Learn how to make plans
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| Hēi , dàjiā hǎo , wǒ jiào Mǎ Yànrú .Hi everybody! I’m Mǎ Yànrú. |
| Welcome to ChineseClass101.com’s “Sān fēnzhōng Hànyǔ”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Chinese. |
| In the last lesson we learned how to count money. Did you go shopping? Or, did you practice at home? |
| In this lesson, we're going to learn some useful tips for talking about your schedule - for example, if a friend asks you "What are you doing this weekend?" |
| Let’s start! |
| To ask this question, you say: |
| Nǐ zhège zhōumò gàn shénme ? |
| [slowly] Nǐ zhège zhōumò gàn shénme ? |
| Let’s break it down. |
| nǐ is how you say “you.” |
| zhège means “this” |
| zhōumò is "weekend" |
| "gàn " is "to do" .And shénme → is "what". |
| All together again, it’s |
| Nǐ zhège zhōumò gàn shénme ? |
| What if you’re not asking about this weekend? |
| Asking about a different time period is as easy as replacing zhège zhōumò. |
| Tomorrow is míngtiān . So you can also say nǐ míngtiān gàn shénme ? What are you doing tomorrow? Or, you could also put in a weekday, like xīngqī yī ,"Monday" or xīngqītiān , which is "Sunday". |
| Nǐ xīngqī yī gàn shénme ? |
| Nǐ xīngqītiān gàn shénme ? |
| So now, if someone asks *you* nǐ míngtiān gàn shénme ? , or "What are you doing tomorrow?", how can you answer? |
| Here's an example: Wǒ qù xuéxiào . "I'm going to school." Wǒ is the word for I. qù means "going to", and xuéxiào means "school". Feel free to replace "school" with any other location! |
| Now it’s time for Yanru’s Tips. |
| In some situations, the question Nǐ shì zuò shénme de ? can also mean more generally "What do you do?" or "What is your job?" |
| This is a really common question you can ask, or that you might be asked the first time you meet someone. |
| In this lesson we learned how to talk about your schedule. Next time we are going to talk about how to tell people your nationality. |
| I'll be waiting for you in the next sān fēnzhōng Hànyǔ lesson. |
| Zài jiàn ! |
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