Lesson 6, Dialogue 1

喂 wéi/wèi, (on the phone) hello, hey

It is very impolite to address a person using“喂” when not
on the phone.

电话 diànhuà, n. telephone

电 electricity
话 speech 讠(speech radical)
打电话 dǎ diànhuà, vo. to call
打⼀个电话
打两个电话
Did you make a phone call?
你打电话了吗

给 gěi, prep. to, for

给 is used to introduce the recipient of an action.
s+ 给 + somebody + 打电话
我昨天给妈妈打电话了。
我昨天很忙，没有给妈妈打电话。
给 + somebody + V.O.
给我介绍⼀下你的家。:introduce you family a bit to me
这是我的照片。给你看⼀下

Practice: 他给谁打电话？他给妈妈打电话

在 zài, v. be present

Take attendance: 李老师：Kyan？
Kyan：在！

u 我们现在在学校。

u A：⾼⽂中在家吗？

B：他在家。/他不在。

***** 他不在了-he passed away

就 jiù, adv. precisely, exactly

京+尤

就+是 [emphasize the correctness]

u 我是李老师。

我就是李老师。

u ⾼小音是⾼⽂中的姐姐。

⾼小音就是⾼⽂中的姐姐。

u A：谁是Spiderman？

B：Peter Parker就是Spiderma

哪 nǎ, qpr. which

哪⼉：where

u 你常常去哪⼉吃饭？

u 你在哪⼉看书？

哪 + mw + Obj.: which of…

u 你喜欢哪个电影？

u 你想喝哪杯茶？

u 你要看哪本(běn)书

位 wèi, polite mw for people (喂 wéi/wèi)

几位position or title : like 几位医生？

u⼀位老师

u 两位AP

u 三位顾客(gùkè, customer)

u 四位老⼈

u 哪位 nǎ wèi, who is… [no N. after the mw]

您是哪位？

李先⽣是哪位

时间 shíjian, n. time (general)-used for yes/no

有/没有时间：have/haven't time

您今天晚上有时间吗？

•我明天没有时间，我很忙。

# 时候 (a point in) time, moment- usedfor when

有的吋候-sometime
什么吋候-when
你什么时候有时间？-when do you have time

问题 wènti, n. question, problem

有/没有问题：have/haven’t ques?on

u 老师，我有两个问题。

u 我没有问题，可是小⾼有很多问题。

没问题-no problem, 没有问题-I have no questions

问+(somebody)+(number+mw)+问题

u 我想问你⼀个问题。-I want to ask you a question

u 我问了两个问题。-I asked 2 questions yesterday

u 常老师问了我四个问题

几 (ji) in non-question sentences

你的家有几口人？

你喝了几杯茶？

S.+V.+ J+mw+O..=a few, some]

一老师，我有几个问题。-teacher, I have a few questions

一因为我喝了几杯茶，所以我晚上不想睡觉。-Because I drank a few cups of coffe,I don’t want to sleep

•这几个电影都很有意思，你看一下。-these movies are all very interesitng, you should take a look

开会 kāi huì, vo. to have a meeting

开 kāi, v. to hold (a meeting, party, etc.), or turn on something, or open something

会 huì, n. meeting, or I can do something

—常老师不在，她去开会了。-chang lao shi is not here, she went to a meeting

—李老师上个星期⼆开了⼀个会。-li lao shi last tuesday had a meeting

—我今天很忙，没有时间开会-I’m very busy I don’t have time for a meeting

课 kè, n. class, course, period

subject + 课-course or class

— 中⽂课-chinese class

—英⽂课-english class

—数(numbers)学(shùxué)课-math class

—音乐课-music class

—跳舞课-dancing class

—你喜欢什么课-what class do you like

节 jié, measureword for period/class

number + 节 + (subject) 课

—Every day，韦老师有五节课。-wei lao shi had 5 classes

—In one week，⽂冰有五节中⽂课。-she has 5 chinese classes

—Look at your class schedule… 你有⼏节课？它们是什么课

我有七节课，他们是中文课，yoga课，history课，shuxue课，英文课，chemistry课，和 health课

年级 niánjí, grade in school

number + 年级：… grade

•我们是⼋年级。8th grade

•明年我们是九年级。9th grade

!!! 2nd grade -- ⼆年级 [❌两年级]

• 你是⼏年级？Which grade are you in?

