Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 41

我有考试I have an exam

Wǒ yǒu kǎoshì

I have an exam chapter.

Dialogue

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我有考试— I have an exam

小白今jīn天tiān有yǒu考kǎo试shì. 难nán不bu难nán?Exam today. Hard?
友天不bú太tài难nán. 你nǐ的de呢ne?Not too hard. Did you do well?
小白不bú太tài好hǎo. 听tīng写xiě没méi写xiě好hǎo.Not great. Dictation went wrong.
友天没méi事shì. 下xià次cì好hǎo.No problem. Next time will be good.
小白我wǒ想xiǎng再zài学xué习xí. 谢xiè谢xiè!I want to study more. Thanks!

Vocabulary

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难nán: adjectivedifficult (revisit Bk1)
听tīng写xiě: expressiondictation
想xiǎng: verbthink (revisit)
不bú会huì: expressiondon't know how

New characters

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次cì: times (verb-counter)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

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Grammar

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V不V 问句

Explanation

V 不 V 问句 = same as 吗 question but more direct. 难不难? = Is it hard? 喜欢不喜欢? = Do you like it? 多音节 V: 喜不喜欢 (only repeat 喜).

Examples

今jīn天tiān有yǒu考kǎo试shì. 难nán不bu难nán?Exam today. Hard?

Pronunciation

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声母 r 和 z, c, sInitials r and z, c, s

平舌音 z, c, s — Flat-Tongue Initials z, c, s

z, c, s are made with the tongue tip FLAT against the back of the upper teeth — the exact opposite of the curled zh/ch/sh.

z — like "ds" in "kids" zài · zuò · zǎo · zi
c — like "ts" in "cats" — with a strong puff cài · cóng · cì · cuò
s — like "s" in "say" sān · sì · suì · suǒ

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