Lesson Wrap-Up

Lesson 3
Make It Flow!

Rearrange the following sentences into a logical sequence. Then combine them into

a coherent narrative. Remember to omit repetitive elements and substitute subjects with

personal pronouns where appropriate. Don’t forget to incorporate the adverb 都 (dōu) .
第三课
Dì sān kè
白英爱的妹妹是大学生。
白英爱的哥哥是大学生。
1 白英爱的爸爸是律师。
白英爱的妈妈是英文老师。
Role-Play

In groups, create your own “family,” assigning roles to each person. Then, as a group,

introduce yourselves to the class by stating your new names and family roles.

Family Photo

After you have introduced your new “family” to the class, take a family photo. Then,

label the picture with everyone’s Chinese name and family role and post it on social media.

Before proceeding to Lesson 3, make sure you can complete the

following tasks in Chinese:

时间 Shíjiān
² Say and write basic kinship terms

² Identify different family members in a photo

² Ask someone about family size

² Ask someone if he or she has any siblings TIME AND DATE

² Mention my family’s professions and my own

² Ask someone what he or she does professionally

² Say and write some common professions

Learning Objectives Relate & Get Ready

In this lesson, you will learn to: In your own culture/community:

± Discuss times and dates ± Do people write the month before

± Talk about ages and birthdays the day or vice versa?

± Arrange a dinner date ± Is it appropriate to ask someone’s

with someone age and birthday?

± What do people typically do

to celebrate their birthday?

 Pinyin Dialogue Language Notes

Out for a Birthday Dinner 1 a 2 2

Bái Yīng’ài, jiǔyuè shí’èr hào shì xīngqījǐ ? a 时间 (Shíjiān)

Shì xīngqīsì. Chinese time expressions proceed from the

b 3
二〇
largest to the smallest unit, e.g.,

Dialogue 1 Nà tiān shì wǒ de shēngrì.

Gao Wenzhong is talking to Bai Ying’ai about a special day coming up. c
一九年八月十二日晚上七点
Shì ma? Nǐ jīnnián duō dà ? (èr líng yī jiǔ nián bāyuè shí’èr rì wǎnshang

白英爱，九月十二 号 是星期几 ？
1 a 2 2 d

Shíbā suì . qī diǎn) (2019, August 12, 7:00 p.m.).

Video

天 (tiān) 年 (nián)
4

Wǒ xīngqīsì qǐng nǐ chī fàn , zěnmeyàng? b

and

是星期四。
Audio

e f
These nouns do not require a measure word
Tài hǎo le ! Xièxie, xièxie .
5 because they function as measure words on

那天 是我的 生日。
b 3
Nǐ xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài háishi
their own.

你今年多大？
Měiguó cài?

是吗？你今年多大 ？
c c

Wǒ shì Yīngguó rén, kěshì wǒ xǐhuan chī (Nǐ jīnnián duō dà?)

十八岁 。
d
Zhōngguó cài. Say this to find out someone’s age. If you’re

asking a child, use 你今年几岁？

Hǎo, wǒmen chī Zhōngguó cài.
(Nǐ jīnnián jǐ suì?)
我星期四请你吃饭 ，怎么样？
4 . To ask an older person,

Xīngqīsì jǐ diăn? use the polite forms 您多大年纪了？

Qī diǎn bàn zěnmeyàng? (Nín duō dà niánjì le?) 您多大岁
or

太好了 ! 谢谢，谢谢 。
e f

数了？ (Nín duō dà suìshù le?) .

Hǎo, xīngqīsì wǎnshang jiàn.

十八岁 (shíbā suì)
你喜欢吃中国菜还是 美国菜？
5 d
Zàijiàn!
State your age by saying 我十八岁

我是英国人，可是我喜欢吃中国菜。
(wǒ shíbā suì) (I’m eighteen years old). The verb

是 (shì) is usually not needed, and the word

岁 (suì)
好，我们吃中国菜。
(years of age) can often be dropped.

