王 力, 星期 六 我们 去 打 球, 你 去 吗? Wang Li, we are going to play balls on Saturday. Are you coming?http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102354.mp3
星期 天 是 我 女儿 的 生日, 她 的 朋友 来 我 家 玩儿。 星期 六 我 得 去 超市 买 蛋糕 和 礼物。 This Sunday is my daughter's birthday, and her friends are coming to my house to play. On Saturday I have to go to the supermarket to buy a cake and presents. http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102355.mp3
她 是 哪 年 出生 的? In which year was she born?http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102356.mp3
2004 年 2 月 18 日。 February 18th, 2004.http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102357.mp3
你 给 她 买 什么 礼物? What present will you buy for her?http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102358.mp3
我 得 问 她 喜欢 什么。 I have to ask her what she likes.http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102359.mp3
你 的 孩子 真 幸福。 Your child must be very happy. http://www.echineseonline.com/upload/ecoupload/2013-05/22/102360.mp3
A sentence with serial verbs contains two or more verbs in its predicate that share the same subject. There are no pauses or conjunctions between the verbs.
In the following sentences with serial verbs, the actions denoted by the latter verbs or verb phrases are the objectives of the actions denoted by the former verbs or verb phrases.
You will learn to ask for others' birth dates and use phrases such as which year were you born, birthday and cake. Learners will also learn to talk about years and months in this Chinese lesson.
Comments
Girl9987 says
Miss Becky, your lessons are very good and interesting! i felt a bit difficulty in Chinese.... Like how to say how, what, when , where etc... and what does mai means?
January 8, 2012Reply
Becky_Chinese Teacher in reply to Girl9987
"Mǎi" (third tone) means buy, and "mài"(fourth tone) means sell.
We will post several videos about how, what, when, and where in Crazy Grammmer soon. You can watch them later. :)
January 9, 2012Reply
Ramyrez23 says
Hello, it's again the 法国的学生 ,
I have a biiiig trouble about your "Grammar part " of this lesson, as i understood to say a year, we say " number by number " for exemple 2067 we should say "二零六七 " ? but i can see written :
érlínglíngyī nián,
2010年、 (should be 2001 ?)
yījiǔbābā nián,
1998年、(should be 1988 ?)
It's in the part " 1.Date , nian"
Thanks for your chinese lesson, you really made me love to learn this language.
Guillaume.
April 21, 2012Reply
Becky_Chinese Teacher in reply to Ramyrez23
Hi Guillaume,
Thanks for letting us know about this.
The Pinyin for 2010 should be "èrlíngyīlíng," and 1998 should be "yījiǔjiǔbā." We will correct it as soon as possible.
Becky