1. Review - Dates & Days 10-1-11
1 yī
月 yuè 号 hào (日 rì
) 2 èr
3 sān
4 sì
5 wǔ
January 一 yī 6 liù
7 qī
February 二 èr 8 bā
March 三 sān 9
10
jiǔ
shí
April 四 sì 11 shí yī
12 shíèr 号
May 五 wǔ 13 shí sān
hào
14 shísì
June 六 liù 月 15 shíwǔ
16 shíliù
July 七 qī yuè 17 shí qī
18 shí bā 日
August 八 bā 19 shíjiǔ
20 èr shí
rì
September 九 jiǔ 21 èr shí yī
22 èr shíèr
October 十 shí 23 èr shí sān
24 èr shísì
November 十一 shí yī 25 èr shíwǔ
26 èr shíliù
December 十二 shíèr 27 èr shí qī
28 èr shí bā
29 èr shíjiǔ
30 sān shí
31 sān shí yī
Practice:
1. May 17: wǔ yuè shí qī hào 5. Nov. 16:
2. Mar. 20: 6. Aug. 31:
3. Dec. 30: 7. Jul. 29:
4. Oct. 8: 8. Sept. 21: Page 1/4
2. Week 星期 xīngqī
星期一 xīngqī yī Monday
星期二 xīngqī èr Tuesday
星期三 xīngqī sān Wednesday
星期四 xīngqī sì Thursday
星期五 xīngqī wǔ Friday
星期六 xīngqī liù Saturday
星期天 xīngqī tiān Sunday
星期日 xīngqī rì
Today - 今天 jīntiān
Tomorrow - 明天 míngtiān
Yesterday - 昨天 zuótiān
How many - 几 jǐ
Practice:
1. Today is April 10. Jīntiān sì yuè shí hào.
2. Tomorrow is Wednesday. Míngtiān xīngqī sān.
3. Today is July 30.
4. Yesterday was October 3.
5. Today is Sunday.
6. Tomorrow is Saturday.
7. Yesterday was Tuesday.
8. Today is June 28, Monday.
9. What's today's date?
10. What day of the week was yesterday? Page 2/4
3. Common Sentences.
(Q) Asking Age - How old are you?
你几嵗？ 你多大？
？
Nǐ jǐ suì Nǐ duō dà？
How old are you this year?
你今年几岁？ 你今年多大？
？
Nǐ jīnnián jǐ suì Nǐ jīnnián duō dà？
(A1) I'm 40 years old.
我四十 嵗。 Wǒ sì suì
shí .
(A2) I'm 40 and more years old.
我四十多嵗。 Wǒ sìshí duō suì.
(A3) I'm almost 40 years old.
我快四十嵗。 Wǒ kuài sì suì shí .
(Sentence 1) I'll treat you to a meal. How's that?
我請你吃. 怎麽樣？ Wǒ qǐng nǐ chīfàn. Zěnmeyàng?
(Sentence 2) It's my treat!
我請客！ Wǒ qǐng kè!
(Sentence 3) That's great !!
太好了！ Tà hǎo le!
太棒了！ Tà bàng le!
(Grammar 1) …… or …... (... 還是 ... ... háishì …)
Do you like to eat American food or Chinese food?
你喜歡吃美國菜還是中國菜？
Nǐ xǐhuān chī Měiguó cài háishì Zhōngguó cài?
(Grammar 2) busy or not? (忙不忙？ Máng bu máng?)
= busy? (忙嗎？ Máng ma?)
Are you busy on Monday evening?
你星期一晚上忙不忙？Nǐ xīngqīyī wǎnshàng máng bu máng?
= 你星期一晚上忙嗎？ Nǐ xīngqīyī wǎnshàng máng ma?
Practice:
1. How old is your wife? 2. My daughter is almost 10 years old.
3. I'll treat you to a meal on Thursday evening.
4. Are you an engineer or a student?
5. Are you busy on Sunday afternoon? Page 3/4
