Ch. 5. Concepts

Question 1

Months of the year

Answer 1

Months are named by number +月。
January ： 一月
February：二月
March： 三月
。。。
November：十一月
December：十二月

Question 2

Days of the week

Answer 2

For Monday-Satuday, months are named 星期 + number
Monday：星期一
Tuesday：星期二
。。。
Saturday：星期六

Sunday has a special name: 星期日 or 星期天

Question 3

Day of the month

Answer 3

Expressed as number + 号 or 日，with 号 being more common in spoken Chinese.

Question 4

How to express a date

Answer 4

The order is year + month + day of month + day of week

ie: Sunday, March 12, 2024 = 二零二四年三月十二号星期天

When written you may see: 2024 年 3 月 12 日 星期日

是 is often omitted in the complete sentence: 今天五月七号 = Today is May 7th
However，with 不，是 is required。

Question 5

Expressing years

Answer 5

Each number is written individually + nian (年)

2020 = 二零二零年
2024 = 二零二四年

Note that most commonly, numbers are written in chinese using arabic numerals.

Question 6

Sentences with adjective predicates

Answer 6

Some sentences may not have a typical “verb”.

I am happy: 我很高兴
I am not happy: 我不高兴

很 does not necessarily mean “very” here. It’s actually just a linking word and without it, the sentence carries a feeling of comparison. For example 他高兴 , 我不高兴