Class
Timetable
xian4zai4 ji3dian3 le5
现在几点了
?
What time is
it?
Jiu3dian3 ban4
九点半
It is half past nine.
Shi2jian1 bu4zao3 le5,
wo3 dei3 zou3le5.
时间不早了，我得走了。
It's late, I have to go.
Bu4 zhao2ji2, hai2 zao3
ne5
不着急，还早呢。
Don't go, it is still
early
还 ...
呢
is a common structure. Instead of the suspense dots, you add a verb
or an adjective. This structure is used to point out a fact, but in
a slightly emphatic tone. For example:
Wo3men5 dei3 hui2jia1
le5, ming2tian1 ba1dian3 hai2yao4 gong1zuo4 ne5.
我们得 回家了，明天八点还要工作呢。
We have to go home,
we have to work tomorrow at eight.
Ming2tian1 hai2 dei3
shang4ke4 ne5.
明天还得上课呢。
There are classes
tomorrow.
ta1cai2 san1sui4, bu4neng2
shang4xue2.
他才三岁，不能上学。
He is only three
years old, he can't go to school.
The modal verb
得
"dei3"
expresses a rational or real need,
and it is colloquial. Its negative form is
不用
, for example:
Zao3shang4 ba1dian3
wo3 dei3 shang4ke4
早上八点我得上课。
At eight o'clock
in the morning I have to go to class.
hen3wan3 le5, wo3men5
dei3 shui4jiao4 le5
很晚了，我们得睡觉了。
It is very late,
we have to go to sleep.
jie3jie5 dei3 gen1
wo3 yi1qi3 qu4, di4di5 bu4yong4 qu4
姐姐得跟我一起去，弟弟不用去
The older sister
has to go with me, the younger brother does not have to go.
Mei2guan1xi5, wo3 mei3tian1
wan3shang4 shi2er4dian3 cai2 shui4jiao4.
没关系，我每天晚上十二点才睡觉。
It doesn't matter.
I go to bed every night at twelve o'clock.
In Chinese, the words
that indicate time are placed infront of the predicate and they specify
when the action of the verb happens. For example:
ta1 ming2tian1 lai2.
他明天来。
He will come tomorrow.
ta1 xing1qi1er4 shang4ke4
他星期二上课。
He has class on
Tuesday.
Ta1 ba1yue4wu3hao4
can1jia1 sheng1ri4wan3hui4
他八月五号参加生日晚会。
He will particpate
in the birthday party on the 5th August.
The adverb
才
"cai2" underlines
how late the action is. It is placed after the subject and before the
verb. For example:
ta1 ba1shi2sui4 cai2
kai1shi3 xue2xi2 han4yu3.
他八十岁才开始学习汉语。
He started studying
chinese when he was 80 years old.
Ba1dian3 kai1shi3
gong1zuo4, qi1dian3ban4 ta1 cai2 qi3chuang2
八点开始工作，七点半他才起床。
He starts work
at eight and he gets up at half past seven.
Ta1 wan3shang4 san1dian3
cai2 shui4jiao4
他晚上三点才睡觉。
He goes to sleep
at three o'clock.
Zhe4me5wan3, ni3 zao3shang4
ji3dian3 qi3chuang2
这么晚，你早上几点起床
?
So late? What time
do you get up?
Qi3dian3 ban4
七点半。
Half past seven
Wo3men5 mei3tian1 zao3shang4
ba1dian3 jiu4 shang4ke4 le5, ni3 qi1dian3ban4 cai2 qi3chuang2.
我们每天早上八点就上课了，你七点半才起床
We have class at
eight every morning and you get up at half past seven.
The adverb
就
"jiu4"
is used to point out how early something is carried out. It is put after
the subject and before the verb. For example:
ta1 wu3sui4 jiu4 kai1shi3
xue2xi2 han4yu3.
他五岁就开始学习汉语。
He started studying
Chinese when he was five years old.
ta1 wu3dian3 jiu4
qi3chuang2
他五点就起床。
He gets up at five
in the morning.
ta1 wan3shang4 shi2dian3
jiu4 shui4jiao4
他晚上十点就睡觉。
He goest to bed
at ten.
Wo3 dong4zuo4 kuai4,
ban4ge4 xiao3shi2 zu2gou4 le5.
我动作快，半个小时够了。
I am quick, half
an hour is enough.
Ni3 you3 shi2jian1 chi1
zao3dian3 ma5
你有时间吃早点吗
?
Do you have time
to have lunch?
Wo3 shang4 wan2 di4yi1jie2ke5,
ke4jian1xiu1xi5 de5 shi2hou4 cai2 chi1 zao3dian3.
我上完第一节课，课间休息的时候才吃早点。
When the first class
ends, during the break, I have breakfast.
Vocabulary
English
|
Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
| |
|
|
Time
|
Shi2jian1
|
时间 |
Early
|
Zao3
|
早 |
Late |
Wan3
|
晚 |
To
go |
Zou3
|
走 |
To
be in a hurry |
Zhao2ji2
|
着急 |
Still |
Hai2
|
还 |
To
have to |
Dei3
|
得 |
To
have class |
Shang4ke4
|
上课 |
There's
nothing wrong |
Mei2guan1xi4
|
没关系
|
Not...until
|
Cai2
|
才 |
To
sleep |
Shui4jiao4
|
睡觉 |
So
|
Zhe4me5
|
这么 |
To
get up |
Qi3chuang2
|
起床 |
Chinese
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