start end text 0 6500 Standard Chinese, A Modular Approach, Biographic Information Module Unit 8, Production Tape 1 7500 14000 On the comprehension tape in this unit, you learn to understand a number of expressions telling about what you've done and how long you did it. 14500 17500 You also learn some expressions used in talking about military service. 18000 22000 Before you go on to learn how to say these things, check your understanding of them. 22500 24500 Put the following sentences into English. 25000 26000 Number 1 26000 30000 你今天還有課嗎? 33000 35000 Do you have any more classes today? 36000 37000 沒有課了 39000 41000 I don't have any more classes. 41500 42500 Number 2 43000 46000 你從前念英文念了多久? 49000 51000 How long did you study English? 51000 56000 我念英文念了四年 57000 60000 I studied English for four years. 61000 62000 Number 3 63000 66000 你念法文念了多久了? 68000 71000 How long have you been studying French? 72000 74000 我念了一年了 76000 79000 I've been studying it for one year. 79000 80000 Number 4 81000 84000 去年我還不會寫中國字 86000 89000 Last year I couldn't write Chinese characters. 90000 92000 現在我會寫一點了 94000 96000 Now I can write a little bit. 97000 98000 Number 5 99000 101000 你父親是軍人嗎? 103000 105000 Is your father a military man? 105000 109000 是,他是海軍軍官 111000 113000 Yes, he's a naval officer. 114000 115000 Number 6 117000 118000 我今天不來了 120000 122000 I'm not coming today. 123000 124000 我病了 125000 126000 I'm sick. 127000 128000 Number 7 130000 131000 今天好了嗎? 131000 133000 Are you better today? 134000 135000 今天好嗎? 138000 139000 I'm all right today. 141000 143000 If you had any problems with these sentences, 143000 145000 rewind the tape and work on them some more. 146000 147000 If you understood them, 147000 149000 you should begin learning how to say them. 149000 151000 Listen to this first exchange. 152000 154000 Karl Matthews and Chen Da Gang 154000 155000 are talking after class. 157000 159000 你今天還有課嗎? 159000 161000 你今天還有課嗎? 162000 163000 沒有課了 165000 166000 Repeat the word for class. 168000 169000 課 170000 171000 課 172000 173000 課 175000 177000 Repeat, I don't have any more classes. 179000 180000 沒有課了 182000 183000 沒有課了 183000 187000 沒有課了 201000 202000 Repeat the word for class. 203000 204000 沒有課了 205000 206000 沒有課了 210000 211000 You have no more classes. 211000 213160 never occurred with the marker l'er 213160 214960 or that is true for most verbs 214960 217080 the verb yo is an exception 217080 220440 other verbs negated with bu occur with new situation l'er 220440 222640 to give the idea of not anymore 222640 224240 or punien hula 224240 226640 I'm not going to study anymore 226640 229880 since the verb yo never takes the negative prefix bu 229880 232760 you hear the prefix me along with the marker l'er 232760 235120 an expression such as me or l'er 235120 237040 there is no more 237040 238160 how do you say 238160 243480 I don't have any more classes 243480 246880 没有课了 246880 248040 how would you say 248040 253520 he's not coming anymore 253520 257520 他不来了 257520 258720 how would you say 258720 264920 she's not going to study anymore 264920 268080 他不念书了 268080 270800 proresponding in the exchange yourself now 270800 272400 when asked if you have any more classes 272400 275480 answer that you don't 275480 280520 你今天还有课吗 280520 283200 没有课了 283200 285720 again 285720 290200 你今天还有课吗 290200 294400 没有课了 294400 298160 since claire matthews and chuan dagang have the rest of the day free 298160 300360 they are going to visit the palace museum 300360 303560 on the ride out to the museum they talk 303560 307000 你从前念英文念了多久 307000 310920 我念英文念了六年 310920 313600 when you want to ask someone how long they did something 313600 316040 you first state the activity you're asking about 316040 318640 then you repeat the verb and ask how long 318640 319640 repeat 319640 322760 how long did you study English 322760 329880 你念英文念了多久 329880 334760 你念英文念了多久 334760 338920 notice that any aspect marker such as the marker lower