However, if the age is ten or under, the word

岁 (suì) 我十
星期四几点？
cannot be omitted: or

我八 . Note that it is incorrect to say,

我十八年.
七点半怎么样？ e
太…了 (tài . . . le)
太…了 (tài . . . le)
好，星期四晚上见。
When is used in an

exclamation (as in the case here), the

太 (tài)
再见！
stress usually falls on , and it can

typically be translated as “so” or “really.”

f 谢谢 (xièxie)
To express gratitude, say 谢谢 (xièxie) ,

or 谢谢，谢谢 (xièxie, xièxie) , which is

more polite and exuberant.

Vocabulary
Part of
No. Word Pinyin Definition
Speech

喜欢
Part of
No. Word Pinyin Definition
Speech 19 xǐhuan v to like

九月
菜
1 jiǔyuè n September

20 cài n dish, cuisine

2
月 yuè n month

21
还是 háishi conj or [See Grammar 6.]

Flashcards
3
十二 shí’èr nu twelve

22
可是 kěshì conj but

Audio
4
号 hào m
(measure word for position in a numerical series, day of the

month)
23
我们 wǒmen pr we, us

5
星期 xīngqī n week

24
点 diǎn m o’clock (lit. dot, point, thus “points on the clock”)

6
星期四 xīngqīsì n Thursday

25
半 bàn nu half, half an hour

7
天 tiān n day

26
晚上 wǎnshang t evening, night

8
生日 shēngrì n birthday

27
见 jiàn v to see

生 shēng v to give birth to, to be born

28
再见 zàijiàn v goodbye, see you again

日 rì n day, sun

再 zài adv again

9
今年 jīnnián t this year

29
英国 Yīngguó pn Britain

年 nián n year

10
多 duō adv how many/much, to what extent

11
大 dà adj big, old

12
十八 shíbā nu eighteen

13
岁 suì n year (of age)
你喜欢吃什么菜？
14
吃 chī v to eat

Nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme cài?

15
饭 fàn n meal, (cooked) rice
What do you like to eat?
我喜欢吃 。
Wǒ xǐhuan chī .
16
怎么样 zěnmeyàng qpr Is it OK? How is that? How does that sound?

See index
for vocab

太…了
ulary corr
espondin
or researc g to natio
h another nal cuisin
term. e
17 tài . . . le too, extremely

18
谢谢 xièxie v to thank
Grammar
ENGLISH CHINESE

a
Standard Informal Formal

1 Numbers up to 100
Monday
星期一 (xīngqīyī) 礼拜一 (lǐbàiyī) 周一 (zhōuyī)
Tuesday
星期二 (xīngqī’èr) 礼拜二 (lǐbài’èr) 周二 (zhōu’èr)
星期三 (xīngqīsān) 礼拜三 (lǐbàisān) 周三 (zhōusān)
The characters below serve as the basis for the Chinese numeration system.

Wednesday

〇 (líng) 一 (yī) 二 (èr) 三 (sān) 四 (sì) 五 (wǔ)

zero one two three four five
Thursday
星期四 (xīngqīsì) 礼拜四 (lǐbàisì) 周四 (zhōusì)
六 (liù) 七 (qī) 八 (bā) 九 (jiǔ) 十 (shí) Friday
星期五 (xīngqīwǔ) 礼拜五 (lǐbàiwǔ) 周五 (zhōuwǔ)
six seven eight nine ten

All other double-digit numbers can be formed using numbers from 一 (yī) 十 (shí)
to , following
Saturday
星期六 (xīngqīliù) 礼拜六 (lǐbàiliù) 周六 (zhōuliù)
星期日 (xīngqīrì) 礼拜日 (lǐbàirì)
周日 (zhōurì)
the patterns below.
or or

星期天 (xīngqītiān) 礼拜天 (lǐbàitiān)

Sunday
b

Pattern Application Example

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exercises
十 (shí) + Single Digit
11, 12–18, 19
十五 (shíwǔ) (15)
Weekend
周末 (zhōumò)
c

十 (shí) 四十(sìshí) 礼拜 (lǐbài) 星期 (xīngqī)

a
The expression is generally used in spoken Chinese and is more colloquial than .
20, 30–80, 90

星期日 (xīngqīrì) 星期天 (xīngqītiān)

Single Digit + (40)
b
is used more in written Chinese, whereas is used more in spoken Chinese.

Single Digit + 十 (shí) + Single Digit

21, 22–98, 99
八十三 (bāshísān) (83)
c
周末 (zhōumò) is used in standard, informal, and formal Chinese. [See Lesson 4.]

