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    This document provides a lesson on learning Mandarin Chinese. It introduces the words for "yesterday" (昨天 zuo tian), "today" (今天 jin tian), and "tomorrow" (明天 ming tian). Example sentences are given using these words along with review of previous lessons. Homework is assigned to practice forming sentences using vocabulary like restaurants, likes/dislikes, and question words. The importance of doing homework for better learning is emphasized.

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    This document provides a lesson on learning Mandarin Chinese. It introduces the words for "yesterday" (昨天 zuo tian), "today" (今天 jin tian), and "tomorrow" (明天 ming tian). Example sentences are given using these words along with review of previous lessons. Homework is assigned to practice forming sentences using vocabulary like restaurants, likes/dislikes, and question words. The importance of doing homework for better learning is emphasized.

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    Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

    M: Dajia hao. Huan ying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.

    S: Nimen hao, wo shi S. Now to study hard, haohao xuexi. Repeat everything.

    M: Stuart, what lesson do we learn today? 今天我们学第几课, jin tian women xue di ji ke?

    S: 今天我们学第四十六课 xue di si shi liu ke.

    M: 没错, not wrong, mei cuo! Lesson 46, di si shi liu ke.

    S: Hey, this is a good time so learn to say ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’.

    M: Hao zhuyi.

    S: Try to pick out ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’. Remember, the little le after a verb makes it
    past tense.

    M: 昨天我们学了第四十五课, zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke.

    S: 今天我们学第四十六课, jin tian women xue di si shi liu ke.

    M: 明天我们学第四十七课, ming tian women xue di si shi qi ke.

    S: 你们听见了吗? Did you hear it? Nimen ting jian le ma?

    M: Heard it! Ting jian le. ‘Yesterday’ is 昨天 ZUO TIAN zuo tian, 2nd tone, 1st tone, zuo tian.

    S: Now say, ‘yesterday we learnt’, …… Dui le. Zuo tian women xue le.

    M: Now say, ‘lesson 45’. …. Dui le. Di si shi wu ke. Di si shi wu ke.

    S: Now try, ‘yesterday we learnt lesson 45’.

    M: Dui le. Zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke. Zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke.

    S: Now say, ‘today we learn lesson 46’ ….. Dui le, jin tian women xue di si shi liu ke.

    M: And ‘tomorrow’, 明天 MING TIAN ming tian, 2nd tone 1st tone, ming tian. Try it, ming tian,
    ming tian.

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    S: Now say, ‘tomorrow we learn lesson 47’. …..

    M: Feichang hao! 明天我们学第四十七课, ming tian women xue di si shi qi ke.

    S: Wow, that was a lot of work! Breaktime.

    S: Now, where were we? Time to check if you did your gongke.

    M: We asked you to say out loud all the variations you can think of, ta, tamen, wo, women,
    ‘like’ and don’t like’, and zhongcan and xican.

    S: For example, 我们喜欢中餐, women xihuan zhongcan.

    M: Or, 他不喜欢西餐, ta bu xihuan xican.

    S: We also asked you to practice, ‘what restaurant are we/you/ they etc. going to?’

    M: Like, 我们去哪个餐馆, women qu nei ge canguan?

    S: Or, 你去什么餐馆? Ni qu shenme canguan?

    M: The shenme is the same shenme as in 什么意思？ What meaning? Shenme yisi?

    S: By the way, it’s very important that you make up and say these homework sentences.
    You’ll learn and remember much better than if you don’t.

    M: Dui le. We must hao hao xue xi.

    S: And, before we go, ‘yesterday’?

    M: zuo tian.

    S: Today.

    M: jin tian.

    S: Tomorrow.

    M: ming tian.

    S: And “Ming Tian Jian”! See you tomorrow.

    Coryright 2007 cchello.com

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