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  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span><a name="Asking ages">Asking
  ages</a></span></span></p>
  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
  As with telling the time, the verb</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">
  used when talking about years of age:</span></span></p>
  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">你弟弟
  <span>几岁</span></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-weight: normal">nĭ dì di <span>jĭ
  suì</span></span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/ni%20didi%20ji%20sui.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span style=
  "font-weight: 400">H</span> <span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: 400">
  ow</span> <span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
  old is your younger brother</span> <span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
  ?</span> <span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal">
  (lit. your younger brother how old)</span></span></p>
  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
  我</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
  五</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
  岁</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
  的</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; color: red; font-weight: normal">
  时候</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">每</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">天</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">都</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">吃</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">中</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">国</span>
  <span class="hanzi" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal">饭</span>
  </span></p>
  <p><span class="Heading3Char"><span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">wǒ</span> <span class=
  "english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; color: red; font-weight: normal">wŭ suì de
  shíhou</span> <span class="english" style=
  "line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal">měitiān dōu chī Zhōngguó
  fàn</span></span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%205%20sui%20de%20shihou%20meitian.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">
  When I was five years old, I ate Chinese food every
  day.</span></span></p>
  <p><a href="Lessons%2014-16.htm#age" style=
  "text-decoration: none">Assignments</a></p>
  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (20, age)</p>
  <p>I'm 20 this year. How old are you?</p>
  <p>I'm 21. When is your birthday?</p>
  <p>30 January, and you?</p>
  <p>It's my birthday too.</p>
  <p>How old is your Chinese teacher?</p>
  <p>I don't know you should ask him.</p>
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