When counting by hundreds, the pattern is single digit + 百 (bǎi) (hundred), e.g.: 一百 (yìbǎi) Months

(one hundred), 二百/两百 (èrbǎi/liǎngbǎi) (two hundred).

English Chinese Pinyin

EXERCISES
January
一月 yīyuè

Say the following numbers in Chinese.

February
二月 èryuè
9 18 27 36 90 100
March
三月 sānyuè

April
四月 sìyuè

2 Dates May
五月 wǔyuè

June
六月 liùyuè

七月
Days of the week

星期几 (xīngqījǐ) is the standard way to ask the day of the week. To answer the question, simply
July qīyuè

几 (jǐ)
replace the word (how many) with the number indicating the day of the week. The following August
八月 bāyuè
周 (zhōu) 星期 (xīngqī)
九月
table shows varying degrees of formality. Note that (week) is formal, (week)
jiǔyuè
礼拜 (lǐbài)
September
is standard, and (week) is informal.

October
十月 shíyuè

November
十一月 shíyīyuè

December
十二月 shí’èryuè
Dates 3 Time
In spoken Chinese, 号 (hào) (number) is used to refer to dates. However, in written Chinese, 日 (rì) (day)

点 (diǎn) 点钟 (diǎnzhōng) 半 (bàn)

is used instead.
The terms used to tell the time are: / (o’clock), (half hour),

刻 (kè) 分 (fēn)
二月五号 二月五日
(quarter hour), and (minute).

A (spoken) (written)

Hour
èryuè wǔ hào èryuè wǔ rì
February 5 February 5
A 两点（钟） 十一点（钟）
Year liǎng diǎn (zhōng) shíyī diǎn (zhōng)
The word 年 (nián) (year) always follows the number referring to a specific year. Years are read one
2:00 11:00

digit at a time.

钟 (zhōng) can be omitted from 点钟 (diǎnzhōng) . 二点（钟） is not used.

B 一七八六年 二〇三九年 Minute

yī qī bā liù nián èr líng sān jiǔ nián

1786 2039
B 十二点四十（分） 五点二十（分）
shí’èr diǎn sìshí (fēn) wǔ diǎn èrshí (fēn)
Word order for dates
12:40 5:20

To specify a date in Chinese, observe the following order.

X 年 (X nián) X 月 (X yuè) X 号/日 (X hào/rì) 星期 X (xīngqī X) 两点〇五（分） 八点十分

Year Month Day Day of the Week
liǎng diǎn líng wǔ (fēn) bā diǎn shí fēn
2:05 8:10

C 二〇一九年七月二十六号/日星期五 〇 (líng)
When telling the time, (zero) is usually added before a single-digit number and 分 (fēn)
èr líng yī jiǔ nián qīyuè èrshíliù hào/rì, xīngqīwǔ (minute), e.g., 两点〇五分 (liǎng diǎn líng wǔ fēn) (2:05). 分 (fēn) can be omitted from the end of

the expression if the number for the minutes appears in two syllables. Another way of looking at this
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is that 分 (fēn) has to be added if the number for the minutes appears in one syllable.

一点四十 一点十分 [ 一点十]

EXERCISES

C
Say the following dates in Chinese.

1 Saturday, October 1, 1949

yī diǎn sìshí yī diǎn shí fēn
2 Friday, September 9, 1988
1:40 1:10

3 Tuesday, May 12, 2020

两点〇五 两点五分 [ 两点五]

liǎng diǎn líng wǔ liǎng diǎn wǔ fēn
2:05 2:05
 Quarter hour 4 Pronouns as modifiers and the particle 的 (de) (II)
D 两点一刻 十一点三刻 [ 两刻 ]
(two quarters) is not used
When personal pronouns such as 我 (wǒ) (I), 我们 (wǒmen) (we), 你 (nǐ)
他 (tā) 她
(you), (he), and

liǎng diǎn yí kè shíyī diǎn sān kè (tā) 的 (de)

(she) are followed by a term indicating a close personal relationship, the particle can be

2:15 11:45
我妈妈 (wǒ māma)
omitted, e.g., (my mother), 你弟弟 (nǐ dìdi) 我们家
(your younger brother),

(wǒmen jiā) 的 (de)

(our family). Otherwise 他的医生 (tā de yīshēng)
is generally required, e.g., (his

Half hour doctor),我的照片 (wǒ de zhàopiàn) (my photo).

