Lesson Twenty-eight A

What subject would you like to study

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Basic expressions

Before going to China to study in a Chinese university, many people would like to know the expected Chinese language standard and other relevant information. Let’s learn the new words in the conversation first.

    wŏ xīwàng  nĭ  bāngzhù  wŏ

a. 我   希望   你  帮   助   我 。

     I     hope  you  help       me

I hope you to help me.

     tā bu  xīwàng míngtiān  qù

b. 他 不  希望     明天    去。

     he not hope    tomorrow go

He doesn’t want to go tomorrow.

     tā  yŏu xīwàng      qù zhōngguó gōngzuò   nĭ  méiyou   xīwàng.

c. 她  有   希望        去  中   国    工作。 你 没  有    希 望。

   she has possibility    go  China     work     you not have possibility

It’s possible for her to work in China, but not you.

duō多 can be placed after a number or measure word to indicate an approximate number, as in

a. èrbăi duō rén 二百多人 over 200 people

b. wŭbăiwŭshí duō rén  五百五十多人 over 550 people

c. zhŏng 种 kind, type - used as a measure word.

d. sān zhŏng zìdiăn 三种字典3 kinds of dictionary

e. liăng zhŏng rén 两种人 2 types of people

    tā hĕn cōngming     hĕn kuài        jiù huì   yòng   hànyŭ  dă diànhuà

a. 他 很    聪明 ，    很  快          就  会   用     汉语   打 电话。

    he very  clever     very quickly   then able use  Chinese make phone call

He is very clever and he will know how to make phone call in Chinese very quickly.

    tā bu cōngming  xiànzai hái bu huì   shuō  zài jiàn

b. 她 不 聪明，   现在   还 不  会    说   ‘再见’。

    she not clever     now   still not able speak “bye”

She is not bright and she still can’t say ‘good-bye’.

    wŏ xiāngxìn ni

a. 我  相信   你。

    I   believe you.

    wŏ xiāngxìn   nĭ   yídìng    qù

b. 我   相信     你   一定    去。

     I   believe   you certainly  go

I believe you will certainly go.

    wŏ  xiāngxìn  nĭ   yídìng    bāngzhù  tā

c. 我   相信     你   一定      帮助    她。

     I    believe  you  certainly   help     her

I believe that you will definitely help her.

    wŏ  xiāngxìn  nĭ   yídìng    bāngzhù tā  xuéxí    hànyŭ

d. 我   相信     你  一定      帮助    她  学习   汉语。

     I    believe you certainly    help    her   learn  Chinese

I believe that you will definitely help her to study Chinese.

    tā   xuéxí  yŏu  wèntí

a. 他  学习  有   问题 。

    he study   has problem

He has problems in his study.

   shéi   yŏu   wèntí      qĭng  wèn

b. 谁    有    问题 ？  请     问。

    who has questions  please ask

Whoever has questions please ask.

   wŏ néng  jiějué  zhè  ge  w?nt?

a. 我  能    解决   这  个  问题。

     I   can   solve  this GE problem

I  can solve this problem.

b. nà     ge   wèntí    hĕn   nán      jiějué

    那    个   问题    很     难       解决。

     that GE problem very difficult solve

That problem is very difficult to solve,

We learned nán 难 difficult, hard and shuō说 to speak in Lesson 12. 

The combination of these two characters 难说 nánshuō means hard to say. 难 n?n can be followed by a verb. It means difficult to… awful to… as in,

难看 nánkàn hard to look at (ugly), difficult to read

难听 nántīng unpleasant to listen

Please work out the meanings of the following expressions.

难吃  nánchī       

难学  nánxué     

难懂 nándŏng     

好 hăo good, nice. It can be used in the similar way as nán. When 好 hăo good is followed by a verb, it means nice to..., easy to … For instance,

好看 hăokàn nice to look at (beautiful)

好听 hăotīng nice to listen to

好吃 hăochī nice to eat

好学 hăoxué easy to learn

好懂 hăodŏng easy to understand

  zhōngwén hĕn   nán       ma

a. 中文        很   难        吗？

   Chinese    very difficult MA

Is Chinese very difficult?

   wŏ yŏu   hĕn duō     kùnnán

b. 我  有     很   多      困难。

    I    have very many difficulties

I have many problems.

容易 róngyi easy

    zhè   kè     róngyi    nà    kè    kùnnán

c. 这    课     容易， 那    课     困难。

    this lesson  easy,    that lesson difficult

This lesson is easy, that one is difficult.

   wŏmen   yĭhou     duō   liánxì.

a. 我们     以后      多     联系。

     we     in future   more contact

We should contact more with each other in the future.