Learning Chinese HSK 1 Lession 7: The Chinese Calendar Talking About Dates in Chinese, go somewhere to do something

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1. Conversation
A:请问,今天几号?
[qǐng wèn , jīn tiān jǐ hào ?] Excuse me, what’s the date today?

B:今天9月1号。
[jīn tiān 9 yuè 1 hào 。] It’s September 1st.

A: 今天星期几?
[jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ ?] What day is it today?

B:星期三。
[xīng qī sān 。] It’s Wednesday.

2. New Words
1. 请 qǐng V. (polite) please

2. 问 wèn V. to ask, to inquire

3.今天 jīntiān today

4. 号 hào n. (for date of month) number

5.月 yuè n. month

6. 星期 xīngqi week

1. Conversation
A: 昨天是几月几号?

[zuó tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?] What was the date yesterday?

B: 昨天是8月31号,星期二。

[zuó tiān shì 8 yuè 31 hào , xīng qī èr 。] It was Tuesday, August 31st.

A:明天呢?

[míng tiān ne ?] A: What about tomorrow?

B:明天是9月2号,星期四。

[míng tiān shì 9 yuè 2 hào , xīng qī sì 。] B: It’s Thursday, September 2nd.

2. New Words
7. 昨天 zuótiān n. yesterday

8.明天 míngtiān n. tomorrow

1. Conversation
A:明天星期六,你去学校吗?

[míng tiān xīng qī liù , nǐ qù xué xiào má ?] Tomorrow is Saturday. Will you go to school?

B:我去学校。

[wǒ qù xué xiào 。] Yes, I will.

A:你去学校做什么?

[nǐ qù xué xiào zuò shén me ?] What are you going to do there?

B: 我去学校看书。

[wǒ qù xué xiào kàn shū 。] I’m going there to do some reading.

2. New Words
9.去 qù v. to go

10.学校 xuéxiào n. school

11.看 kàn v.to look at, to watch, to read

12. 书 shū n. book