E 两点半 十二点半
liǎng diǎn bàn shí’èr diǎn bàn
5 The sentence structure of 我请你吃饭 (wǒ qǐng nǐ chī fàn)
2:30 12:30

In the sentence 我请你吃饭 (wǒ qǐng nǐ chī fàn) (I will treat you to dinner), 你 (nǐ)(you) is the

Evening object of the verb 请 (qǐng) (to treat) as well as the subject of the second verb, 吃 (chī) (to eat).

F 晚上七点（钟） 晚上八点〇五（分） A 明天李先生请你吃中国菜。

wǎnshang qī diǎn (zhōng) wǎnshang bā diǎn líng wǔ (fēn) Míngtiān Lǐ xiānsheng qǐng nǐ chī Zhōngguó cài.
7:00 p.m. 8:05 p.m. Mr. Li is inviting you to have Chinese food tomorrow.

晚上九点一刻 晚上十点半 B 今天晚上我请你和你妹妹吃美国菜，

wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn yí kè wǎnshang shí diǎn bàn 怎么样？
9:15 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ qǐng nǐ hé nǐ mèimei chī Měiguó cài,
Observe the temporal progression from general to specific and from largest to smallest unit. zěnmeyàng?
I’ll treat you and your younger sister to American food tonight.

EXERCISES
How about it?
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exercises
Say the following times in Chinese.

1 3:45
EXERCISES More
exercises
2 4:00
Rearrange the words to form a question, and then answer it.

谁 七点半 白英爱 吃饭 请 星期四

9:09 p.m.

2 怎么样 吃饭 星期五 请 你 我
 6
Language Practice
Alternative questions

The structure (是)…还是… ([shì] . . . háishi . . . ) ( . . . or . . . ) is used to form an alternative

A March madness INTERPERSONAL

question. If there is another verb used in the predicate, the first 是 (shì) (to be) can often be omitted.

A 你哥哥是老师还是学生？ 三月
Nǐ gēge shì lǎoshī háishi xuésheng? 日 一 二 三 四 五 六
Is your older brother a teacher or a student? 1
十二
2
十三
3
十四
B Q: 他（是）喜欢吃中国菜还是喜欢吃美国菜？ 4十五 十六
5 6
惊蛰
7
十八
8
十九
9
二十
10
廿一
Tā (shì) xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài háishi xǐhuan chī Měiguó cài?
11 12
廿二 廿三
13
廿四
14
廿五
15
廿六
16
廿七
17
廿八
Does he like to eat Chinese or American food?

18 19
廿九 二月
20
初二
21
春分
22
初四
23
初五
24
初六
A: 中国菜、美国菜他都喜欢（吃）。
Zhōngguó cài, Měiguó cài tā dōu xǐhuan (chī).
25 26
初七 初八
27
初九
28
初十
29
十一
30
十二
31
十三
He likes both Chinese food and American food.

C 你是中国人还是美国人？ In pairs, form a question-and-answer about dates based on the calendar above, e.g.:

Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén háishi Měiguó rén? 三月二十一号

Are you Chinese or American?
sānyuè èrshíyī hào

D Q: 他（是）姓高还是姓王？ Q: 三月二十一号（是）星期几？
Sānyuè èrshíyī hào (shì) xīngqījǐ?
Tā (shì) xìng Gāo háishi xìng Wáng?
Is his family name Gao or Wang?
A: 三月二十一号（是）星期三。
Sānyuè èrshíyī hào (shì) xīngqīsān.

他不姓高，也不姓王。他姓李。
三月十八号
A:

1 sānyuè shíbā hào

Tā bú xìng Gāo, yě bú xìng Wáng. Tā xìng Lǐ.
His family name is not Gao or Wang. His family name is Li.
2 三月二十号 sānyuè èrshí hào

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exercises
EXERCISES 3 三月二十三号 sānyuè èrshísān hào

三月二十四号
In pairs, ask and answer these alternative questions.