for completed action 338920 341240 follows the second verb in the question 341240 342520 repeat again 342520 344960 how long did you study English 344960 351600 你念英文念了多久 351600 357920 你念英文念了多久 357920 361920 if you want to make it even more clear that you're asking about a completed action here 361920 364120 you can add the adverb从前 364120 365880 formerly or in the past 365880 366840 repeat 366840 369800 how long did you study English 369800 378080 你从前念英文念了多久 378080 384760 你从前念英文念了多久 384760 388040 notice that any adverb of time such as从前 388040 390880 comes before the first verb in the sentence 390880 393040 try asking the question yourself now 393040 402280 ask how long did you study English 402280 406080 你从前念英文念了多久 406080 410960 我念英文念了六年 410960 417000 again 417000 420280 你从前念英文念了多久 420280 425160 我念英文念了六年 425160 428320 listen as the conversation continues 428320 430760 你现在念什么呢 430760 434200 我念法文呢 434200 437120 repeat the word for French 437120 445880 法文 445880 449720 repeat I'm studying French 449720 458040 我念法文呢 458040 462280 the marker no is used to indicate an ongoing activity 462280 465640 take the part of Tan Da Gang and answer the question 465640 469080 say that you're studying French now 469080 475160 你现在念什么呢 475160 479240 我念法文呢 479240 480960 again 480960 486960 你现在念什么呢 486960 491320 我念法文呢 491320 492840 Claire has another question 492840 494680 lie 494680 498440 你念法文念了多久了 498440 501920 我念了一年了 501920 506840 repeat how long have you been studying French 506840 514520 你念法文念了多久了 514520 521040 你念法文念了多久了 521040 525080 in this question you're asking about the duration of an ongoing action 525080 527400 you've seen this before in questions such as 527400 529160 你来了多久了 529160 532280 where the marker law for completed action follows the verb 532280 536840 and the marker law for new situations comes at the end of the sentence 536840 538400 repeat the question again 538400 541800 how long have you been studying French 541800 549960 你念法文念了多久了 549960 555400 你念法文念了多久了 555400 559680 notice again that the aspect markers come in the second part of the sentence 559680 560960 ask the question again 560960 567440 this time you'll get a reply 567440 570640 你念法文念了多久了 570640 575080 我念了一年了 575080 579080 again 579080 583720 你念法文念了多久了 583720 587720 我念了一年了 587720 589480 here's a short review 589480 599040 how do you ask how long did you study English 599040 605680 你从前念英文念了多久 605680 609040 how do you ask how long have you been studying French 609040 620240 你念法文念了多久了 620240 630000 how would you say I studied history for two years 630000 635600 我念历史念了两年 635600 639000 how would you say I've been studying Chinese for two years 639000 650240 我念中文念了两年了 650240 652880 now Chen Da Gang has a question for Clara 652880 655280 listen 655280 658080 你会写中国字吗 658080 660680 会一点 660680 663520 repeat the expression a little bit 663520 673440 一点 673440 677040 repeat I can a little 677040 680880 会一点 680880 684360 会点 684360 689320 会点 689320 695120 try answering the question yourself 695120 699280 你会写中国字吗 699280 701720 会一点 701720 703760 again 703760 708040 你会写中国字吗 708040 712400 会一点 712400 714360 now let's take a look at the question 714360 717200 repeat the verb to write 717200 725760 写 725760 729440 repeat Chinese characters 729440 739840 中国字 739840 744240 repeat can you write Chinese characters 744240 752040 你会写中国字吗 752040 757320 你会写中国字吗 757320 764160 as an auxiliary verb 会 can comes before the main verb 写 to write 764160 765800 try asking the question yourself now 765800 767360 you'll get a reply 767360 773320 can you write Chinese characters 773320 776360 你会写中国字吗 776360 779120 会一点 779120 784840 again 784840 787840 你会写中国字吗 787840 790840 会一点 790840 794000 clure continue 794000 796240 去年我还不会写 796240 801320 现在我会写一点了 801320 802320 repeat 802320 805000 last year I couldn't write them 805000 811880 去年我还不会写 811880 818480 去年我还不会写 818480 822000 notice that even though you're talking about something that happened last year 