【HSK Standard Course 1 四、今天几号？ What's the date today】 七、今天几号？^➊
《在银行³》
A：请问²，今天几号？
B：今天9月1号。^➋
A：今天星期几？
B：星期三。

《看日历⁵》
A：昨天是几月几号？^➌
B：昨天是8月31号，星期二。
A：明天呢？
B：明天是9月2号，星期四。

《在咖啡馆^★儿》
A：明天星期六，你去学校吗？
B：我去学校。
A：你去学校做什么？
B：我去学校看书。^➍

生词 New Words：
咖啡馆 kāfēiguǎn : café; coffee shop
银行 yínháng : bank
问 wèn : ask.
日历 rìlì : calendar

语法要点 Grammar Points:
➊今天几号？
Numeral serves as predicate. In Chinese, numeral can serve as predicate. Unlike English, no verb is needed. Actually almost any word can serve as predicate.
    我十三 Wǒ shísān. - I am thirteen.
    他八岁 Tā bā suì. - He is eight-years old. (八岁 is predicate. Don't add 是 before 十三 or 八岁.)

➋今天9月1号。
?月?日 / ?月?号: Month and day. ?月?日 is more formal than ?月?号. Latter is often used in spoken Chinese. When day is only mentioned, use 号 instead of 日. Also note, Chinese way is ..年..月..日 year..month..day.
    今天是六月五日/号 Jīntiān shì liù yuè wǔ rì/hào - Today is June 5th.
    我8号去北京 我8日去北京 Wǒ bā hào qù běijīng. - I will go to Beijing on 8th.

➌昨天是几月几号？
Different ways of time: past, current, future. It becomes convention to say times for past, current and future. This is the list.
    前天，昨天，今天，明天，后天 qiántiān, zuótiān, jīntiān, míngtiān, hòutiān - the day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
    前年，去年，今年，明年，后年 qiánnián, qùnián, jīnnián, míngnián, hòu nián - the year before last year, last year, this year, next year, the year after next year
    上个月，这个月，下个月 shàng gè yuè, zhège yuè, xià gè yuè - last month, this month, next month
    上(个)星期，这(个)星期，下(个)星期 Shàng (gè) xīngqí, zhè (gè) xīngqí, xià (gè) xīngqí - last week, this week, next week
    3年/个月/天/个星期(以)前 sān nián/gè yuè/tiān/gè xīngqí (yǐ) qián - 3 years/months/days/weeks ago
    3年/个月/天/个星期(以)后 sān nián/gè yuè/tiān/gè xīngqí (yǐ) hòu - 3 years/months/days/weeks after

➍我去学校看书。
Verb + Verb phrase. 我去公司工作:“I go to the company to work". Verbs 去公司 and 工作 both serve as predicate. They are called "verbal construction in series". It is like verb + to do/doing... in English. The 2nd verb phrase serves as the purpose of the 1st verb phrase. They cannot swap.
    去医院上班 qù yīyuàn shàngbān - go to hospital to work
    去学校上课 qù xuéxiào shàngkè - go to school to have classes
    去机场到哪里 qù jīchǎng dào nǎlǐ - where to go after arriving at airport