你是中国人还是美国人？
4 sānyuè èrshísì hào
1

2 李友有姐姐还是有妹妹？
B See you then INTERPERSONAL D Which is it? INTERPERSONAL

Based on the visual clues given, ask your partner what time you will meet, e.g.: In pairs, form a question-and-answer by inserting 还是 (háishi) in the ◇ , e.g.:

7:30 Q : 我们几点见？ A: 我们七点半见。 高大哥有儿子◇女儿

Wǒmen jǐ diǎn jiàn? Wǒmen qī diǎn bàn jiàn. Gāo dàgē yǒu érzi ◇ nǚér

高大哥有儿子还是有女儿？
10
1
12

1
TO DO
9

1 2 8

7
3
2

3
星期四0
4 Q: Gāo dàgē yǒu érzi háishi yǒu nǚ’ér?
6:3
4
6
5

A: 高大哥有儿子。 Gāo dàgē yǒu érzi.

1 王朋是学生◇老师 Wáng Péng shì xuésheng ◇ lǎoshī

C When’s your birthday? INTERPERSONAL

2 高文中今年十八岁◇十九岁 Gāo Wénzhōng jīnnián shíbā suì ◇ shíjiǔ suì

白英爱的爸爸是医生◇律师
Find out when people’s birthdays are, e.g.:

3 Bái Yīng’ài de bàba shì yīshēng ◇ lǜshī

高文中的生日（是）几月几号？
李友是美国人◇英国人
Q:

Gāo Wénzhōng de shēngrì (shì) jǐ yuè jǐ hào? 4 Lǐ Yǒu shì Měiguó rén ◇ Yīngguó rén

A: 高文中的生日（是）九月十二号。 5 你喜欢星期五◇星期六 Nǐ xǐhuan xīngqīwǔ ◇ xīngqīliù

Gāo Wénzhōng de shēngrì (shì) jiǔyuè shí’èr hào.
你喜欢吃美国菜◇中国菜 Nǐ xǐhuan chī Měiguó cài ◇ Zhōngguó cài
你
6
1

nǐ
E Form a birthday dragon INTERPERSONAL

2 你爸爸
nǐ bàba Mobilize the class to ask each other’s birthday and form a line. Students whose birthdays are earlier

in the year will line up before people whose birthdays are later. After the line is formed, the teacher

你的生日（是）几月几号？ (Nǐ de shēngrì [shì] jǐ yuè jǐ hào?)

3 你妈妈 will ask the first student:

answering the question, the first student will ask the second student the same question, the second
. After

nǐ māma student will answer and ask the third, and so on. Then sing the “Happy Birthday” song in Chinese to

the student with the most recent birthday:

4 你哥哥/姐姐/弟弟/妹妹 祝你生日快乐 zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

nǐ gēge/jiějie/dìdi/mèimei
祝你生日快乐 zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

你们（的）老师 祝你生日快乐 zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

祝你生日快乐
5

zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

nǐmen (de) lǎoshī
F INTERPERSONAL
D.O.B. PRESENTATIONAL

On festive

occasions,

Chinese give

Share your and your family’s birthdays with a partner or the class. Your teacher will then ask out red envelopes

questions about the information reported.

(红包) (hóngbāo)
containing

我的生日（是） 月 号，
money for good

fortune. What
Chris
celebration is this

我爸爸的生日（是） 月 号， envelope for?

……
Wǒ de shēngrì (shì) yuè hào,

wǒ bàba de shēngrì (shì) yuè hào, GET

Real
... WITH
CHINESE

Teacher Chris 的生日（是）几月几号？

Chris 爸爸的生日（是）几月几号？ Characterize it!
Chris de shēngrì (shì) jǐ yuè jǐ hào? Chris bàba de shēngrì (shì) jǐ yuè jǐ hào?

九 星 多 日 岁
1 2 3 4 5
Top - Bottom

G Let’s eat! INTERPERSONAL

Which of these characters are formed with the pattern on the right?

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions about food preferences.

Q: 你喜欢吃什么菜？
英国菜还是美国菜？ 9:41 PM 85%

Lola
Chinese Chat
Nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme cài?
Yīngguó cài háishi Měiguó cài? You’re discussing your

upcoming birthday on
〈 WeChat
A: 我喜欢吃 菜。 WeChat with a friend.
8:23 PM

明天是我的生日！
How would you reply

Wǒ xǐhuan chī cài. to her question?

