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Lesson 4 Dialogue I Grammar University of Michigan Flint Zhong, Yan Word Order in Chinese Subject (agent of the action) Adverbial (time, place, manner, etc.) Verb Object (receiver of the action) 王朋 周末/常常 听 音乐 Wáng Péng zhōumò/chángcháng tīng yīnyuè 李友 明天 吃 中国菜 Lǐ Yǒu míngtiān c h ī Zhōngguó cài 高文中 昨天下午五点半 去看 外国电影 Gāo Wénzhōng zuótiān xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn bàn qù kàn wàiguó diànyǐng Affirmative + Negative (A-not-A) Questions (II) In this type of question there can be no adverbials before the verb other than time words 你明天去不去？ Nǐ míngtiān qù bu qù? Are you going tomorrow? 她今天晚上看不看电视？Tā jīntiān wǎnshang kàn bu kàn diànshì? Is she going to watch TV tonight? If there is an adverbial—such as 很 (hěn, very), 都 (dōu, all), 常常 (chángcháng, often) before the verb, the 吗 type question must be used instead. Are they all students? 他们都是学生吗？ Tāmen dōu shì xuésheng ma? 他们都是不是学生？X Tāmen dōu shì bu shì xuésheng? X Do you often go to the movies? 你常常看电影吗？ Nǐ chángcháng kàn diànyǐng ma? 你常常看不看电影？X Nǐ chángcháng kàn bu kàn diànyǐng? X Is Dr. Wang very busy? 王医生很忙吗？ Wáng yīshēng hěn máng ma? 王医生很忙不忙？X Wáng yīshēng hěn máng bu máng? X If there is more than one verb, the question form applies to the first verb Do you want to dance? 你想不想跳舞？ Nǐ xiǎng bu xiǎng tiào wǔ? 你想跳不跳舞？X Nǐ xiǎng tiào bu tiào wǔ? X Which sentence is correct? 你的同学去不去打球？ Nǐ de tóngxué qù bu qù dǎ qiú? 你的同学去打不打球？ Nǐ de tóngxué qù dǎ bu dǎ qiú? The Conjunction 那(么) (nà {me}, then; in that case) In a dialogue, immediately following a statement by speaker A, speaker B can often start with 那(么)(nà {me}), which links up the sentences by the two speakers. A: 今天晚上没事儿。 Jīntiān wǎnshang méi shìr. We have nothing to do tonight. B: 那我们去看电影，怎么样？ Nàme wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng, zěnmeyàng? In that case, let’s go to see a movie. How’s that? A: 我今天很忙，不想去吃晚饭。 Wǒ jīntiān 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 míngtiān ne? Then how about tomorrow? A: 你喜欢不喜欢吃美