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。
-
W
y
hu
shu
Y
ngy
.
I can also speak English.
我也會說英語。
-
W
t
ng de d
ng
Y
ngy
.
I (can listen and) understand English.
我聽得懂英語。
-
W
h
i hu
shu
y
di
r
R
yue.
I can also speak a little Japanese.
我還會說一點兒日語。
-
K
sh
w
R
y
shu
de b
t
i h
o.
But I don't speak Japanese well.
可是我日語說得不太好。
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Y
osh
shu
de ku
i, w
ji
t
ng b
d
ng.
If (someone) speaks fast, then I
don't understand.
要是說得快﹐我就聽不懂。
Notes:
-
'H
ny
'
and 'Zh
ngw
n'
are synonyms.
-
't
ng de
d
ng' 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. 't
ng b
d
ng' means that although someone listened,
he can't understand.
-
'k
sh
'
means 'but'.
-
'y
osh
...ji
...'
is a pair of conjuction words which indicates the condition: If...then....
Example:
Y
osh
t
shu
de ku
i,
w
ji
t
ng
b
d
ng.
If he speaks fast, then I can't
understand.
Y
osh
t
shu
de m
n,
w
ji
t
ng
de d
ng.
If he speaks slowly, then I can
understand.
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