你喜欢吃 菜吗？
你今年多大？
Q:

Nǐ xǐhuan chī cài ma?

A: 我也喜欢吃/我不喜欢吃 菜。 ...
Wǒ yě xǐhuan chī/Wǒ bù xǐhuan chī cài.
 Pinyin Dialogue

Dinner Invitation
Bái Yīng’ài, xiànzài jǐ diǎn?

Wǔ diǎn sān kè.

Dialogue 2
Bai Ying’ai asks Wang Peng about his plans for tomorrow.
Wǒ liù diǎn yí kè yǒu shìr.
a 6

白英爱，现在几点？
Nǐ jīntiān hěn máng , míngtiān máng bu máng ?
Video

Wǒ jīntiān hěn máng, kěshì míngtiān bù máng.

五点三刻。
Audio

Yǒu shìr ma?

我六点一刻有事儿。
Míngtian wǒ qǐng nǐ chī wǎnfàn, zěnmeyàng?

Nǐ wèishénme qǐng wǒ chī fàn?

你今天很忙 ，明天忙不忙 ？
a 6

Yīnwèi míngtiān shì Gāo Wénzhōng de shēngrì.

7

我今天很忙，可是明天不忙。
Shì ma? Hǎo, hái qǐng shéi?

Hái qǐng wǒ de tóngxué Lǐ Yǒu.

有事儿吗？ Nà tài hǎo le! Wǒ rènshi Lǐ Yǒu, tā yě shì

明天我请你吃晚饭，怎么样？
wǒ de péngyou. Míngtiān jǐ diǎn?

Míngtiān wǎnshang qī diǎn bàn.

你为什么请我吃饭？ Hǎo, míngtiān qī diǎn bàn jiàn.

因为明天是高文中的生日。 Language Note

是吗？好。还 请谁？
7

a
很 (hěn)
还请我的同学李友。 When an adjective functions as a

predicate, it is usually preceded by

那太好了，我认识李友， adverbial modifiers such as 很 (hěn)

(very). [See Grammar 2, Lesson 5.]

她也是我的朋友。明天几点？
明天晚上七点半。
好，明天七点半见。
Vocabulary Grammar

Part of
No. Word Pinyin Definition
Speech
7 Affirmative + negative (A-not-A) questions (I)
1 现在 xiànzài t now

吗 (ma)
2
刻 kè m quarter (of an hour)
Besides adding the question particle to a declarative sentence, another common way of

forming a question is to repeat the verb or adjective in its affirmative and negative form.

3
事（儿） shì(r)
你今天忙不忙？ 我今天很忙。
n matter, affair, event

Flashcards
A Q: A:

Audio 4
今天 jīntiān t today

Nǐ jīntiān máng bu máng? Wǒ jīntiān hěn máng.

5
很 hěn adv very Are you busy today? I am very busy today.

6
忙 máng adj busy B Q: 你妈妈喜欢不喜欢吃中国菜？
7
明天 míngtiān t tomorrow
Nǐ māma xǐhuan bu xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài?
Does your mother like to eat Chinese food or not?

8
晚饭 wǎnfàn n dinner, supper

我妈妈不喜欢吃中国菜。
为什么
A:

9 wèishénme qpr why

Wǒ māma bù xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài.

为 wèi prep for My mother doesn’t like to eat Chinese food.

10
因为 yīnwèi conj because C Q: 请问，王律师今天有没有事儿？
11
还 hái adv also, too, as well [See Grammar 8.]
Qǐng wèn, Wáng lǜshī jīntiān yǒu méi yǒu shìr?

同学
Excuse me, is Lawyer Wang free today or not? More
exercises

12 tóngxué n classmate

王律师今天没有事儿。
认识
A:
13 rènshi v to be acquainted with, to recognize

Wáng lǜshī jīntiān méi yǒu shìr.

14
朋友 péngyou n friend Lawyer Wang is free today.

EXERCISES

Change the …吗 questions below into A-not-A questions. Use exercise 1 as an example.

