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Directions: Please read the directions carefully. Provide the best responses for each of the questions.

 

Mix-and-Match: Choose appropriate English translations for the Chinese words below.

 

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Match the items.
The task is to match the lettered items with the correct numbered items. Appearing below is a list of lettered items. Following that is a list of numbered items. Each numbered item is followed by a drop-down. Select the letter in the drop down that best matches the numbered item with the lettered alternatives.
a. To trouble, bother
b. You
c. A short while
d. Please
e. A sentence-final particle to soften the requestive force
 

 

True/False:According to the information in this unit, judge if the statements below are true or false (T/F)

 

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Internal modifications are the adjuncts to the head acts.
 
 

 

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Internal modification include downgraders and upgraders.
 
 

 

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请 and 麻烦 are usually positioned near the end of a sentence in Chinese.
 
 

 

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吧 and 一下 are usually put at the beginning of a sentence in Chinese.
 
 

 

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您 is used to show respect and politeness to elders, people with higher social status, or strangers.
 
 

 

Review

 

Directions: Find out the internal modifications within the following request expressions in Chinese.

Chinese sentence

Pinyin translation

Internal modifications

你等我一下

Nǐ  děng  wǒ  yíxià.   

"一下"

借我100块钱吧。

Jiè wǒ yìbǎi  kuài  qián  ba.   

"吧"

麻烦您帮我一下,可以吗?

Máfan nín  bāng wǒ yíxià, kěyǐ ma?

"麻烦", "您",  

and"一下"

请你等我一下。

Qǐng nǐ  děng  wǒ  yíxià.

" 请"

"一下"

你的护照给我看一下吧。

Nǐ de hùzhào gěi wǒ kàn yíxià ba.

"一下"

"吧"

请帮我打扫一下房间, 行吗?

Qǐng bāng wǒ dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān, xíng ma? 

"请"

"一下 "