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Learn Chinese 11 : What day (date) is it today?
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| Nǐ xīngqī liù xīngqī tiān zuò shénme? |
| 你星期六星期天作什么﹖ |
| 你星期六星期天作什麼﹖
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| What do you do on Saturdays and Sundays? |
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| Wǒ yībān zài jiā xiūxi xiūxi. |
| 我一般在家休息休息。 |
| 我一般在家休息休息。
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| I usually stay at home (and) take a rest. |
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| Jiālǐ de shì hěn duō, zuò bu wán. |
| 家里的事很多﹐作不完。 |
| 家裡的事很多﹐作不完。
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| (There are many household chores,
(you) never finish them. |
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| Bù chūqù kàn diànyǐng ma? |
| 不出去看电影吗﹖ |
| 不出去看電影嗎﹖
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| (You) don't go out (an) watch movies? |
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| Yǒude shíhou qù kàn diànyǐng. |
| 有的时候去看电影。 |
| 有的時候去看電影。
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| Sometimes (I) go to see movies. |
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| Duìbuqǐ, xiànzài jǐ diǎn le? |
| 对不起﹐现在几点了﹖ |
| 對不起﹐現在幾點了﹖
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| Excuse me, what time is it now? |
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| Xiànzài chà liǎng fēn jiú diǎn, zénme le? |
| 现在差两分九点﹐怎么了﹖ |
| 現在差兩分九點﹐怎麼了﹖
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| (It) is two to nine, what's up? |
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| Wǒ gāi zǒu le. Wǒ gēn yí ge péngyou yǒu yuē. |
| 我该走了。 我跟一个朋友有约。 |
| 我該走了。我跟一個朋友有約。
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| I got to go. I have an appointment with a friend. |
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| 9. |
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| Zàijiàn. |
| 再见。 |
| 再見。
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| Good-bye. |
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| Notes |
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'xiūxi
xiūxi' is the reduplicated
version of 'xiūxi' [to
rest]. Reduplication of a verb carries the meaning of 'have a ...', e.g.
'kànkan' [to take a look].
- 'zuò bu wán': unable to finish.
This pattern 'V+de(bu)+wán' indicates if an event can or cannot be completed. More examples:
zuò de wán [can finish doing(it)] kàn
bu wán [cannot finish reading(it)]
xué de wán [can finish studying (lessons)]
- 'zénme
le?' is an expression to ask what is happening after finding out that is
happening. It cannot be used in the same way as English greeting 'what's
up?' among intemate friends.
- 'gāi'
is a short form for 'yīnggāi'
[should]
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