1 王朋是北京人吗？→ 王朋是不是北京人？
2 高文中的哥哥有儿子吗？
你的生日是 几月几号？ 3 白英爱的爸爸是律师吗？
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
When is your birthday? 我的生日是 月 号。
Wǒ de shēngrì shì yuè hào.

See Gram
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 Language Practice
8 The adverb 还 (hái) (also, too, as well)

As an adverb, 还 (hái) (also, too, as well) indicates that the action or situation denoted by the verb
H Just double-checking INTERPERSONAL

involves someone or something else.

A 白英爱请高文中和王朋，还请李友。 In pairs, take turns rearranging the declarative sentence into an A-not-A question for your partner

to answer, e.g.:

Bái Yīng’ài qǐng Gāo Wénzhōng hé Wáng Péng, hái qǐng Lǐ Yǒu.
Bai Ying’ai is inviting Gao Wenzhong and Wang Peng, and Li You, too. 王朋是◇北京人 Wáng Péng shì ◇ Běijīng rén

B 王朋喜欢吃中国菜，还喜欢吃美国菜。 王朋是不是北京人？
Q: Wáng Péng shì bu shì Běijīng rén?

Wáng Péng xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài, hái xǐhuan chī Měiguó cài.
王朋是北京人。
A: Wáng Péng shì Běijīng rén.

今天是◇星期五
Wang Peng likes to eat Chinese food, and American food, too.

1 jīntiān shì ◇ xīngqīwǔ

EXERCISES

Add more information to the sentences by inserting 还 where appropriate. Use exercise 1

高大哥有◇女儿
as an example.

Gāo dàgē yǒu ◇ nǚ’ér

高文中有姐姐。 哥哥
2

→ 高文中有姐姐，还有哥哥。
2 白英爱明天请高文中吃饭。 王朋 3 你喜欢 ◇ 高文中 nǐ xǐhuan ◇ Gāo Wénzhōng

3 王朋认识白英爱。 李友
4 王朋认识 ◇ 白英爱 Wáng Péng rènshi ◇ Bái Yīng’ài

〈 Messages Ying Wang Contact Chinese Chat

明天晚上忙吗？我请你吃饭。
You and a friend are

using iMessage to set

up a dinner date. How

5 我们的老师忙 ◇ wǒmen de lǎoshī máng ◇
... would you respond to

明天星期六，也是我二十岁的生日。 finalize your plans?

... 6 美国大 ◇ Měiguó dà ◇

你，还有我的同学小王。
...

晚上六点半，怎么样？
...

iMessage Send
I This and that INTERPERSONAL K Making dinner plans INTERPERSONAL

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions. Use 还 (hái) , e.g.: Ask your friend out to dinner.

Q: 白英爱喜欢吃什么菜？ 我星期 请你吃晚饭，怎么样？

Bái Yīng’ài xǐhuan chī shénme cài? Wǒ xīngqī qǐng nǐ chī wǎnfàn, zěnmeyàng?

A: 白英爱喜欢吃美国菜，还喜欢吃中国菜。 Your friend is busy that day, and suggests an alternative time:

星期 ，我很忙。
Bái Yīng’ài xǐhuan chī Měiguó cài, hái xǐhuan chī Zhōngguó cài.

1 Q: 白英爱请谁吃饭？ Xīngqī , wǒ hěn máng.

Bái Yīng’ài qǐng shéi chī fàn? 星期 ，怎么样？

Xīngqī , zěnmeyàng?
A:

Your response:

2 Q: 李友认识谁？
Lǐ Yǒu rènshi shéi?
Your friend wants to find out who else will be there, and asks:

A:
你还请谁？
Nǐ hái qǐng shéi?

Your answer:

我还请 。
J INTERPERSONAL
When are you free? PRESENTATIONAL

Find out when your partner is free this week, e.g.:

Wǒ hái qǐng .

Q: 你星期一忙不忙？ Nǐ xīngqīyī máng bu máng?

我星期一很忙/不忙。 Wǒ xīngqīyī hěn máng/bù máng.

Chinese Chat
Li You @liyou_88 • Aug 10 Follow
今天是我的生日，朋友请我吃饭！
A:

Li You just posted this

How about Tuesday? on Twitter during an

星期二呢？你忙不忙？
evening out with

friends. How do you

Q: Xīngqī’èr ne? Nǐ máng bu máng?

