Chinese 3 2014fall

Lesson 12

Yuanyuan Wang

Key structure:
Riding a vehicle as a passenger
zu ch (The use of zu is often expressed in English as take.)
zu d ti (Take the subway)
zu gng jio ch (Take the bus)
To indicate the number of stops you ride on a bus or train:
zu+ number + zhn (stop)
zu zhn (ride for three stops)
(Take the subway and ride for four stops. )
ling (Take the bus and ride for two stops. )
To ask how many stops to take a bus or train, say:
zu zhn? How many stops do I go?
To say that you are taking a form of transportation to a location, state the means of
transportation before the action of going, coming or returning:
means of transportation + // location
Or means of transportation + location /
. (You can take the subway to the theater. )
. (They are coming to China by plane. )
. (We took the bus home.)
Get on/off the vehicle
ch (get on) ch get off
(Get on the plane.)
(Get off the ship. )
Use and in time expression:
Eg:
last month

next month
last week
next week
* last year
* next year
Doing an action at a place
+ location+ V
Eg:
. (at Pattee Transit Center get off the bus.)
pio . (You can buy ticket at subway station.)

. (You can get on here. )

Train and bus number

number+/ --- bus
number+ xin --- train
Eg:
( gng jio) (Number 5 bus)
(The number 2 line)
Changing train or bus line
hun+ number+/+ ch (change cars/ buses)
hun+ number+ xin (change lines)
Eg:
(Get off at Library Station and change to Line 9. )
(Change to Line 2, and ride for three stops.)
9 (Take number 9 bus and change to the subway at
Post Office Station.)
The duration of a situation
Stating the duration of a situation
Stating duration without including the object of the verb
Verb + duration
(You have to ride for an hour.)
hu (It takes two hours by bus. )
When talking about the duration of completed actions, follows the verb.
. (I sat a long time.)
(I spent three hours. )
Stating duration and including the object of the verb
Verb + Object...(Verb) + duration
() (You take the subway for an hour. )
5 () (Change the subway after you take
number 5 bus for an hour.)
()20 (Take the number 1 line for 20 minutes. )
When talking about the duration of completed actions, follows the the second
occurrence of the verb.
Eg:
/ (I took the boat for a long time.)
() 8 (I slept for eight hours last night.)
Asking about the duration of situations
Verb+ Object
How long do you have to take the subway?)
(How long do you change to the subway?)

Indicating sequence
+ Verb1, + Verb2 (first do, then do)
and are adverbs and can only occur before a verb phrase. They never occur
before a noun.

First cross the street, then go north.
5
First take the No.5 bus, then change to No. 2 line.
20
First take the subway for 20 minutes, then get off at Library Station.

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