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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

我有考试 — I have an exam

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

Vocabulary

汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
难 nán adj. difficult (revisit Bk1)
听写 tīngxiě exp. dictation
想 xiǎng v. think (revisit)
不会 bú huì exp. don't know how

New characters

汉字PinyinPOSMeaning
次 cì times (verb-counter)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

Grammar

V不V 问句 V不V 问句

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).

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).

  • 今天有考试. 难不难? Jīntiān yǒu kǎoshì. Nán bu nán? Exam today. Hard?

Pronunciation

声母 r 和 z, c, s Initials 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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