Free Chinese Online Course – Excercise Chain

Excercises for  

(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]