Mandarin Language Level 1Unit 4: Time

Lam Kai CheeCentre for Language StudiesUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak

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In this session, you will be• introduced to the ways in expressing time • exposed to the ways in asking about time

Session objectives

• Some important terms

Expressing time

• It’s simple to express years, months and dates

Number Number Number Number

Number

Number

• So 13th July 2015 would be

• Note that the sequence in expression of time is from year to date: 2015 年 7 月 13号

2 0 1 5

7

13

• Expressing a day in a week

• However beware of Sunday, which is traditionally regarded as the last day of a week by Chinese

or

but not

• Reading the time

Asking about time

• Try recalling how to say ‘today’, ‘tomorrow’, ‘yesterday’, and ‘now’.• Try asking ‘what’s the day today’ to your

friend who speaks Mandarin. Listen to his/her answer carefully. • What’s your answer when somebody asks you

‘míngtiān xīngqī jĭ’?

Shìshi kàn: now you try