Unit 8
Part I: Listen and Learn 1
Click on the speaker icon of each
sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5
format.
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W
sh
Zh
nggu
r
n, hu shu
H
ny
.
I am a Chinese and (I) can speak
Chinese.
我是中國人﹐會說漢語。
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W y
hu
shu Y
ngy.
I can also speak English.
我也會說英語。
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W tng de dng
Yngy.
I (can listen and) understand English.
我聽得懂英語。
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W h
i hu
shu ydi
r
Ryue.
I can also speak a little Japanese.
我還會說一點兒日語。
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Ksh w
Ry shu
de b
ti ho.
But I don't speak Japanese well.
可是我日語說得不太好。
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Yosh shu
de kui, w ji
tng b dng.
If (someone) speaks fast, then I
don't understand.
要是說得快﹐我就聽不懂。
Notes:
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'Hny'
and 'Zhngwn'
are synonyms.
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'tng de
dng' is a 'V+de+resultative' pattern which
can be used to express the ability. There is no counterpart in English.
It means: listen and understand. 'tng b
dng' means that although someone listened,
he can't understand.
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'ksh'
means 'but'.
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'yosh...ji...'
is a pair of conjuction words which indicates the condition: If...then....
Example:
Yosh
t
shu de kui,
w ji tng
b dng.
If he speaks fast, then I can't
understand.
Yosh
t shu de mn,
w ji tng
de dng.
If he speaks slowly, then I can
understand.
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