Unit 11

Part I: Listen and Learn 1

Wait until you see playbuttons before sentences. Then click on the playbutton and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.

1. Jntin sh y ji ji li nin q yu rshsn ho, xngq r.
   Today is July 23, 1996, Tuesday.
   今天是一九九六年七月二十三號﹐星期二。

2. Mngtin sh xngq sn, rshs ho.
   Tomorrow will be Wednesday, 24th.
   明天是星期三﹐二十四號。

3. Zutin sh rshr ho, xngq y.
   Yesterday was 22nd, Monday.
   昨天是二十二號﹐星期一。

4. Zh ge yu sh q yu.
   This month is July.
   這個月是七月。

5. Xi ge yu sh b yu.
   Next month will be August.
   下個月是八月。

6. Shng ge yu sh li yu.
   Last month was June.
   上個月是六月。

7. Jnnin sh y ji ji li nin.
   This year is 1996.
   今年是一九九六年。

8. Mngnin sh y ji ji q nin.
   Next year will be 1997.
   明年是一九九七年。

9. Qnin sh y ji ji w nin.
   Last year was 1995.
   去年是一九九五年。

• Please note that time expression 'this, last and next ...' have different measure word before 'day, week, month and year'.

	last	this	next
day	zutin	jntin	mngtin
week	shng ge xngq	zh ge xngq	xi ge xngq
month	shng ge yu	zh ge yu	xi ge yu
year	q nin	jn nin	mng nin