Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT 9 12 W ng Xu y ng W ng Xu y ng shi L n M i de h o p ngyou T sh ng z i N nj ng k shi y nw i t f m shi Sh ox ng r n su y Zh nggu r n y shu Sh ox ng shi t de l oji Sh ox ng z i n r Sh ox ng z i Zh ji ng l H ngzh u h n j n l Sh ngh i y b yu n Sh ox nghu t ngq lai h n xi ng Sh ngh ihu Sh ox ng zu y um ng de t ch n shi Sh ox ngji n shi y zh ng m ji H guo de r n d u shu Sh ox ng j u h q lai h n ti n W ng Xu y ng y nw i sh ng z i N nj ng su y y k y shu shi N nj ng r n N nj ng z i Ji ngs z i Ch ng Ji ng bi n sh ng N nj ng n i ge ch ngsh b d y b xi o b ji o nj ng R nk u d g i shi s n s b iw n N k n ng xi ng zh dao N nj ng w ish nme ji o N nj ng Shi zh i y ng de J ng sh sh ud de y si N nj ng sh n nbi nr de sh ud Xi nz i de sh ud shi B ij ng k sh y qi n N nj ng y z o guo sh ud Su y N nj ng f j n de g j h n du N y ngg i q k nkan h n y u y si 38 Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT W ng Xu y ng xi ng L n M i y y ng y ji osh T ji o Zh nggu w nxu Zh nggu xi nd i w nxu N xi ng li oji Zh nggu zu y um ng de xi nd i zu ji n n k y q ngji o t T du L X n L o Sh D ng L ng Sh n C ngw n d ngd ng n i xi y um ng de xi nd i zu ji d u h n y u y nji W ng Xu y ng 1986 ni n c ng z i Y nggu l u guo xu t Y ngw n ji ng de h n h o T ng shu d xi d u x ng T y zh dao y di nr gu ny M igu h uzh u de sh qing T shu t shi Zh nggu r n d ngr n zu x hu n ch Zh nggu c i k sh t y x huan ch w igu c i xi ng F gu de Y d l de M igu de M igu de ku ic n t y x huan xi ng h nb ob o r g u p s b ng T shu t zh dao ku ic n du sh nt b h o k sh y nw i h n h och t h ishi h n x huan ch T de k nf shi xi ng ch sh nme jiu ch sh nme zh y o n b ch t i du N ju de t zh iy ng shu y u d ol ma Notes l oji or g xi ng t ch n ti n Ch ng Ji ng k n ng sh ud zu guo g j li oji xi nd i zu ji q ngji o du y u y nji li xu gu ny zh y o y u d ol home of origin in the Chinese view you are from the place that your ancestors came from N local specialties special product cf t s t bi SV sweet but here smooth long river the Yangtze River Adv possibly probably maybe cf d g i y x N capital city of a country provincial capital is sh uf has done in the sense of has taken the part of has been ancient remains V get acquainted with understand SV modern current N author do write expert request instruction used deferentially to ask for instruction from a superior note the falling tone of ji o cf ji osh u to be well informed about to have knowledge of VO or V to study abroad remain study Notice the position of guo li gu xu have at some time studied abroad Some people treat li xu as a compound verb and place the guo after xu li xu guo y ni n about concerning here introducing the object sh qing things Literally only want but the corresponding English expression is as long as provided that Zh y o du sh nt h o w k y ch So long as it s good for me I can eat it SV make sense be rational right the negative is m i you d ol 39 Learning Chinese A Foundation Course in Mandarin Julian K Wheatley MIT Exercise 9 Answer the following questions about the story 1 Q ng n t ntan l oji shi sh nme y si 2 Sh ox ngr n shu de hu z nmey ng 3 Sh ox ng zu y um ng de ch np n shi sh nme W idao z nmey ng 4 N nj ng r nk u d g i shi du shao 5 N nj ng w ish nme ji o N nj ng 6 H i y u sh nme ch ngsh y zu guo sh ud 7 W ng Xu y ng du sh nme h n y u y nji 8 Xi ng li oji Zh nggu y um ng de zu ji k y q ngji o sh i 9 W ng Xu y ng Y ngy ji ng de h n h o w ish nme 10 Gu ny ch ku ic n n de k nf sh sh nme 9 13 Patterns with du Constructions involving the CV du are reviewed here a Du h o good for your Y u r n shu ni n i du sh nt h o T ngshu ni n i du p fu h o xi ngji o du n ozi h o b Du y u g n x ngqu be interested in Are you interested in playing go Du xi w iq g n x ngqu ma H n g n x ngqu d nshi du xi ngq I m very interested but I m even more g ng y u x ngqu interested in chess W c ng xi o du hu hu r y u x ngqu I ve been interested in painting since I was small T ngshu Q ngch o …