【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 after➍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