I have a class at 8 am

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上课的时候我们都会有课程表，几点上课，几点下课，一清二楚。你的汉语课程分别在什么时候上呢？会在八点? 会在两点? 那你知道怎样用汉语表达正确时间吗?

We have a timetable for our classes, we know when a class starts and when it ends. When do your Chinese class start? At eight o'clock? Two o'clock? Do you know how to correctly express time in Mandarin?

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又到我们一起上课的时间了，现在是早上七点了，不知道你们那边会是几点呢? 我们今天的主题都是关于时间的, 一起先看看视频。

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Happy School Online for Mandarin learning.

It's time for us to have class again, here it is at seven o'clock in the morning. Wonder what is your local time now? Our class today talks about time, let’s take a look on our video.

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李玉，现在几点了？

lǐ yù ，xiàn zài jǐ diǎn le ？

Li Yu, what time is it now?

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现在七点五十二分了。

xiàn zài qī diǎn wǔ shí èr fēn le 。

It's 7: 52 now.

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你要去哪儿？

nǐ yào qù nǎr ？

Where are you going?

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我要去吃早饭，

wǒ yào qù chī zǎo fàn ，

I'm going to have breakfast.

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我打算九点去图书馆看书。

wǒ dǎ suàn jiǔ diǎn qù tú shū guǎn kàn shū 。

I plan to go to the library to read at nine.

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你早上没课吗？

nǐ zǎo shàng méi kè ma ？

You have no class in the morning, don’t do?

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我没课，

wǒ méi kè ，

I don't have any class.

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不过，王华，

bú guò ，wáng huá，

However, Wang Hua,

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今天星期四，

jīn tiān xīng qī sì ，

today is Thursday.

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Vocabulary to know

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现在 [ xiàn zài ] (n)

Now

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你现在在哪儿？

nǐ xiàn zài zài nǎr ？

Where are you now?

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点 [ diǎn ] (m)

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O'clock

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现在六点了。

xiàn zài liù diǎn le 。

It's six o 'clock.

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分钟 [ fēn ] (n)

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Minute

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还有30分钟上课。

hái yǒu 30 fēn zhōng shàng kè 。

There are still 30 minutes before class.

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早饭 [ zǎo fàn ] (n)

Breakfast

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你吃过早饭了吗？

nǐ chī guò zǎo fàn le ma ？

Have you had breakfast yet?

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星期四 [ xīng qī sì ] (n)

Thursday

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我们公司星期四下午有活动。

wǒ men gōng sī xīng qī sì xià wǔ yǒu huó dòng 。

Our company has an activity on Thursday afternoon.

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记得 [ jì de ] (v)

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Remember

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我记得他的生日在十月。

wǒ jì de tā de shēng rì zài shí yuè 。

I remember his birthday is in October.

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迟到 [ chí dào ] (v)

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Be late

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他从来没有迟到过。

tā cóng lái méi yǒu chí dào guò 。

He has never been late.

Recap

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