822000 824200 the negative mark of 不 is used 824200 828400 as a state verb 会 can only be negated with 不 828400 829680 repeat again 829680 834080 last year I couldn't yet write them 834080 842920 去年我还不会写 842920 845480 notice also the use of the adverb 还 845480 847560 which can mean yet 847560 851080 the adverb 还 is used in this sentence to emphasize the fact that 851080 853840 even last year she couldn't yet write Chinese 853840 855320 the use of 还 855320 856920 like the use of yet in English 856920 860480 leaves you expecting some change in the situation 860480 861760 how do you say 861760 867880 last year I couldn't write them 867880 872760 去年我还不会写 872760 874480 now repeat 874480 877720 now I can write them a little bit 877720 884240 现在我会写一点了 884240 892760 现在我会写一点了 892760 896040 the marker learned in this sentence is the new situation marker 896040 899520 signaling the change in her learning to write Chinese characters 899520 904080 the marker learned for new situations always goes at the end of the sentence 904080 905640 repeat again 905640 908720 now I can write them a little bit 908720 914200 现在我会写一点了 914200 919080 现在我会写一点了 919080 922760 notice that there is no equivalent of the word them in the Chinese sentence 922760 924120 you're actually saying 924120 925920 now I can write a little bit 925920 929480 the contact makes it clear that you're referring to Chinese characters 929480 930720 how do you say 930720 937800 last year I couldn't yet write them 937800 941960 去年我还不会写 941960 943080 how do you say 943080 950200 now I can write them a little bit 950200 956920 现在我会写一点了 956920 959080 here's a quick vocabulary review 959080 963800 what's the word for French 963800 965720 法文 965720 969920 what's the word for class 969920 971680 课 971680 975880 what's the verb to write 975880 977880 写 977880 982440 how do you say Chinese characters 982440 986120 中国字 986120 989960 later in the conversation Claire asks 989960 992240 你父亲是军人吗 992240 993280 是 993280 997600 他是海军军官 997600 1000440 repeat military man 1000440 1002800 军人 1002800 1005720 军人 1005720 1009080 军人 1009080 1013360 repeat is your father a military man 1013360 1019160 你父亲是军人吗 1019160 1024960 你父亲是军人吗 1024960 1027200 price saying it ahead of the speaker 1027200 1033200 is your father a military man 1033200 1037280 你父亲是军人吗 1037280 1038680 ask the question again 1038680 1040520 this time you'll get a reply 1040520 1045760 is your father a military man 1045760 1048440 你父亲是军人吗 1048440 1049240 是 1049240 1052560 他是海军军官 1052560 1056520 again 1056520 1059040 你父亲是军人吗 1059040 1059880 是 1059880 1064640 他是海军军官 1064640 1066520 now let's take a look at the answer 1066520 1069800 repeat officer 1069800 1072400 军官 1072400 1075120 军官 1075120 1077960 军官 1077960 1080960 repeat navy 1080960 1083640 海军 1083640 1086520 海军 1086520 1090080 海军 1090080 1093520 repeat naval officer 1093520 1097520 海军军官 1097520 1102320 海军军官 1102320 1103560 repeat 1103560 1107040 he's a naval officer 1107040 1112760 他是海军军官 1112760 1117640 他是海军军官 1117640 1118560 repeat 1118560 1121680 yes he's a naval officer 1121680 1122680 是 1122680 1128760 他是海军军官 1128760 1129520 是 1129520 1134480 他是海军军官 1134480 1137160 try answering the question yourself now 1137160 1140520 say that he's a naval officer 1140520 1146800 你父亲是军人吗 1146800 1147520 是 1147520 1152400 他是海军军官 1152400 1154760 again 1154760 1160480 你父亲是军人吗 1160480 1161240 是 1161240 1166120 他是海军军官 1166120 1170120 what's the word for officer 1170120 1172280 军官 1172280 1176920 what's the word for military man 1176920 1180680 军人 1180680 1185840 how do you say naval officer 1185840 1190880 海军军官 1190880 1192360 a couple of days later 1192360 1193400 陈大刚 1193400 1198160 call clare to say that he won't be in class 1198160 1200000 我今天不来了 1200000 1203240 我病了 1203240 1206840 repeat the verb to get sick 1206840 1209920 病 1209920 1212640 病 1212640 1214920 病 1214920 1218840 the verb 病 to get sick is a process verb 1218840 1223440 as the name implies a