1. Tā cóngqián bú huì xiě Zhōngguo zì. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不会写中国字。现在呢? In the past he/she couldn’t write Chinese characters. And now? Tā hái bú huì xiě Zhōngguo zì. 他/她还不会写中国字。 He/she still can’t write Chinese characters. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 2. Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé Rìwén. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不想学日文。现在呢? In the past he/she didn’t want to learn Japanese. And now? Tā hái bù xiǎng xüé Rìwén. 他/她还不想学日文。 He/she still doesn’t want to learn Japanese. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 3. Tā cóngqián bú niàn lìshǐ. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不念历史。现在呢? In the past he/she didn’t learn history. And now? Tā hái bú niàn lìshǐ. 他/她还不念历史。 He/she still doesn’t learn history. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 4. Tā cóngqián bù dǒng Fàwén. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不董法文。现在呢? In the past he/she didn’t understand French. And now? Tā hái bù dǒng Fàwén. 他/她还不董法文。 He/she still doesn’t understand French. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 5. Tāmen cóngqián méiyou háizi. Xiànzài ne? 他/她们从前没有孩子。现在呢? In the past he/she didn’t have children. And now? Tāmen hái méiyou háizi. 他/她们还没有孩子。 He/she still doesn’t have any children. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 6. Tā cóngqián bú huì shuō Déguo huà. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不会说德国话 。现在呢? In the past he/she couldn’t speak German. And now? Tā hái bú huì shuō Déguo huà. 他/她还不会说德国话。 He/she still doesn’t speak German. 2 8 FSI-Chinese 7. Tā cóngqián bù xiǎng xüé Yīngwén. Xiànzài ne? 他/她从前不想学英文。现在呢? In the past he/she didn’t want to learn English. And now? Tā hái bù xiǎng xüé Yīngwén. 他/她还不想学英文。 He/she still doesn’t want to learn English. 2 8 FSI-Chinese