Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Adverbs

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Adverbs

Inclusion and Continuity

也

yě

also

我也想喝一点儿葡萄酒 ◦

wŏ yě xiăng hē yìdiăn'r pútaojiŭ.

I too would like to drink some wine.

Intensifiers

很

hěn

very

很好	hěn hăo	very good
她有很多钱 ◦	tā yŏu hěn duō qián	She has a lot of money.
他们说得很快 ◦	tāmen shuō de hěn kuài.	They speak very quickly.
我的女儿很大了 ◦	wŏ de nǚér hěn dà le.	My daughter is very grown-up.

太

tài

too

太多了	tài duō le	too much
太多啤酒了	tài duō píjĭu le	too much beer
你说得太快了 ◦	nĭ shuō de tài kuài le.	You speak too quickly.

一点儿

yìdiăn'r

a little

他有一点儿钱 ◦	tā yŏu yìdiăn'r qián.	He has a little money.
他们会说一点儿国语 ◦	tāmen huì shuō yìdiăn'r guó yŭ.	They can speak a little Mandarin.
他想买一点儿东西 ◦	tā xiăng măi yìdiăn'r dōngxi.	He would like to buy (a little) something.

Location

这儿	zhè'er	here	学院路不是在这儿 ◦	Xuéyuàn lù bù shì zài zhè'er.	College Road isn't located here.
那儿	nà'r	over there	长安街在那儿 ◦	Cháng Ān jiē zài nà'r.	Long Peace Street is located over there.
我那儿	wŏ nà'r	my place	去我那儿吃 ◦	qù wŏ nà'r chī.	Let's go to my place to eat.
一直往前	yī zhí wăng qián	straight ahead	一直往前走 ◦	yī zhí wăng qián zŏu.	Go straight ahead.
右边	yòubiān	right	右边那条路	yòubiān nà tiáo lù	the road to the right
左边	zuŏbiān	left	你应该走左边那条路 ◦	nĭ yīnggāi zŏu zuŏbiān nà tiáo lù.	You should take the road to the left.

Time

点钟	… diăn zhōng	at … o'clock	我想一点钟吃午饭 ◦	wŏ xiăng yī diăn zhōng chī wŭfàn.	I would like to have lunch at 1 o'clock.
过一会儿	guò yì huĭ'er	later	她想过一会儿喝茶 ◦	tā xiăng guò yì huĭ'er hē chá.	She would like to have tea later.
今天	jīntiān	today	今天我不想吃东西 ◦	jīntiān wŏ bù xiăng chī dōngxi.	Today, I would not like to eat anything.
			今天晚上我要吃晚饭 ◦	jīntiān wănshàng wŏ yào chī wănfàn.	Tonight (today in the evening), I am going to have dinner.
明天	míngtiān	tomorrow	明天晚上八点钟 ◦	míngtiān wănshàng bā diăn zhōng.	Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
晚上	wănshàng	in the evening	今天晚上我要吃晚饭 ◦	jīntiān wănshàng wŏ yào chī wănfàn.	This evening, I am going to have dinner.
现在	xiàn zài	now	现在几点钟 ?	xiàn zài jí diăn zhōng?	What time is it (now)?
			现在一点钟 ◦	xiàn zài yī diăn zhōng.	(Now,) it is 1 o'clock.
			现在我钱够了 ◦	xiàn zài wŏ qián gòu le.	Now, I have enough money.
			我想现在吃午饭 ◦	wŏ xiăng xiàn zài chī wŭfàn.	I would like to eat lunch now.