Saying the Date

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Saying the Date
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The date today

• To say the date just put the number in Chinese
  plus hào
• So, Jintian èr shí san hào today (is) the 23rd
• Jintian today
• How would you say?
• Today is the 2nd
• Today is the 31st
• Today is the 9th
• Today is the 15th

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The month

• The months are very easy to say
• Yuè month
• Number yuè month, so yi yuè january
• How would you say
• February
• October
• May
• July

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The year

• Nián year
• Líng 0
• Simply say each of the numbers in the year
  followed by nián
• 2006 èr líng líng liù nián
• How would you say
• 2001
• 1998
• 1957

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Putting it together

• In Chinese they always go from big to small, so
  the year comes first, followed by the month and
  day
• The 4th July 2006
• 2006 July 4th
• èr líng líng liù nián qi yuè sì hào
• How would you say
• Today is the 16th September 1999
• Today is the 29th December 2004

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Days of the Week

• Also very simple!
• Monday week1, Tuesday week2
• Week xingqi
• So, Monday xingqiyi
• Sunday is a bit different xingqitian or xingqirì
• How would you say
• Tuesday
• Thursday
• Saturday

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Questions

• Jintian ji yuè ji hào?
• Ji how many
• Ni de shengri shì ji yuè ji hào?
• Shengri birthday
• Míngtian tomorrow
• Zuótian yesterday
• Wanshang evening
• Shàngwu morning
• Xiàwu afternoon

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Telling the time
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Telling the time

• Xiànzài ji dian?
• Xiànzài now
• Dian oclock, hour
• Xiànzài shì (number) dian (number) fen
• Fen minutes
• Liang dian 2 oclock
• Bán half past
• Yi kè quarter past, chà yi kè quarter to
• Ni shénme shíhou (qù)? What time are you (going)?

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Questions

• Ni ji dian shàng kè?
• Wo (time) shàng kè.
• Ni ji dian xià kè?
• Ni ji dian qi chuáng?
• Ni ji dian chi fàn?