Mandarin Week 25

你好！今天是4月15号

上课了shàngkè le

地25课：我正在睡觉

modern day
greetings

你去哪儿？
Nǐ qù nǎ’er?
你忙不忙？
Nǐ máng bù máng?
你今天干什么？
Nǐ jīntiān gàn shénme?

Review: which is which?

1. What are you doing

today?

2. Where are you going?

3. Are you busy?

Review: what does this mean?

他正在做什么？
Tā zhèngzài zuò shénme?

answers…
他正在吃饭。
Tā zhèngzài chīfàn.
他正在跑步。
Tā zhèngzài pǎobù.
他正在睡觉。
Tā zhèngzài shuìjiào.

Multiple Choice

他正在做什么？

• 他正在看书。

  Tā zhèngzài kànshū.

• 他正在打排球。

  Tā zhèngzài dǎ páiqiú.

• 他正在跑步。

  Tā zhèngzài pǎobù.

• 他正在打篮球。

  Tā zhèngzài dǎ lánqiú.

Reorder

Reorder the following to ask the question.

• 他

• 正在

• 做

• 什么？

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Translate

• They are playing volleyball.

• They are running.

• He is playing baseball.

• They are swimming.

Have you...before?

你看过这本书吗？
Nǐ kàn guò zhè běn shū ma?

​过 is added after the verb to indicate something done before now.

Multiple Choice

Translate

• Have you been to Canada before?

• Have you been to China before?

• Have you been to Korea before?

• Have you been to Japan before?

Multiple Choice

Translate

• Have you been to Canada before?

• Have you been to France before?

• Have you been to Thailand before?

• Have you been to Germany before?

Multiple Choice

Translate

• Have you been to Mexico before?

• Have you been to Brazil before?

• Have you been to Korea before?

• Have you been to the US before?

Listen and compare

我吃饭。Wǒ chīfàn. (I eat.)
我正在吃饭。Wǒ zhèngzài chīfàn （I'm eating.)
我吃过饭。Wǒ chīguòfàn. (I have eaten before.)
我吃过了。Wǒ chīguòle. (I have already eaten.)

Try…

她看什么？Tā kàn shénme? = What is she looking at? （right now)

她看书。Tā kànshū = She reads (“looks at book”). *

她正在看书。Tā zhèngzài kànshū = She is currently reading.

她看过书。Tā kàn guò shū = She has read (the book) before.

她看过了书。Tā kàn guòle shū = She has read (the books).

她看完了书。Tā kàn wánle shū = She has finished reading (the book).

●*书shū IS necessary, because there are lots of things one could be looking at.

●Exception: if you are answering a question and it’s already clearly about a book, you don’t need to say 书。

Almost
the
same

I Haven’t Watched/read it...

我没看过书

Wǒ méi kànguò shū。

​没 indicates the negative answer, "not."
Literally, this sentence says "I not read/seen the book before."
It is added BEFORE the verb.

Multiple Choice

(Yes. He has read Flat Stanley.)

• 他没看过Flat Stanley。

  Tā méi kànguò Flat Stanley.

• 他看过Flat Stanley。

  Tā kànguò Flat Stanley.

• 我没看过Flat Stanley。

  Wǒ méi kànguò Flat Stanley.

• 你看过Flat Stanley。

  Nǐ kànguò Flat Stanley.

Multiple Choice

Listen and translate

• He hasn't been to China.

• She has been to China.

• You have been to China.

• I haven't been to China.

Audio Response

Listen and answer:

Open Audio Recorder

How do we answer yes and no?
你看过这本书吗？

Nǐ kàn guò zhè běn shū ma?
Yes: (我)看过。
(Wo) kàn guò.
No: (我)没看过。
(Wo) mei kàn guò.

Break
Stretches or Movement

还没

haimei

“Haven’t yet” or

“Still haven’t”

+ Add BEFORE the verb

wán le
“finished”