Answer Key – Why are “He/She/It” all “Ta” in Chinese?
Analysis:
In this sentence, the equivalent Chinese character to “she” is tā (她).
2. Tā zhù zài měi guó. 他 住 在 美 国。 He lives in
Analysis:
In this sentence, the equivalent Chinese character to “she” is tā (她).
2. Tā zhù zài měi guó. 他 住 在 美 国。 He lives in
Choose the right conjunctions to fill in the blank. A. yīn wèi (因为) …… suǒ yǐ (所以)……
B. zhǐ yǒu (只有) …… cái (才) ……
C. bú dàn (不但) …… ér qiě (而且) ……
Tā __ huì shuō yīnɡ yǔ, __ huì shuō zhōnɡ wén. …
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First and foremost, please let your child do the following quiz:
Choose the right measure word to fill in each blank:
A. zhī 只 B. tóu 头 C. gè 个
一()苹果
一()大象
一()老虎
You may know that there are many differences in the expressions between …
Answer:
xīnɡqī yī (1) 星期 一 Monday
yìtiān (2) 一天 one day
tīnɡ yi tīnɡ (3) 听 一 听 listen
Back to “Children’s Guide to Tone Changes of ‘Yī 一’ in Mandarin Chinese”…
Choose the best option to fill in each blank.
A. méi guān xi (没关系)
B. bú kè qi (不客气)
1. Xiǎo Hóng: Xiè xiè nǐ de lǐ wù. 小 红: 谢 谢 你 的 礼 物。 Xiǎo Míng: __, xī wàng nǐ xǐ huān. 小 …
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BAB
Analysis:
1. Zhì zuò yī fu shì hěn fù zá de yí jiàn shì. 1. 制 作 衣 服 是 很 复 杂 的 一 件 事。 Making clothes is a complicated business.
“Zhì zuò (制作)” is a set phrase in the sentence. …
A. zuò (做)
B. zuò (作)
1. Zhì __ yī fu shì hěn fù zá de yí jiàn shì. 1. 制 __ 衣 服 是 很 复 杂 的 一 件 事。 2. __ yī fu …
Answer: A – B
The sentence means “I went to the mall today and bought a jacket for my dad at the second-floor clothing store for two hundred dollars.” So a character representing the specific number which means “the second one”, needs to be …
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1. C
2. A
3. B
Analysis:
1. Wǒ jīn tiān nǎ ér dōu bù xiǎnɡ qù, jiù xiǎnɡ zài jiā kàn diàn shì. 1. 我 今 天 哪 儿 都 不 想 去 , 就 想 在 家 看 电 视 。 I …
Yesterday, Xiao Hong wanted to go shopping with one of her friends Xiao Lan, and they made an appointment to meet each other at the diàn tī (电梯) elevator in a shopping mall. Later she waited for Xiao Lan at the diàn tī (电梯) elevator, …
A. shén me dōu bù(什么都不)
B. zěn me yě bù(怎么也不)
C. nǎ ér dōu bù(哪儿都不)
1. Wǒ jīn tiān __ xiǎnɡ qù, jiù xiǎnɡ zài jiā kàn diàn shì. 1. 我 今 天 __ 想 去 …
Answer: In China, most students go to many __C__, some to improve their grades, some to make the most of their after-school time, and some to develop their hobbies. Danny has been interested in music since he was little, so his mother enrolled him …