ATS1002-2002 Lecture Notes - Unit 7 (2024) PDF

**Week 8** **REMINDERS:** - Weekly assessed exercise - 家有儿女 **THIS WEEK:** - Oral Presentation - Covers topics in lessons 1 -- 6 - During Tutorial -- Speaking class - Computer Lab 2 -- Buying a train ticket **COMING UP:** - **Week 9** - Unit 8 weekly assess...

**Week 8** **REMINDERS:** - Weekly assessed exercise - 家有儿女 **THIS WEEK:** - Oral Presentation - Covers topics in lessons 1 -- 6 - During Tutorial -- Speaking class - Computer Lab 2 -- Buying a train ticket **COMING UP:** - **Week 9** - Unit 8 weekly assessed exercises - **Due on Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 11:59 PM** - No other assessment - **Week 10 (after the mid-semester break)** - Final Vocab Quiz - Covers lessons 6 -- 8 - Final Cultural Presentation - Chinese marriage customs WEEK 8 UNIT 7 我学过半年汉语 年代 nian2dai4 = decade 世纪shi4ji4 = century **INDEX** 1. [Vocab](#Vocab) 2. [Time expressions](#Time_expressions) a. [Hours](#Hours) b. [Half](#Half) 3. [Duration](#Duration) c. [Verb and duration](#Verb_and_duration) d. [Verbs\_with\_objects\_p1](#Verbs_with_objects_p1) e. [Verbs\_with\_objects\_p2](#Verbs_with_objects_p2) 4. [Frequency](#Frequency) f. [When to tropicalise and when not](#When_topicalise_when_not) i. [No topicalisation when thing referred to known](#No_top_when_known) ii. [No topicalisation when there is no attributive](#No_top_when_no_attrib) iii. [No topicalisation when there is a simple attributive](#No_top_when_simp_attrib) iv. [Should tropicalise when something mentioned for the first time](#Should_topicalise) v. [Should tropicalise when have a complex attributive](#Should_topicalise_have_attributive) vi. [Should tropicalise when have a demonstrative pronoun](#Should_topicalise_have_dem_pronoun) g. [If have a verb and a pronoun](#If_have_verb_and_pronoun) 5. [Notes](#Notes) 6. []{#Vocab.anchor}**Vocab** - See PDF []{#Time_expressions.anchor}**Time expressions -- periods of time** 一年 一个月 一天 一(个)星期 一周yīzhōu **Question** 一年有多少天？ 一个月有多少天？ 一个星期有几天？ **\ ** **Hours** 一(个)小时 **Question** 上面过了几个小时？ 一刻钟 yíkèzhōng 一分钟 yīfēnzhōng One minute **Question** 一个小时有多少分钟？ 一刻钟有多少分钟？ []{#Half.anchor}**半bàn** - Half of = 半 + MW 半年 半个月 半天 半个星期 半个小时 半分钟 **Question** 半年有几个月？ 半个月有几个星期？ 半个月有多少天？ 半天有几个小时？ 半个小时有多少分钟？ One plus a half = Number + MW + 半 一年半 = 几个月？ 一个半月 = 多少天？ 一天半 = 多少个小时？ 一个半星期 = 几天？ 一个半小时 = 多少分钟？ **Duration** []{#Verb_and_duration.anchor}Verb + duration 我每天工作八个半小时 我等了三个小时 **Question** How would you say: - Yesterday I only worked for 7 hours **Verbs with Objects** **-- Part 1** Verb + Object + Verb + duration 我学汉语学了半年了 昨天晚上我喝酒喝了三个小时 **Question** How would you say: - Every week I study Chinese for 6 hours - I waited for you for 3 days **\ ** **Verbs with Objects -- Part 2** **Noun** Verb + Duration + (的) + Noun 我每天看三个小时(的)电视。 我等了半个小时的公共汽车。 **Pronoun** Verb + Pronoun + Duration 我等了你半天了! Sheng1qi4 生气 = to be angry **Frequency** Verb + Number + \[次 or 遍\] 遍biàn = from start to finish 次cì = time(s) -- not emphasise beginning to end - **Note:** - The number/quantity + 次 or 遍 must come directly after the Verb, or if the Verb is followed by 了 or 过, then directly after them. - There are certain situations where topicalisation is used in sentences involving frequency. []{#When_topicalise_when_not.anchor}**When to topicalise and when not** - []{#No_top_when_known.anchor}**No need to topicalise** - Where the thing being referred to is already known, don't need to mention it again, e.g. A: 你看过[这本书]吗？ B: 我看过两遍。 A: 你来过[北京]吗？ B: 我来过三次。 - []{#No_top_when_no_attrib.anchor}**No need to topicalise when the Object following the Verb has no Attributive, e.g.:** 我去过一次中国。 我在他们家吃过两次饭。 我给她打了三次电话。 我听了三遍录音。 - []{#No_top_when_simp_attrib.anchor}**No need to topicalise when a Noun has a simple Attributive, e.g.:** 我给她打了三次[很长的]电话。 我在他们家吃过三次[很好吃]的饭。 - []{#Should_topicalise.anchor}**Should topicalise** - Where the thing being referred to is mentioned for the first time, topicalization should be used, e.g.: [这本书]我看过好几遍。 [卧虎藏龙]我看过五遍。 - []{#Should_topicalise_have_attributive.anchor}**When a complex Attributive precedes a Noun, topicalization should be used, e.g.:** [我去年买的那本书]我看过两遍。 [很多人喜欢的那个电影]我只看过一遍。 - []{#Should_topicalise_have_dem_pronoun.anchor}**When a demonstrative Pronoun (这、那) is used in an Attributive preceding a Noun, e.g.:** [这个人]我见过三次。 [那家饭店]我去过很多次。 - []{#If_have_verb_and_pronoun.anchor}**If you have a Verb + Pronoun** - Verb + Pronoun + Number + 次 or 遍 - 我去过那儿四次。 **Question** **How would you say:** - I have met him 3 times (before) use both ways of saying "to meet" **Notes:** 一个多小时 more than one hour 一个小时多一点 one hour plus a little bit 我学习了不止一个小时 不止= way more than 学了好几个小时 好几+measure word 好几个人 a lot of people = 很多人 好几年 = 很多年