级-level

考试 kǎo shì, vo./n. to give or take a test; test

考 kǎo, v. to give or take a test

试 shì, n./v. test; to try

•小考试-quiz

•⼤考试-major test

•bu常老师下午三点给⼆年级考试。-teacher chang gave the sophmores a test at 3:00pm

•试⼀试 give it a try

空(⼉) kòng(r), n. free time

有空 = 有时间-Have free time

没(有) 空 = 没(有)时间- no free time

u 你今天什么时候有空？-do you have time for free time today

u 我下午三点以后(after)才有空。-I won’t have free time until 3:00pm

u 你星期六有空吗？我们⼀起去看电影。-do you have time on saturday? let go and watch a movie together

u 对不起，我星期六没空- sorry, I don’t have time on saturdaay

办公室 bàngōngshì, n. office

办 bàn, v. to handle, to do

公 gōng, n. duty

室 shì, n. room

u 在中国，老师都有办公室。-in china, all of the teachers have their own office

u 在美国，老师没有办公室。-in america, teachers don’t have an office

Classroom就是老师的办公室-the classroom if the teacher’s office

⽅便 fāngbiàn, adj. convenient

Subject + 很/不 + ⽅便。

-Driving car很⽅便。

-iRobot很⽅便。

Person +(不)⽅便+ action: be convenient for the person to do…

-你下午⽅便给我打电话吗？-is it convenient for you to call me in the afternoon

-我现在不⽅便打电话。-not convenient for me to have a phone call right now

-⽅便面(miàn, noodle)-instant noodles

等 děng, v. to wait

top-bottom structure

⽵ + 寺

-我在办公室等你。i will wait for you in the ofccie

-Wait! 等一下

⾏ xíng, v. to be all right, ok

A：我两点半到您的办公室去，⾏吗？-can I go to your office at 2:30

B：我两点半没空。三点⾏吗？:I dont have free tim at 2:30. is 3:00 okay?

A：不⾏，我三点没空。那我们四点去图书馆，⾏吗？: I’m not free at 3:00, then lets go to the library at 4:00

B：⾏。

⾏ = 可以(ok)

!!! ⾏ ≠ 可以(can)

我⾏给你打电话。❌

我可以给你打电话

到 dào, v. to arrive

S. + (time) + 到 + place。

- 妈妈：你到家吗？:did you get home

-我：我到家了。:yes I got home

-回家 vs 到家:

我四点⼀刻回家，但是(dan shi:however)我五点才到家。-I’m returning home at 4:15 however I wont get home until 5:00

-First我们到Los Angeles, then到北京

S. + (time) + 到 + location + 来/去。= S. + 来/去 + location。

[到 in this situation brings out the location]

-李老师下午到WHS去。-

-李老师下午去WHS。

-我明天在家，你可以到我家来。-tomorrow I will be home, you can come to my house = 你可以来我家

Grammar 要 (II)

要 yào, v. want 我要⼀杯茶，可以吗？

要 yào, v. will, be going to (in the future time)

S + future Lme + 要 +verb + object.

—我明天下午三点要给⼆年级考试-I will give a test to the second grade at 3:00。

— 今天晚上妹妹要去看电影。-this evening my younger sister will go watcha movie

—我明天要去小白家玩-tomorrow I will go to xiao bai ouse to play

for want in future use 想

Grammar 要 (II) – v. will, be going to

The negative form of 要 is 不, rather than 不要.

不+verb

—明天我不去小白家玩⼉，我要开会。Tomorrow I won’t go to Xiaobai’s home to play, I’ll have a meeting.

—我这个周末不去看电影。This weekend I won’t go to watch movie

Grammar 要是 conj. if

—要是 is used at the beginning of the condition sentence to introduce hypothetical situation or action.

—要是 + Subject + condition, Subject + proposal/result。

—要是我有时间，我想去中国玩⼉。-If I have time, I want to go to China

—要是你不喜欢喝咖啡，我们家还有可乐-If you dont want coffee, I also gave coke

—If it is convenient for you, I (will) go to your oﬃce at 4:30PM.: 要是您⽅便，我四点半到您的办公室去。

--If you don’t have free Nme today, how about tomorrow?:—要是你今天没空，明天怎么样(明天行吗 or 明天可以吗)

以后 yǐhòu, t. after

Being a time word meaning “after”,以后 is used after a time or an action.

time/action+ 以后: after…/after doing… [以后phrase]

S. + [以后phrase] + V. + O.。/ [以后phrase], S. + V. + O.。

u 下午三点半以后，我有事⼉。-After 3:30 pm, I have planes

u 你们⼋月以后就是⼗年级的学⽣。-after august, you’ll be exactly a 10th grader

u 李老师来了美国以后去了很多National Parks。-after Li lao shi came to america, she went to many national parks

u 考试以后，我们看了电影-after test, we watch a movie

中文课以后，我们要吃午饭。

去了中国以后，我要去北京

看电影以后，我要做作业(zuo ye)-homework

客⽓ kèqi, adj. polite, modest

A：谢谢！

B：不客⽓！

You’re welcome!

A：我晚上请你去看电影，怎么样？-i will treat you to go and watch a movie, how about it

B：你太客⽓了！-You are too polite(kind or nice). [thanks for the treat]

别 bié, don’t

别 is used to advise someone to refrain from doing something.

Depending on the context, it can be used to express a polite request,

a gentle reminder, or a serious admonition.

别 + verb

u 别进来！-don’t come in, leave me alone

u 你别看那个电影，没有意思。-don’t watch that move, it is boring

u 别给我打电话！-don’t call me

u 别客⽓-don’t worry about it ,when someone trying to be nice to you