Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 2

=Lesson 2: 今天你忙不忙？=

Lesson 2 contains a dialogue of two students discussing their classes for the day.

Dialogues
Dialogue 1

Dialogue 2

Vocabulary
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The adverb Hěn [很]
1. 我很忙.
 * Wǒ hěn máng
 * I am (very) busy.

Le [了] as emphasizer
1. 太多了.
 * Tài duō le.
 * (That's) too many.

2. 太少了.
 * Tài shăo le.
 * (That's) too few.

Affirmative-negative questions
Example: Q: 他是不是东尼？
 * Tā shì bu shì Dōngní?
 * Is he Tony?
 * literally, "he is/is not Tony?"

A: 是的. （是，他是/嗯，他是. ）or 不是. （不，他不是. ）
 * Shì de. (Shì tā shì) or Bú shì (Bù tā bú shì).
 * Yes (he is). or No (he isn't).

Example: Q:艾美今天忙不忙？/艾美今天忙不？
 * Àiměi jīntiān máng bù （máng）?
 * Is Amy busy today?
 * literally, "Today, Amy busy/not busy"

A: 她很忙. or 她不忙.
 * Tā hěn máng. or Tā bù máng.
 * Yes, she's (very) busy. or No, she's not busy.

Sentences using yǒu [有]
Example: 我有三门课.
 * Wǒ yǒu sān mén kè.
 * I have three classes.

Example: 今天，他们没有课.
 * Jīntiān tāmen méi yǒu kè.
 * Today, they don't have any classes.

Example: 今天，他们一门课都没有.
 * Jīntiān tāmen yì mén kè dōu méi yǒu.
 * Today, they don't have a single class.

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