Objectives:

You will learn a new question pattern known as V+bu+V
You must be able to introduce your friend to another person
You must be able to have a small talk when you run into someone.

Study Guide

1. Read the character text and try to understand it.

Some notes:

     a. duì le - means 'that's right, that's correct'
          duì can be used in V+bu+V pattern - duì bu duì which means 'correct or not?' The answer is either duì (correct) or bú duì (not correct, wrong)
     b. hé - means 'and'.
          wǒ hé Pàlánka dōu xuéxí Hànyu - means 'Palanka and I all study Chinese'.

          In English, one does not say 'I and Palanka'. In Chinese 'wo hé Pàlánkǎ' is the accepted order. Also note that 'hé' in Chinese joins two noun phrases
          only. For example:

          wǒ hé Pàlánkǎ
          Wáng lǎoshī hé Xiè laoshī.
          Zhōngguó rén hé Měiguó rén.
     c. dōu - means 'all', but pay attention to the position of this ' dōu'
          Wǒ bàba māma dōu hěn hǎo.
          Tämen du hěn máng.
          Gǔbō hé Pàlánkǎ dōu xuéxí Hànyǔ.

          Where should dōu be? If you still can't figure out, go to the textbook, page 102 and see the grammar notes for 'ye, bù, dōu, hěn'

Homework 3 (Send your homework electronically)

1. Voice: Before you read the following, say:
"Nihao, I am ..... This is voice homework for PCR lesson 13 Part III"

a. Say the following in Chinese:

Palanka knows (a) Chinese student Ding Yun.
Ding Yun studies English and French.
Now she is going to see Prof. Wang.

Gubo is Palanka's boy friend.
They both (all) study Chinese.
They often speak Chinese.

Prof. Wang asks Gubo and Palanka: "Are you busy?"
They say: "We study Chinese now. We are all very busy."