Lesson 3 Dialogue 2

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Lesson 3 Dialogue 2

• Grammar

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Chinese adverb ? (hen)

• Although usually translated as very, the
  Chinese adverb ? (hen) is not quite as strong as
  its English equivalent.
• Therefore, the sentence ??? (Wo hen máng)unless
  the word ? (hen) is stressedis closer to I am
  busy than I am very busy.

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Affirmative Negative (A-not-A) Questions

• Besides adding the question particle ? (ma) to a
  declarative sentence, another common way of
  forming a question in Chinese is to repeat the
  verb or adjective in its affirmative and negative
  form.

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• A
• ???????
• Ni jintian máng bu máng?
• Are you busy today?

• B
• ??????
• Wo jintian hen máng.
• I am busy today.

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• A
• ?????????????
• Ni mama xihuan bu xihuan chi Zhongguó cài?
• Does your mother like to eat Chinese food or not?

• B
• ???????????
• Wo mama bù xihuan chi Zhongguó cài.
• My mother doesnt like to eat Chinese food.

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• B
• ??????????
• Wáng lushi jintian méi you shìr.
• Lawyer Wang is free today.

• A
• ??,???????????
• Qing wèn, Wáng lushi jintian you méi you shìr?
• Excuse me, does Lawyer Wang have anything to do
  today or not?

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The adverb ? (hái, also in addition)

• As an adverb, ? (hái) indicates that the action
  or situation denoted by the verb involves someone
  or something else in addition to what has already
  been mentioned.

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• ??????????, ?????
• Bái Yingài qing Gao Wénzhong hé Wáng Péng, hái
  qing Li You.
• Bai Yingai is inviting Gao Wenzhong and Wang
  Peng, and Li You, too.

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Wang Peng likes Chinese food, and American food,
too.

• ????????,????????
• Wáng Péng xihuan chi Zhongguó cài, hái xihuan chi
  Meiguó cài.

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