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  <p><span class="english"><a name="TimeWords" id="TimeWords">The
  position of time words in Chinese sentences</a> (17)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Time words describe time "when", such
  as</span> <span class="hanzi">现在</span> <span class=
  "english">xiànzài</span> <span class="english">now</span>
  <span class="english">,</span> <span class="hanzi">今天</span>
  <span class="english">jīntiān</span> <span class="english">today
  and</span> <span class="hanzi">三点</span> <span class="english"
  style="font-family:Arial; color:red">sān diăn</span> <span class=
  "english">three o’clock</span> <span class="english">. A time
  word should be placed before adverbs, verbs and stative verbs in
  sentences.</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span> <span class=
  "hanzi">今天</span></span> <span class="hanzi">很</span>
  <span class="hanzi">忙</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wŏ <span>jīntiān</span> hĕn máng</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20jintian%20hen%20mang.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">I am very busy today.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The time word</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">今天</span> <span class="english">jīntiān</span>
  <span class="english">today is placed before the adverbial
  intensifier</span> <span class="hanzi">很</span> <span class=
  "english">hĕn</span> <span class="english">very and is followed
  by the stative verb</span> <span class="hanzi">忙</span>
  <span class="english">máng</span> <span class=
  "english">busy</span> <span class="english">.</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">他 <span>今天</span></span> <span>
  <span class="hanzi">三</span> <span class="hanzi">点</span></span>
  <span class="hanzi">去我家</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">tā <span>jīntiān sān diăn</span> qù wǒ
  jiā</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/ta%20jintian%20sandian%20qu%20wo%20jia.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">He is going to my house at three
  o’clock</span> <span class="english">today.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The time words</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">今天三点</span> <span class="english">jīntiān sān diăn</span>
  <span class="english">three o’clock today</span> <span class=
  "english">are placed before the verb</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">去</span> <span class="english">qù</span> <span class=
  "english">to go</span> <span class="english">.</span>
  <span class="english">You might have noticed that the word order
  for time words is a reversed version of English word order. This
  is because Chinese word order in descriptions starts from the
  background and extends to the foreground. When expressing time,
  one starts with the year, then moves to the month, then the date,
  then the time, and so on. For instance, today is 24 June 2006.
  The word order in Chinese is 2004, June 24: 2004</span>
  <span class="hanzi">年</span> <span class="english">nián</span>
  <span class="english">6</span> <span class="hanzi">月</span>
  <span class="english">yuè</span> <span class="english">24</span>
  <span class="hanzi">日</span> <span class="english">rì</span>
  <span class="english">. Last May in Chinese will be</span>
  <span class="hanzi">去年五月</span> <span class="english">qùnián
  wŭyuè</span> <span class="english">(lit. last year’s
  May).</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
  explanation, please click here.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english"><a title=
  "These must be submitted before your lessons." target="_blank"
  href="Lessons%2014-16.htm#time%20when" style=
  "text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700">Assignments.</a></span></p>
  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (17, time
  when)</p>
  <p>I am going to see a film this evening.</p>
  <p>We have Chinese grammar lessons at 10 on Monday mornings</p>
  <p>I'm going to the library after the class. Would you like to
  go?</p>
  <p>No, I'm going to have coffee at the canteen this
  afternoon.</p>
  <p>When do you have your supper?</p>
  <p>at 6 in the evening.</p>
  <p>Should we have a Chinese meal this evening?</p>
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