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yǒude shiéhou: “sometimes” This is also said as yǒu shíyou.
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-xià yǔ: “to rain” Literally, “(there) falls rain.” Now you have seen
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-three weather expressions where the subject normally follows the verb:
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-xià xuě, guā fēng and xià yǔ.
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+xià yǔ: “to rain” Literally, “(there) falls rain.” Now you have seen three weather expressions where the subject normally follows the verb: xià xuě, guā fēng and xià yǔ.
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Wǒ zhēn xiǎng Jiāzhōu: “I really miss California” The verb xiǎng, translated here as “to miss,” is the same verb as “to think” (“I really think of California [with nostalgia]”).
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F: Táiběide qiūtiān ne? How about the fall in Taipei?
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M: Òu, Jiǔ-Shíyuè hái hěn rè, Shíyíyuè jiù liángkuai le. Oh, in September and October it’s still hot. By November it gets cool.
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+Part 3
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21. Nǐ lǎojiā zài chéngli háishi zài xiāngxià? Is your home in the city or in the country?
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22. Nàli yǒu shān, yǒu sēnlín, hái yǒu hú. There are mountains and forests there and lakes, too.
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NOTE ON THE DIALOGUE
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-Liǎngbiān me...: me indicates hesitation, indecision or consideration. It is translated here by the words “as for.”
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+Liǎngbiān me...: me indicates hesitation, indecision or consideration. It is translated here by the words “as for.”
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SECOND DIALOGUE FOR PART I
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niàn gěi wǒmen tīngting read it aloud for us to listen
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-mǎi nèidǐng màozi gěi tā dài buy that hat to give to her to wear
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+mǎi nèidǐng màozi gěi tā dài mǎi nèidǐng màozi gěi tā dài
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zuò nèige diǎnxīn gěi háizi chī make that pastry for the child to eat
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ràng: “to let, to allow, to have (someone do something)” This is a prepositional verb which you will see more of in Unit 6.
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-...duō xiūxi xiuxi: “rest a lot” The adjectival verb “to be many, to be much, to be a lot” is used here as an adverb modifying the verb “to rest”, xiūxi. As an adverb, duō may mean “a lot,” “more,” or “too much,” depending on the context. In duō xiūxi xiuxi it obviously means Wa lot” or “more.”
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+...duō xiūxi xiuxi: “rest a lot” The adjectival verb “to be many, to be much, to be a lot” is used here as an adverb modifying the verb “to rest”, xiūxi. As an adverb, duō may mean “a lot,” “more,” or “too much,” depending on the context. In duō xiūxi xiuxi it obviously means “a lot” or “more.”
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Yǐhòu, wǒ yào duō xiàng nín xuéxí. From now on, I shall learn from you more.
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Tā bú ràng wǒ zǒu. She won't let me leave.
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-Nǐ zěnme kéyi ràng tā zènme bù gāoxìng? How could you make her so unhappyI
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+Nǐ zěnme kéyi ràng tā zènme bù gāoxìng? How could you make her so unhappy?
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FIRST DIALOGUE FOR PART III
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