HSK 1 Conversational Chinese 第八课 你坐几点的飞机Lesson 8 What time is your flight? Text 3

HSK Standard Conversational Course (Level 1) HSK标准会话教程（1级） HSK 1 Conversational Chinese 第八课 你坐几点的飞机 Text 3 课文三 

Shālì jīntiān hěn gāoxing.

莎莉 今天   很  高兴。

Sally is very happy today.

Tā māma zuò shí yuè yī hào shàngwǔ bā diǎn de fēijī lái Běijīng.

她 妈妈   坐   十  月 一 号  上午      八  点   的 飞机来 北京。

Her mom will take a flight on October 1st at eight in the morning to come to Beijing.

Wǒ bàba māma shénme shíhou néng lái Běijīng ne?

我  爸爸  妈妈   什么     时候  能    来 北京  呢？ 

I wonder when can my dad and mom come to Beijing?

语法点 Language Points

1.疑问代词“哪”：可以用在“年、月、天”前询问日期。例如：

The interrogative pronoun “哪” : can be used in in front of “年” “月” or “天” to inquire the date. For example:

你哪天去北京？

Which day are you going to Beijing?

你哪天回家？

Which day are you coming home?

“哪”常与量词连用。例如：

“哪” is often used together with measure words. For example:

你喜欢哪个杯子？

Which cup do you like?

你喜欢哪个饭馆？

Which restaurant do you like?

 

2.量词“号”：表示次序，多放在数字后，可以特指一个月里的日子，书面语一般用“日”。例如：

The measure word“号”: used to indicate an order or sequence. It’s usually placed after a number and can indicate a specific day within a month. In written language, “日” is used instead. For example:

昨天是九月三十日（号）。

Yesterday was September 30^th.

今天是十月一日（号）。

Today is October 1^st.

明天是十月二日（号）。

Tomorrow will be October 2^nd. 

 

3. 时间表达方式：中文用“点”表示整点，不是整点的时候用“分”。“点”是一昼夜的二十四分之一，“分”是一小时的六十分之一。中文的时间按从大到小的顺序，时间词放在动词前面。例如：

Ways of expressing time: “点” is used in Chinese to express a time that is on the hour, when there are no minutes (o’clock); for a time that is not on the hour we use “分”. “点” represents one unit of the 24-hour-system and “分” represents one unit of the 60-minutes-hour. The order of time in Chinese is from big to small and nouns that express time are placed in front of the verb. For example:

我六点吃饭。

I eat dinner at six.

我十点四十五分睡觉。

I go to sleep at ten forty-five (minutes).

我坐12点20分的飞机。

I take the 12:20 plane. 

 

4.语气助词“呢”：主要作用是缓和语气。例如：

The modal particle“呢”: mainly used to soften the tone of speech. For example:

A：你在哪儿？

A：Where are you?

B：我在家呢。

B：I’m at home.

A：你吃饭了吗？

A：Have you eaten?

B：我没吃呢。

B：Not yet. 

你什么时候能来北京呢？

When can you come to Beijing?

 

5. 日期的表达方式：中文按从大到小的顺序表达日期，先说“月”，再说“日（号）”，最后说“星期”。例如：

Ways of expressing dates: the order of a date in Chinese is from big to small, we say the month first (月), then the day (日), and lastly the weekday (星期…).

昨天是九月三十日（号），星期一。

Yesterday was September 30^th, Monday.

今天是十月一日（号），星期二。

Today is October 1^st, Tuesday.

明天是十月二日（号），星期三。

Tomorrow will be October 2^nd, Wednesday.