Lesson:59 你 星期日 有 时间 吗？
Do you have time on Sunday?
Text 1
王小云: 我 要 去 北京 旅游，你 觉得 什么 时候 去 最 好？
I am going to Beijing for a tour. When do you think it is best?
林娜: 九月 去 北京 旅游 最 好。
It's best to travel to Beijing in September.
王小云: 为什么？
why？
林娜: 九月 的 北京 天气 不冷 也 不热。
It was neither cold nor hot in Beijing in September.
王小云: 林娜，你 怎么样？忙不忙？
Linna, how are you doing? Are you busy?
林娜: 我 今天 很 忙。
I am very busy today.
王小云: 明天 上午 你 有没有 课？
Do you have classes tomorrow morning?
林娜: 明天 是 星期几？
What day is tomorrow?
王小云: 明天 是 星期四。
Tomorrow is Thursday.
林娜: 我 上午、下午 都 有 课。
I have classes in the morning and afternoon.
王小云: 你 星期日 有 时间 吗？
Do you have time on Sunday?
林娜: 星期日 是 几号？
What's the date on Sunday?
王小云: 星期日 是 十月二十七号，是 宋华 的 生日。
Sunday is October 27th. It is Song Hua's birthday.
林娜: 是吗？他 今年 多大？
Is it? How old is he this year?
王小云: 宋华 一九八二年 十月二十七日 出生，属 狗。他 今年 二十 岁。
Song Hua was born in October 27th 1982, year of dog. He is twenty years old.
林娜: 他 是 哪儿人？
Where is he from?
王小云: 他 是 北京人。他 爸爸、妈妈 都 在 北京。星期日 下午 我们 有 一个 聚会，祝贺 他 的 生日。力波、大为 都 去，你 参加 不 参加？
He is from Beijing. His father and mother are in Beijing. We have a party on Sunday afternoon to congratulate him on his birthday. Li Bo and David went all the way, will you join us?
Text 2
A: 太好了！我 当然 参加。中国人 过 生日 的 时候 吃 蛋糕 吗？
Excellent! Of course I do. Do Chinese people eat cakes on their birthdays?
B: 吃 蛋糕。
Yes, Will eat cake.
A: 我 买 一个 大 蛋糕，好吗？
Can I buy a big cake?
B: 好啊。我 买 两 瓶 红 葡萄酒。
Good. I'll buy two bottles of red wine.
Chinese Character and Word.
课 /kè/ 生 /shēng/ 下 /xià/ 大 /dà/ 也 /yě/ 上 /shàng/ 买 /mǎi/ 了 /le/ 吃 /chī/ 岁 /suì/ 多 /duō/ 年 /nián/ 号 /hào/ 祝 /zhù/ 酒 /jiǔ/ 出 /chū/ 蛋 /dàn/ 红 /hóng/ 会 /huì/ 属 /shǔ/ 瓶 /píng/ 最 /zuì/ 过 /guò/ 糕 /gāo/ 下午 /xià wǔ/ 今年 /jīn nián/ 怎么样 /zěn me yàng/ 今天 /jīn tiān/ 星期日 /xīng qī rì/ 生日 /shēng rì/ 星期 /xīng qī/ 上午 /shàng wǔ/ 北京 /běi jīng/ 觉得 /jué de/ 参加 /cān jiā/ 出生 /chū shēng/ 多大 /duō dà/ 聚会 /jù huì/ 祝贺 /zhù hè/ 蛋糕 /dàn gāo/ 红葡萄酒 /hóng pú tao jiǔ/ 葡萄 /pú tao/ 宋华 /sòng huá/ 旅游 /lǚ yóu/ 为什么 /wèi shén me/
Chinese Grammars.
1: Questions with “....., 好吗？”
Questions with “....., 好吗？” are often used to give a suggestion or ask for someone's advice. The first part of such a question is a declarative sentence, and its last part can also be “可以吗？”.
Some example of affirmative answers are: “好啊”，“好”，“太好了”.
Negative answer refer to the following example sentence. Instead of “不好”.
For example:
A: 我 买 一个 大 蛋糕，好吗？
B: 不用了。
A: Can I buy a big cake?
B: It's not needed.
A: 我们 去 游泳，好吗？
B: 对不起，我 没有 时间。
A: Let's go swimming, shall we?
B: Sorry, I have no time.
A: 现在 去，可以吗？
B: 很抱歉，我 有 事儿。
A: Can I go now?
B: I'm sorry, I have something to do.
2: Sentence description: 你怎么样？
你 怎么样？
How are you doing?
This is also a form of greeting used among acquaintances and friends, and is similar to “你好吗？”
3: Sentence description: 明天是星期几？
明天 是 星期几？
What day is tomorrow?
It can also be said as
明天 星期几？
What day is it tomorrow?
in spoken language, with “是” omitted.
4: Sentence description：是吗？
The phrase “是吗？” does not raise a question here, but expresses mild surprise on the part of the speaker conserning something that he/she does not know.
For example:
A: 丁力波 的 哥哥 和 弟弟 都 在 北京。
B: 是吗？
A: Ding Libo's older brother and the younger brother are in Beijing.
B: Is it?
5: Sentence description：你今年多大
Here “多” is an adverb, followed by an adjective. The phrase “多 + A” is used to raise a question, and in this case “大” refers to age.
In asking about age in Chinese, one has to choose different forms for different groups of people.
你 今年 多大？
How old are you this year?
can only be used to ask the age of an adult, or people of the same generation as the speaker. When asking the age of a child, we usually say
你 今年 几岁?
How old are you this year?
6: Sentence description：属狗
Is is customary for the Chinese to designate one's year of birth according to twelve animals, which are arranged in the following order: rat, ox, tiger, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. These form a twelve-year cycle. For example, the year 1982, 1994 and 2006 are all designated “dog” years. The people who were born in these years are said to “be born in the year of dog”, which, in Chinese, is written as “属狗”. The years 1988, 2000 and 2012 are dragon years. Those who were born in these years all “属龙”.
7: Sentence description：他是哪儿人
他 是 哪儿人？
Where is he from?
This is an expression usually used to ask someone's place of birth. It can also be said as “他哪儿人？” with “是” omitted, and in answering “哪儿”, it is usually necessary to specify a province, city or county. When asking about someone's nationality, we use the expression “哪国人？”
8: The Auxiliary verb “要”
When “要” used before a verb, it indicates the desire to do something.
For example:
王方 要 学习 英语。
Wang Fang wants to learn English.
我 要 吃 米饭。
I want to eat rice.
我们 要 不 要 打 高尔夫？
Do we want to play golf?
It's negative form is usually “不想”.
For example:
王方 要 去，我 不想 去。
Wang Fang wants to go. I don't want to go.
A: 你 要 吃 米饭 吗？
B: 我 不想 吃 米饭。
A: Do you want rice?
B: I don't want to eat rice.
A: 我 要 去 商店 买 桌子,你 去 吗？
B: 我 不 去，我 不想 买 桌子。
A: I'm going to the shop to buy a table. Do you want to go?
B: I'm not going. I don't want to buy a table.
9: The adverb of degree “最”
“最”, It means being the first among things of the same kind of in a certain aspect.
For example:
大卫 的 汉语 最 好。
David's Chinese is the best.
我 最 喜欢 吃 米饭。
I like rice best.
她 的 脸蛋 最 漂亮。
Her face is the prettiest.
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