Lesson 4 愛 aì 好 hàoHobbies

電 diàn影 yǐng

周zhōu末 mò

電 diàn視 shì

書 shū

舞 wǔ

球 qiú

歌 gē

音 yīn樂 yuè

外 wài國 guó

時 shí候 hòu

打 dǎ

看kàn

唱chàn

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跳tiào

聽tīng

去 qù

1. 你周末喜歡做什麼？

2. 你也喜歡看書，對不對？

3. 對，有的時候也喜歡看書。

4. 我周末常常看電影。5. 因為昨天你請我吃飯，所以今天我請你看電影

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去 qù + action

If the performance of an action involves a change of location, then this is the construction we use.

我們明天晚上去看電影。Wǒmen míngtīan wǎnshàng qù kàn diànyǐng.We are going to see a movie tomorrow night.

Subject Time VObject

去 qù + action

我晚上不去跳舞。Wǒ wǎnshàng bú qù tìao wǔ .I will not go dancing tonight.

Make a sentence that contains 去＋ action structure.

S T V O

Basic grammar structure

S + Time + V + O

Rearrange the following Chinese words into sentences:

週末 zhōumò/ 你去看電影 nǐ qù kàn dìanyǐng ／我 wǒ ／請 qǐng

我週末請你去看電影。

去跳舞 qù tìaowǔ ／昨天 zúotīan ／我們 wǒmen ／晚上 wǎnshàng

我們昨天晚上去跳舞。

好嗎？

When you politely suggest to do something in the future.

As “okay?” in English.

我週末請你去看電影 , Wǒ zhōu mò qǐng nǐ qù kàn dìanyǐng,

我們明天晚上去跳舞，好嗎？Wǒmen míngtīan wǎnshàng qù tìao wǔ, hǎo mā?

好嗎？hǎo mā?

因為 .. 所以 ..(yīnwèi...suǒyǐ..)

because.....,therefore.....

因為我不喜歡跳舞，所以我不去跳舞。Yīnwèi wǒ bù xǐhuān tiàowǔ, suǒyǐ wǒ bú qù tiàowǔ.

因為我很忙，所以我不去看電影。Yīnwèi wǒ hěn máng, suǒyǐ wǒ bú qù kàn diànyǐng.

Lesson 4 Language Practice I

Exercise B & C

The conjunction - 那 nà

As then, in that case in English

In a dialogue, immediately following a statement by speaker A, speaker B can often start with 那nà, which links up the sentences by the two speakers.

The conjunction - 那 nà

A: 你喜歡不喜歡吃美國菜？Nǐ xǐhuan bù xǐhuan chī Měiguó cài?(Do you like or not like to eat American food?)

B: 不喜歡。 Bù xǐhuan.(I don’t)

A: 那我們吃中國菜，怎麼樣？Nà wǒmen chī Zhōngguó cài, zěnmeyàng?(Then let’s eat Chinese food. How’s that?)

B: 我也不喜歡。 Wǒ yě bù xǐhuan.(I also don’t like it.)

The conjunction - 那 nà

A: 我今天很忙，不想去吃晚飯。Wǒ jīntīan hěn máng, bù xiǎng qù chī wǎnfàn.(I’m very busy today. I don’t want to go to dinner.)

B: 那明天呢？ Nà míngtīan ne?(In that case, how about tomorrow?)

喜歡 xǐhuān不喜歡 bù xǐhuān

想 xiǎng

S+ 想（ would like to ） + Action

想 xiǎng

不想 bù xiǎng

你喜歡看外國電影嗎？

你星期六想去跳舞嗎？

喜歡 xǐhūan vs 想 xiǎng

喜歡 like(s)

想 would like to ...... ／ want to.....

Fill in the blanks:我 wǒ 現在 xìanzài ______ 睡覺

shùijìao 。我 wǒ 明天 míngtīan 不 bù______ 去 qù 唱歌chànggē 。

我 wǒ 很 hěn 不 bù______ 跳舞 tìaowǔ 。

想

想喜歡

想 v.s. 喜歡想 as “want to” or “would like to”

喜歡 as “like”Q: 你想吃美國菜還是中國菜？

nǐ xiǎng chī Měiguó cài háishì

Zhōngguó cài? A : 我想吃美國菜。 wǒ xiǎng chī Měiguó cài.Q: 你喜歡吃美國菜還是中國菜

？ A : 我喜歡吃美國菜。

想 v.s. 覺得想 as “want to” or “would like to”

覺得 as “feel”

Q: 你想看一個外國電影嗎？

A : 我不想。Q: 你覺得外國電影有意思嗎

？ A : 我覺得外國電影很有意思。

想 v.s. 要想 as “want to” or “would like to”

要 also as “want to”

? how do you differentiate 想 and 要

When someone uses 想， it usually means the person is thinking about doing it. The person has not yet decided if he or she will definitely do it.

State of hesitation.

When someone uses 要 , the person is more determined. The person will complete what he or

she wants to do. Tone of determination.

想 v.s. 要

我晚上想去看電影。Wǒ wǎnshàng xǐang qù kàn dìanyǐng.

我晚上要去看電影。Wǒ wǎnshàng yào qù kàn dìanyǐng.

I’d like to go see a movie tonight. (I

am thinking about going to a movie

tonight.)

I want to go see a movie tonight. (I

will go see a movie tonight.)

Q1: 你星期三想做什麼？

Q2: 你星期五要做什麼？