I.

Parts of the Body (Identification)  Month (Yue)

Shen ti bu wei (body parts)  Date (Hao)
 tou fa (hair) Year + Month + Date
 lian (Face)
 yan jing (eye) B. Translation of Time

 mei mao (eyebrow)  Hour (Dian)

 er duo (ear)  Minutes (fen) 1-14 mins, 16-29

mins, 31-44 mins, 46-59 mins
 bi zi (nose)
 30 minutes (ban)
 zui ba (mouth)
 Quarter (ke) 15 mins & 45 mins
 ya chi (teeth)
Time of the day + num of hour (dian) +
 shou bi (arm)
num of minutes (fen)
 shou (hand)
 du zi (stomach) * Month (Yue)
 tui (leg)  January yi yue
 jiao (foot)  February er yue
 March san yue
* Days of the week (xing qi (stars))
 April si yue
 Monday (xing qi yi)
 May wu yue
 Tuesday (xing qi er)
 June liu yue
 Wednesday (xing qi san)
 July qi yue
 Thursday (xing qi si)
 August ba yue
 Friday (xing qi wu)
 September jiu yue
 Saturday (xing qi liu)
 October shi yue
 Sunday (xing qi ri)
 November shi yi yue
 December shi er yue
II. A. Translation of Dates (Matching Type)
 Year (Nian)
NUMBERS  Zhong wu (12:00-12:59 NN)
0 – líng 99 - jiǔ shí jiǔ  Xia wu (1:00-6:59 PM)
1 - yī 100 - yī bǎi  Wan shang (6:00-11:59 PM)
2 – èr 111 - yī bǎi chī yī  Banye (12:00-1:59 MD)
3 – san 117 - yī bǎi shí qī  Lingchen (2:00-5:59 AM)
4 - sì 128 - yī bǎi èr shí bā
5 - wǔ 75 - qī shí wǔ Example:

6 - liù 110 - yī bǎi shí August 24, 2007

7 - qī 214 - èr bǎi shí qī er ling ling qi nian ba yue er shi si hao

8 - bā 226 - èr bǎi èr shí bā November 18, 2018

9 - jiǔ 229 - èr bǎi èr shí jiǔ er ling yi ba nian shi yi yue shi ba hao

10 - shí 222 - èr bǎi èr shí

11 - shí yī 333 - sān bǎi sān Examples:

12 - shí èr 417 - sì bǎi shí qī 3:41 PM

20 - èr shí 423 - sì bǎi èr shí sān Xia wu san dian si shi yi fen.

444 - sì bǎi sì shí sì 2:45 PM

555 - wǔ bǎi wǔ shí wǔ Xia wu er dian san ke

609 - liù bǎi jiǔ (quarters = 45 minutes)

628 - liù bǎi èr shí bā Quarter to 8 in the evening

7:45 PM
670 - liù bǎi qī shí
Half past 30 of 6 in the morning
727 - qī bǎi èr qī 6:30 AM
880 - bā bǎi bā shí 10 is to 3 in the afternoon
915 - jiǔ bǎi yī shí wǔ 2:50 PM

998 - jiǔ bǎi jiǔ shí bā Past a quarter of 1 midnight

1:15 AM
* Time of the day
1st quarter of 12 midnight
 Zaoshang (6:00-8:59 AM) 12:15 AM
 Shang wu (9:00-12:00 AM)
10 is to 10 in the morning  yes-no questions ("binary questions
10:10 AM or 'polar questions')
III. (Multiple Choice).  not an open question
Basic Conversation
 easiest way to form yes-no question
 Ni hao! (hi/hello). in Mandarin
 Ni hao ma? (How are you?)  put on the end of a plain statement,
and statement becomes a yes-no
 Wo hen hao! Ni ne? (I am
question
good/fine) (How about you?)
Example:
 Wo ye hen hao! Ni (de) baba, mama
Ni shi Li Xiansheng ma? } with ma
hao ma? (I am also fine) (How is
Are you Mr Li?
your father and mother?)
Ni shi Li Xiansheng. } without ma
 Tamen dou hen hao. Ni ne? (They
You are Mr. Li } valid sentence & Plain
are both fine) (How about you?)
statement.
 Wo de mama, baba hen hao. Ni ne?
* ne
(My mother and father are fine)
(How about you?)  has more uses than ma
 Tamen dou ye hen hao (They are  Forming queries, or asking bounce-
also both fine) back questions.
 equivalent to saying "and...?",
"what about ...?" or "how
* Today (Jintian)
about...?" in English.
* Tomorrow (Mingtian)
* Yesterday (Zuotian)  say the thing you'd like to know
* This year (jin nian) about, and put ne right after it.
* Next year (ming nian)
 someone asks you a question and
* Last year (qunian)
you return the question to them
IV. Particle ma & ne (True or False) after answering it.
* Similarities.
 can't be doubled up with other
 both go at the end of a sentence question words.
 both can form questions
 both pronounced in neutral tone
* ma
 turn statements into yes-no
questions