Sunday, October 24, 2010

Describing Daily Schedule:

Part One:How to tell time:

Telling time现在几点了?
Time Characters Pinyin
2:00 两点(钟) liǎngdiǎnzhōng

2:05 两点零五(分) liǎngdiǎnlíngwǔfēn

2:15 两点十五(分) liǎngdiǎn shíwǔfēn
or 两点一刻 liǎngdiǎnyíkè

2:30 两点三十(分) liǎngdiǎnsānshífēn
or 两点半 liǎngdiǎnbàn

2:45 两点四十五(分)liǎngdiǎnsìshíwǔfēn
or 差一刻三点 chàyíkèsāndiǎn

2:55 两点五十五(分) liǎngdiǎnwǔshíwǔfēn
or 差五分三点 chàwǔfēn sāndiǎn

3:00 三点(钟) sāndiǎn(zhōng)


Conversation one:

现在几点了?
现在十点五分。

Conversation Two:

你每天几点起床?几点睡觉?
我每天七点起床, 十二点睡觉。

Pinyin version of the conversations:

Conversation one:

xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?
xiànzài shí diǎn wǔ fēn.

Conversation two:

nǐměitiān jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng, jǐ diǎn shuì jiào?
wǒměitián qī diǎn qǐchuáng, shí èr diǎn shuì jiào.

6 comments:

  1. 今天晚上我有中文课。
    Jīntiān wǎnshàng wǒ yǒu zhōng wén kè.
    I have class this evening.

    今天下午我们吃意大利饭了。
    Jīntiān xiàwǔ wo chī yìdàlì fàn le.
    This afternoon we ate Italian food.

    明天上午我去三藩市。
    Míngtiān shàngwǔ wǒ qù sānfánshì.
    Tomorrow morning I will go to San Francisco.

    今天下午你累不累?
    Jīntiān xiàwǔ nǐ lèibùlèi?
    Are you tired this afternoon?

    上星期五下午我没有工作了。
    Shàng xīngqī wǔ xià wǔ wǒ měi yǒo gōng zuò le.
    I did not work last Friday afternoon

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  2. Let's do the exercises together. http://mandarin.about.com/library/quizzes/time/bl_quiz.htm

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  3. ke4, 刻 quarter in time
    ban4, 半 half
    qi3chuang2, 起床 to get up
    shui4jiao4, 睡觉 to go to bed
    cha4 差, to lack or be short of

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  4. 现在我不累和我不要睡觉。
    Xiànzài Wǒ bù lèi hé wǒ bù yào shuìjiào.
    Right now, I am not tired and I do not want to go to bed.

    昨天上午五刻我妻子起床了。
    Zuótiān shàngwǔ wǔ kè wǒ qīzi qǐchuáng le.
    My wife woke up yesterday morning at quarter after five.

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  5. 我睡着时候我睡觉。
    Wǒ shuìzháo shíhou wǒ shuìzhào.
    I fall a sleep when I go to bed.

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  6. wo3 yi2 shang4 chuang2, jiu4 shui4 zhao2le.我一上床就睡着了。

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