Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 1: Chapter 7 part 1
Grammar: Descriptive Complements using 得 de
Structure: S V O V 得 description
Ex: 他打球大的很好 Ta1 da3 qiu2 da3 de hen3 hao3 He plays balls very well
Note: Practice this with as many V-O as you can. It an extremely common
structure in Mandarin
Grammar: 太 tai4 and 真 zhen1 vs. 很
Note: 太 and 真 are used in positive sentences and are more intense than 很
Ex: 你写汉字写得真好！ Ni3 xie3 han4zi xie3 de zhen1 hao3! You write
characters extremely well!
Grammar: 就 jiu4 – indicates earliness, precision, briefness of an action.
Here we can think of it as the opposite of 才
Ex: 我们七点半吃晚饭，她七点就来了 We were going to eat dinner at 7:30 but
she came as early 7:00
*我们七点半吃饭，她八点才来 We were going to eat at 7:30 but she didn’t come
until 8:00
Grammar: 有（一）点儿 you3 yi4 dian3r; a little bit, quite, pretty
Structure: 有一点儿 is usually places in front of adj or verbs. The （一）is
optional. Usually has a negative connotation.
Ex: 我有一点儿不高兴 I’m a little unhappy
Translation:
1. Because Chapter 10 has a lot of vocabulary and the grammar is
hard, I think Chapter 10 is pretty difficult.
2. My older brother was supposed to teach me Chinese at 6:00pm
but he arrived as early as 4:30!
3. You write Chinese characters so well! How do you write the
character “预习”
4. I play volleyball very well. (大排球)
5. 你说中文说得真好，你可以教我吗？
6. 我们九点三刻看电影，她八点半就来了
7. 请给我一点儿茶吧
8. 我写字写得太满了