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Lesson 6
How manybooks do you have?
你有几本书?
Chapter Objectives:
• Make small talk
• Ask about someone’s possessions
• Ask about “how many” objects someone has
A. Dialogue
Lin Jun: 大山,那是你的狗吗?
dàshān, nà shì nǐde gǒu ma?
Li Dashan: 对,这是我的狗。你有没有狗?
duì. zhè shì wǒde gǒu. nǐ yǒu méiyǒu gǒu?
Lin Jun: 我没有,可是我有一只猫。
wǒ méiyǒu, kěshì wǒ yǒu yi zhī māo.
Li Dashan: 你的猫叫什么名字?
nǐde māo jiào shénme míngzi?
Lin Jun: 她叫球球。
tā jiào qiú qiú.
Li Dashan: 球球很可爱。这是中文书吗?
qiú qiú hěn keài. zhè shì zhōngwén shū ma?
Lin Jun: 是的,这本是我们的中文课本。
shìde, zhèběn shì wǒmen de zhōngwén kèběn.
Li Dashan: 你有几本中文书?
nǐ yǒu jǐ běn zhōngwén shū?
Lin Jun: 我有两本,你呢?
wǒ yǒu liǎng běn, nǐ ne?
你有几本中文书?
nǐ yǒu jǐ běn zhōngwén shū?
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Li Dashan: 我有很多中文书。
wǒyǒu hěnduō zhōngwén shū.
那是你的车吗?
nà shì nǐde chē ma?
Lin Jun: 不是,我的车是日本车。
búshì, wǒde chē shì rìběn chē.
你的车是什么车?
nǐde chē shì shénme chē?
Li Dashan: 我的车是韩国车。
wǒde chē shì hánguó chē.
B. English translation of the dialogue
Lin Jun: Dashan, is that your dog?
Dashan: Correct! This is my dog. Do you have a dog?
Lin Jun: I don’t, but I have a cat.
Dashan: What is your cat’s name?
Lin Jun: Her name is Qiu-qiu.
Dashan: She is very cute. Is this a Chinese book?
Lin Jun: Yes, his is our Chinese textbook.
Dashan: How many Chinese books do you have?
Lin Jun: I have two, how about you? How many Chinese books do you have?
Dashan: I have many Chinese books. Is that your car?
Lin Jun: No, my car is a Japanese car. What kind of car do you have?
Dashan: My can is a Korean car.
C. Reading Practice
大山有一只狗,他的同学林君没有狗,她有一只猫。林君的猫叫球球, 球球很可爱。大
山是中国人,他的中文书很多。 林君是美国人,她学中文,她有两本中文书。大山有
车,他的车是韩国车。林君也有车,她的车是日本车。
Dàshān yǒu yì zhī gǒu, tāde tóngxué Lín jūn méiyǒu gǒu, tā yǒu yì zhī māo. Lín Jūn de māo jiào
Qiú-qiú, Qiú-qiú hěn kě ài. Dàshān shì zhōngguó rén, tāde zhōngwén shū hěnduō. Lín Jūn shì
měiguó rén, tā xué zhōngwén, tā yǒu liǎng běn zhōngwén shū. Dàshān yǒu chē, tā de chē shì
hánguó chē. Lín Jūn yě yǒu chē, tāde chē shì rìběn chē.
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D. Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin Englishmeaning
1.狗 狗 gǒu N. dog
2.猫 貓 māo N. Cat
3.只 隻 zhī M.W. M.W. for
4.几 幾 jǐ Question word how many
5.两 兩 liǎng Number Two
6.可是 可是 kěshì Conj. But
7.对 對 duì Adj. Correct
8.可爱 可愛 kě ài Adj. Cute
9.车 車 chē N. Car
10.韩国 韓國 hánguó N. Korea
E. Supplementary Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin English meaning
球球
球
球球
球
N.
N.
Name of cat in the dialogue
ball
Chinese Number 1-100
1
一
yī
2
二
èr
3
三
sān
4
四
sì
5
五
wǔ
6
六
liù
7
七
qī
8
八
bā
9
九
jiǔ
10
十
shí
10
十
shí
20
二十
èrshí
30
三十
sānshí
40
四十
sìshí
50
五十
wǔshí
60
六十
liùshí
70
七十
qīshí
80
八十
bāshí
90
九十
jiǔshí
100
一百
yìbǎi
5
4. Repeat thefollowing phrases
1. Ni yǒu jǐ běn shū?
2. Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu māo?
3. Nǐ huì búhuì shuō zhōngwén?
4. Wǒde shū hěn duō.
5. Tāde chē shì rìběn chē.
G. Grammar
1. Measure Word (MW) 个,本,只
个(ge) is a measure word for people, or three dimensional objects. 本 (běn) is a measure
word for books, magazines and notebooks. 只(zhī) is a measure word for animals. Measure
word must be used to conject a number and a noun, and the pronouns (这 zhè and 那 nà)
and a noun. 两(liǎng) is used to replace 二 (èr) to count a noun with a MW.
个(ge) MW for people 本(běn) MW for books 只(zhī) MW for animal
一个学生
yí ge xuéshēng
两个中国人
liǎngge zhōngguó rén
这个日本老师
zhè ge rìběn lǎoshī
一本英文书
yì běn yīngwén shū
两本中文课本
liǎng běn zhōngwén kèběn
那本工程书
nà běn gōngchéng shū
一只狗
yì zhī gǒu
两只猫
liǎng zhī māo
那只狗
nà zhī gǒu
2. ji 几
几 is a question word to ask “How many?” Usually amounts under ten. In the question, 几
comes before the measure word.
Question word + Measure word + Noun
几 + 个 + 人
Ask how many Answer
林老师有几个学生?
Lín lǎoshī yǒu jǐ ge xuéshēng?
你有几本中文书?
林老师有三十个中文学生。
Lín lǎoshī yǒu sānshí ge zhōngwén xuéshēng.
我有两本中文书。