……
think she is feeling?

A: ...

Go through the days of the week. Then report to the class when your partner is free.

星期一、
Emma 、 ……很忙，
星期二、 、 ……不忙。
Emma xīngqīyī, , . . . hěn máng, xīngqī’èr, , . . . bù máng.
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Pronunciation Characterize it!
What do the characters mean?

星 晚 明
1 2 3
More
Practice your pronunciation with the audio exercises below. What is the common radical? characters

What does the radical mean?

1 The initial r: 4 The neutral tone:

How does the radical relate to the

1 shēngrì 5 réngrán 1 zhè ge 5 wǎnshang
overall meaning of the characters?

2 rìjì 6 ránhòu 2 nà ge 6 xièxie

3 rèqíng 7 ruìlì 3 wǒmen 7 xǐhuan
4 rénmín 8 ràngbù 4 nǐmen 8 rènshi
Audio

2 Finals: 5 Tone sandhi:

[See D.2, Basics]

1 ie jiè xiě qié tiě
2 ue jué xué quē qiē 1 zhǎnlǎn 5 shǒufǎ
You receive a group message from Bai Ying’ai

3 uo duō tuō zuò cuò 2 lǚguǎn 6 yǔnxǔ about dinner plans on WeChat （微信）(Wēixìn),
one of the most popular messaging apps in China.
4 ou dōu tóu zǒu còu 3 yǔsǎn 7 xuǎnjǔ
What would you need to ask in order to add the

5 u zhū chū zū cū 4 qǔshě 8 guǎngchǎng event to your calendar?

3 Two-syllable words:
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星期四是高文中的生日！他是英国人，
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CULTURAL LITERACY

The traditional Chinese manner of counting age,

which is still in use among many (mainly older) people

COMPARE
& CONTRAST

on non-official occasions, is based on the number 1 Research holidays and festivals

of calendar years one has lived in, rather than the observed in Chinese-speaking

Continue length of time in actual years that one has lived. For countries. Are similar holidays and
to explore
example, a child born in January 2016 is said to have festivals observed in your own

turned two in January 2017, since the child has by country or culture?

then lived during two calendar years, 2016 and 2017.

But for official purposes, for instance in the census,

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the child would still be considered one year old. The

former is called the child’s nominal age, 虚岁 (xūsuì) ,

considered auspicious because

and the latter his/her actual age, 实岁 (shísuì) .

they sound similar to words with

lucky meanings. Look up the

久 (jiǔ)
Age
word in a dictionary. What

number is it a homophone of,

and why do you think this number

is popular at weddings? Can you

think of another culture in which

numbers carry auspicious meaning?

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Lesson 4
Make It Flow!

Rearrange the following sentences into a logical sequence. Then combine them

into a coherent narrative. Try to replace a proper noun with a personal

pronoun and 星期四 (xīngqīsì) with 那天 (nà tiān) wherever appropriate.

第四课
Dì sì kè
星期四是高文中的生日。
1 高文中今年十八岁。
白英爱星期四请高文中吃饭。
白英爱和高文中吃中国菜。
Birthday Party

Share your date of birth with your classmates. If anyone is celebrating his or her

birthday this or next month, organize a party to celebrate! Find out when everyone is free

and what type of food they like. When everyone has agreed on the time, confirm it:

好 (hǎo)， 见 (jiàn)！
Birthday Card

Write your friend’s Chinese or English name and age, combined with 祝你生日快乐！

爱好
(Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuài lè!) (Happy Birthday), on a birthday card. Don’t forget to date and sign

it before delivery.

Aìhào
Before proceeding to Lesson 4, make sure you can complete the

following tasks in Chinese:

² Say and write times and dates HOBBIES

² Ask someone’s age and birthday

² Give my age and birthday

² Name my favorite cuisine

² Ask about someone’s availability and set up a Learning Objectives Relate & Get Ready
dinner appointment

In this lesson, you will learn to: In your own culture/community:

± Name common hobbies ± What are people’s favorite pastimes?

± Ask about someone’s hobbies ± What do people usually do on

± Make plans for the weekend weekends?

with friends