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- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span><a name="TellingTime" id=
- "TellingTime">Telling the time</a> (20)</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- You might remember that when giving the date in Chinese you start
- from the year, then go to the month and then the day. This
- background-to-foreground logic also applies to time-telling,
- where you start from</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 点</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">diăn</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- o’clock</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- , then go to</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 分</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">fēn</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- minute, then to</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 秒</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">miăo</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- second. The other two words that are commonly used for telling
- the time are</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 半</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">bàn</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- half and</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 刻</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">kè</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- quarter, as in</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">十一
- <span>点半</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">shí yī <span>diăn
- bàn</span></span></span> <span class="Heading3Char"><span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- half past eleven</span></span> <span class="Heading3Char">
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- (lit.</span></span> <span class="Heading3Char"><span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- eleven o’clock</span></span> <span class=
- "Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- half</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- );</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">十一
- <span>点</span>一 <span>刻</span></span> <span class="english"
- style="line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">shí yī
- <span>diăn</span> yí <span>kè</span></span> <span class="english"
- style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- quarter past eleven</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- (lit.</span></span> <span class="Heading3Char"><span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- eleven o’clock</span></span> <span class=
- "Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- a quarter</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- ). The word</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">刻</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">kè</span> <span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- quarter is only used for time, not for other objects. In
- colloquial Chinese, for 12 hour clock time reading you use the
- words</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 上午</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">shàngwŭ</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- a.m. (lit. up</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- noon</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- ) and</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 下午</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">xiàwŭ</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- p.m. (lit. down noon):</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 上</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
- 午</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">十一</span>
- <span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">点</span></span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">一
- <span>刻</span></span> </span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">shàngwŭ</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">shí yī <span>diăn</span>
- yí <span>kè</span></span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
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- "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- Quarter past eleven in the morning</span> <span class="english"
- style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- (lit. up</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- noon</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- ,</span></span> <span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english"
- style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- 11 o’clock</span></span> <span class="Heading3Char"><span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- , a quarter)</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- Another irregular feature which should be mentioned here is that
- two o’clock in Chinese can be either</span> <span class="hanzi"
- style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">二
- <span>点</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">èr
- <span>diăn</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- or</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">两
- <span>点</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">liáng
- <span>diăn</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- , although elsewhere it is normally</span> <span class="hanzi"
- style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">两</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">liăng</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- two that is used for describing quantities.</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- When asking or telling the time,</span> <span class="hanzi"
- style="line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">
- 是</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">shì</span> <span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- to be is</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman">not</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- needed:</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">现</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">在</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">几
- <span>点</span></span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">?</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">xiànzài jĭ
- <span>diăn</span></span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
- "Sound/xianzai%20ji%20dian.wav"><img src=
- "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- What time is it</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- ? (lit . now what time)</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">现</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">在</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">五</span>
- <span> <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">点</span></span>
- </span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">xiànzài wŭ
- <span>diăn</span></span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
- "Sound/xianzai%205.00.wav"><img src=
- "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- It’s 5 o’clock</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">.</span> <span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- (lit. now</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- 5 o’clock</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- )</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- The <u><span style="color:blue">modal particle</span></u></span>
- <u><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: blue; font-weight: normal">
- 了</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; color: blue; font-weight: normal">le</span></u>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">,</span> <span class=
- "english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- which indicates a change of situation, can be placed at the end
- of a sentence when expressing present time, as
- in</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">几点</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">了</span>
- <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">?</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">jĭ diăn le</span></span>
- <span class="english"><a href=
- "Sound/ji%20dian%20le.wav"><img src="../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- What time is it now</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- ?</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">五点</span>
- <span class="hanzi" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">了</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">wŭdiăn le</span></span>
- <span class="english"><a href="Sound/5.00%20le.wav"><img src=
- "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
- <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- It’s 5 o’clock now</span> <span class="english" style=
- "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
- .</span></span></p>
- <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
- explanation, please click here.</span></p>
- <p><span class="english"><a target="_blank" href=
- "Lessons%2014-16.htm#telling%20the%20time" style=
- "text-decoration: none">Assignments.</a></span></p>
- <p>Write down the following time in Chinese. (20, telling the
- time)</p>
- <p>11:15, 12:06, 6:55, 8:30, 5:42, 7:00, 9:45</p>
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