process verb describes change from one state to another 1223440 1225520 like the change from raw to cooked 1225520 1228080 or the change from frozen to thawed 1228080 1230560 here the change is from healthy to ill 1230560 1232120 repeat I'm sick 1232120 1233400 or more literally 1233400 1236160 I've gotten sick 1236160 1239120 我病了 1239120 1243120 我病了 1243120 1246640 the marker lure in this sentence signals the completion of the process 1246640 1250240 that is he's no longer just coming down with something he's got it 1250240 1255320 how do you say I'm sick 1255320 1258440 我病了 1258440 1263240 now repeat I'm not coming today 1263240 1268440 我今天不来了 1268440 1272040 我今天不来了 1272040 1276600 notice the use of the marker lure for new situation to indicate that there's a change 1276600 1278920 the change is in his usual routine 1278920 1281400 today he won't be coming to school 1281400 1283200 repeat I'm not coming today 1283200 1286240 I'm sick 1286240 1288200 我今天不来了 1288200 1293480 我病了 1293480 1295480 我今天不来了 1295480 1301520 我病了 1301520 1303600 try saying it ahead of the speaker 1303600 1304720 I'm not coming today 1304720 1310840 I'm sick 1310840 1312720 我今天不来了 1312720 1319240 我病了 1319240 1320600 a day or two later 1320600 1322600 程大刚 is back at school 1322600 1325000 he talks with Clara 1325000 1326880 今天好了没有 1326880 1330080 今天好了 1330080 1336240 repeat are you better today 1336240 1341920 今天好了没有 1341920 1344720 今天好了没有 1344720 1349160 here the verb how is the process verb to get better to become well 1349160 1352000 not the state verb to be good or well 1352000 1355760 as a process verb how can occur with combined look 1355760 1358200 which shows both that the process is completed 1358200 1360840 and that a new situation has occurred 1360840 1362200 repeat again 1362200 1365560 are you better today 1365560 1370120 今天好了没有 1370120 1374320 今天好了没有 1374320 1376360 notice that the question here is formed using 1376360 1378200 mail not ma 1378200 1380680 this can be done whenever the sentence includes a marker 1380680 1383560 lure for completed action 1383560 1389520 how do you say are you better today 1389520 1395920 今天好了没有 1395920 1397560 ask the question again 1397560 1399400 this time you'll get a reply 1399400 1402840 are you better today 1402840 1405480 今天好了没有 1405480 1409080 今天好了 1409080 1413120 again 1413120 1414680 今天好了没有 1414680 1418640 今天好了 1418640 1421200 now let's review what's been covered on this tape 1421200 1424760 put the following sentences into Chinese 1424760 1426400 number one 1426400 1432320 do you have any more classes today 1432320 1437000 你今天还有课吗 1437000 1441280 I don't have any more classes 1441280 1445000 没有课了 1445000 1446240 number two 1446240 1453040 how long did you study English 1453040 1457840 你从前念英文念了多久 1457840 1464640 I studied English for four years 1464640 1470960 我念英文念了四年 1470960 1472360 number three 1472360 1479080 what are you studying now 1479080 1482320 你现在念什么呢 1482320 1486480 I'm studying French 1486480 1489720 我念法文了 1489720 1491600 number four 1491600 1498320 how long have you been studying French 1498320 1502360 你念法文念了多久了 1502360 1508560 I've been studying it for one year 1508560 1511680 我念了一年了 1511680 1513080 number five 1513080 1521760 last year I couldn't write Chinese characters 1521760 1525720 去年我还不会写中文字 1525720 1532080 now I can write them a little 1532080 1536080 现在我会写一点了 1536080 1537560 number six 1537560 1543400 is your father a military man 1543400 1548200 你父亲是军人吗 1548200 1554680 yes he's a naval officer 1554680 1559160 是他是海军军官 1559160 1560320 number seven 1560320 1565800 I'm not coming today 1565800 1569120 我今天不来了 1569120 1572280 I'm sick 1572280 1575920 我病了 1575920 1577640 number eight 1577640 1581920 are you better today 1581920 1585680 今天好了没有 1585680 1590280 I'm all right today 1590280 1593720 今天好了 1593720 1595280 this is the end of the tape 1595280 1597240 and the photographic information 1597240 1626320 unit eight production tape one