. The syllable
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-yī-</em></span> in the
- word for "November," however, is usually pronounced with the High tone:
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shíyīyüè</em></span> (See
- the notes on No, 10 for a summary of tone changes.)</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №6" epub:type="division" id="d0e49784"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №6</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">6.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shì jǐhào
- shēngde?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你是几号生的？</em></span></td><td>What day of the month were you born?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shì Sìhào
- shēngde.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我是四号生的。</em></span></td><td>I was born on the fourth.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>Days of the month are expressed by the number of the day followed by the
- bound word <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-haò</em></span>.
- You will remember that <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-hào</em></span> is also used in giving addresses. </p><p>In asking about days of the month, "how many," is used, even though the
- question may be answered by a number as high as 31. The month and day of the
- month may be given together. For example:</p><div class="informaltable"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ shi jǐyüè
- jǐhào shēngde?</em></span></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">What is your month and day of birth?</td></tr><tr><td style="border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ shi bāyüè
- jiǔhào shēngde.</em></span></td><td>I was born on August 9.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №7-8" epub:type="division" id="d0e49847"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №7-8</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">7.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ duó dà
- le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你多大了？</em></span></td><td>How old are you?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ èr shi sì
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我二十四了。</em></span></td><td>I'm 24.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">8.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ duó dà
- le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你多大了？</em></span></td><td>How old are you?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ sān shi wǔ
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">我三十五了。</em></span></td><td>I'm 35.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐ duō dà le?</em></span>
- "How old are you?" literally means "How big (in years of age) are you?" This
- is a common way to ask a person's age. The question is appropriate for
- asking the age of a child or a young adult, but the expression is not
- considered polite enough for asking an older adult his age. (More formal
- ways to ask a person's age will be introduced on the C-2, P-2, and drill
- tapes.)</p><p> The marker <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span>_which ends these sentences calls attention to the fact
- that something is true now that was not true before. </p><div class="note" title="Note" epub:type="notice"><table style="border: 0; "><tr><td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 25px; " rowspan="2"><img alt="[Note]" src="file:/home/eric/bin/Xml/Oxygen%20XML%20Editor%2021/frameworks/docbook/css/img/note.png"/></td><th style="text-align: left; ">Note</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; "><p>Ages may also be asked and given without using the new-situation
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span>.</p></td></tr></table></div><p>Le has only this new-situation meaning in these sentences. It has no
- meaning of completion, since in fact, there is no completed event. </p><p>One way to reflect the new-situation <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span> in the English translation
- is to add the word "now": I'm 35 now." Essentially, however, "new situation"
- (sometimes called change of state") is a Chinese grammatical category with
- no simple English equivalent. </p><p>The marker <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span>
- for new situations is always found at the end of a sentence and is sometimes
- called "sentence <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">le</em></span>."</p><p>Notice that neither answer contains a verb. The verb that has been left
- out is <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yǒu</em></span> "to
- have." The verb may not be left out in the negative: <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Wǒ méiyou sānshiwǔ.</em></span> "I’m not
- 35."</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №9" epub:type="division" id="d0e49951"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №9</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">9.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen nǚháizi
- jǐsuì le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们女孩子几岁了？</em></span></td><td>How old is your girl?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Tā básuì
- le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">她八岁了。</em></span></td><td>She's eight years old.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span>: In the
- traditional Chinese system of giving ages, a person is one -sui old at birth
- and becomes another <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span> old on the New Year's following his birth. A baby
- born the day before New Year's would thus be two <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span> old on the day after his
- birth. Most Chinese, however, have now switched to the Western style of
- computing age and use <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span> just as we use years old. </p><p>The word <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span>
- like the word <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-hào</em></span>, is a bound word shoving what kind of thing a number
- is counting. </p><p>In a date or address you are listing a number and use <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">èr</em></span> for 2, while in giving an
- age you are counting an amount of something and use <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">liǎng</em></span>: <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">liǎngsuì</em></span>, "two years
