Free Chinese Online Course – Excercise Chain
(get familiar with the lesson first)
Translate these sentences:
1. Where is he? Is he in Shanghai?
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他在哪里?他在上海吗?
Tā zài nǎli? Tā zài Shànghǎi ma? [/expand]
2. He isn’t in Shanghai, he is in Beijing.
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他不在上海,他在北京。
Tā búzài Shànghǎi, tā zài Běijīng. [/expand]
3. Beijing isn’t as big as Shanghai.
use the construction from this visual:
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北京没有上海大。
Běijīng méiyǒu shànghǎi dà. [/expand]
4. This tea is better than that one.
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这个茶比那个茶好(喝)。
Zhège chá bǐ nàge chá hǎo(hē).
When speaking of a general quality, we use just 好, when speaking just about the taste we say 好喝 (good to drink)[/expand]
5. Do you want a beer?
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你要啤酒吗?
Nǐ yào píjiǔ ma?[/expand]
6. Do you have European beer?
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你有欧洲啤酒吗?
Nǐ yǒu Ōuzhōu píjiǔ ma?[/expand]
7. I don’t have European beer, I have Chinese beer.
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我没有欧洲啤酒,我有中国啤酒。
Wǒ méiyǒu Ōuzhōu píjiǔ, wǒ yǒu Zhōngguó píjiǔ. [/expand]