- Not that bad. Our teacher teaches relatively good.
- Do you think English is difficult to learn.
- Not too difficult, but you have to hear it a lot and to speak it a lot.
Grammar
The structural particle 得
Simple complement of degree is usually made of an adjective and the structural particle 得 which is used to connect the verb and its complement of degree.
The negative form is made by adding 不 before the complement.
Examples:
- 他 英语 说 得 很好。( He speaks English very well )
- 你 汉语 说 得 怎么样? ( How is your English? )
- 她 汉语 教 得 很好。( She teaches English very well )
Direct and indirect object
The verb 教 (jiāo) can take two objects. The first one, mostly a personal noun or pronoun, is called an indirect object and the second one, mostly a noun of non-personal reference, is named the direct object.
Examples:
- 王老师 教 我们口语。( Professor Wang teaches spoken language to us )
- 张老师 教 他们语法。( Professor Zhang teaches grammar to them )
The modal particle 吧
The usage of the modal particle 吧 (ba) is to express as interrogatives tone of a guess.
Examples:
- 你是学生吧?( You're a student ? )
- 她会说英语吧?( She can speak english ? )
- 你去北京吧?( You're going to Beijing ? )
Exercises : Substitution Drills
Exercise 1
-
Nǐ
你
shì
是
xuésheng
学生
ba ?
吧?
-
Shì
是
de.
的。
大学生
dàxuéshēng
college student
中学生
zhōngxuéshēng
middle school student
小学生
xiǎoxuéshēng
primary school student
外国人
wàiguórén
foreigner
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
Exercise 2
-
Nǐ
你
shì
是
nǎ
哪
gè
个
dàxué
大学
de
的
xuésheng ?
学生?
-
Wǒ
我
shì
是
Běijīng
北京
Dàxué
大学
de
的
xuésheng.
学生。
Sub. 1
Sub. 2
大学
dàxué
university
老师
lǎoshī
公司
gōngsī
company
职员
zhíyuán
医院
yīyuàn
hospital
大夫
dàifu
学校
xuéxiào
school
学生
xuésheng
工厂
gōngchǎng
factory
工人
gōngrén
银行
yínháng
bank
职员
zhíyuán
Exercise 3
-
Nǐ
你
Yīngyǔ
英语
shuō
说
de
得
zěnmeyàng ?
怎么样?
-
Wǒ
我
Yīngyǔ
英语
shuō
说
de
得
hái kěyǐ
还可以
Verb
Adj.
教
jiāo
teach
很好
hénhǎo
说
shuō
speak
不错
búcuò
写
xiě
write
还可以
háikěyǐ
读
dú
read
非常好
fēichánghǎo
Memorize, practice and test your vocabulary from lesson 19
Learn how to ask someone's address and telephone number. Grammar : nominal construction. Examples and exercises.
Vocabulary: Where do you live? What's your phone number?