- old."</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on №10" epub:type="division" id="d0e50019"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on №10</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="col1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="col2"/><col class="col3"/><col class="col4"/><col class="col5"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">10.</td><td style="text-align: center; ">A:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Nǐmen nánháizi
- dōu jǐsuì le?</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">你们男孩子都几岁了？</em></span></td><td>How old are your boys?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "> </td><td style="text-align: center; ">B:</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Yíge jiǔsuì le,
- yíge liùsuì le.</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Hani" class="foreignphrase">一个九岁了， 一个六岁了。</em></span></td><td>One is nine, and one is six.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>The word <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">dōu</em></span> is
- used when "both" or "all" would probably not be used in English, namely,
- when expecting different information about each of the things (or persons)
- being discussed. "All" tends to be collective, asking or telling about
- something the members of a group have in common. <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Dōu</em></span> can be distributive,
- asking or telling something about the members of a group as
- individuals.</p><p><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Yí, qí, bá</em></span>: In
- the spoken language of Peking, the basic High tones of <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yī</em></span>, <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qī</em></span> and <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">bā</em></span> usually change to Rising
- tones before Falling-tone words (such as <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-hào</em></span>, <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yüè</em></span>, and <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">-suì</em></span>). This change is most
- common when the complete number given has only one digit. When there are two
- or more digits, the <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qī</em></span> and <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">bā</em></span> of numbers ending in 7 and 8 are more likely to have
- Rising tones than the <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yī</em></span> of numbers ending in 1 (which is usually in the High
- tone). </p><p>Compare:</p><div class="informaltable"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col style="text-align: center; " class="c1"/><col style="text-align: center; " class="c2"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shíqíhào</em></span></td><td style="text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid ; ">the 17th</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid ; "><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">shíyīyüè</em></span></td><td style="text-align: center; ">November</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>In all cases, the High tone is more likely to be kept in rapid speech. You
- may also encounter speakers who never make changes in the tones of
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">yī</em></span>,
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qī</em></span> and
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">bā</em></span>.</p><p>Remember that, in the digit-by-digit form of giving the year, the numbers
- 1, 7, and 8 keep their basic High tones: <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">Yījiǔbāliùnián</em></span> 1986.</p></section><section class="section" title="Notes on additional required vocabulary" epub:type="division" id="d0e50129"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title">Notes on additional required vocabulary</h5></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="border: none;"><colgroup><col class="c1"/><col class="c2"/><col class="c3"/><col class="c4"/><col class="c5"/><col class="c6"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Days</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qiántiān</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>zuótiān</strong></span></em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jīntiān</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">mīngtiān</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">hòutiān</em></span></td></tr><tr><td>Years</td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qiánnián</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><span class="bold"><strong>qǜnián</strong></span></em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">jīnnián</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">míngnián</em></span></td><td><span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">hòunián</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>In the Chinese system of expressing relative time in terms of days and
- years, only one pair of terms is not parallel: <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">zuótiān</em></span> "yesterday," and
- <span xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin" class="foreignphrase">qǜnián</em></span> "last
- year."</p></section></section></section><section class="section" title="Drills" epub:type="division" id="d0e50188"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">Drills</h3></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Criterion test" epub:type="division" id="d0e50193"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">Criterion test</h3></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Appendices" epub:type="division" id="d0e50198"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">Appendices</h3></div></div></div><p/><section class="section" title="Appendix" epub:type="division" id="d0e50202"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Appendix </h4></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Appendix" epub:type="division" id="d0e50206"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Appendix </h4></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Appendix" epub:type="division" id="d0e50210"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Appendix </h4></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Appendix" epub:type="division" id="d0e50214"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Appendix </h4></div></div></div><p/></section><section class="section" title="Appendix" epub:type="division" id="d0e50218"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">Appendix </h4></div></div></div><p/></section></section></section><footer/></body></html>
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