1. Lesson 11 Text 1 你 在 干 什 么？ Ni zai gan shen me? 你在干什么?
Anni, Ni zai gan shen me? (Annie, what are you doing?)
你 在 干 什 么？
Ni zai gan shen me? 你在干什么?
Ni zai zuo shen me? 你在做什么? *在zai + verb = in progress, doing something now More examples of 在zai+ verb on P. 86 in textbook.
*做Zuo and 干gan mean the same in this question.
(informal way: 你在干吗?)
What are you going to do?
Ni yao gan shen me Ni yao zuo shen me
Wo yao da lan qiu. I’m going to play basketball
Wo yao kan dian ying. I’m going to watch movie

2. Wo zai kan li wu 我在看礼物. (I’m looking at gifts)
Wo shou dao bu shao li wu (I receive a lot of gifts).
收到 (shou dao): receive
不少 (bu shao): not few, not little= a lot You can also say 很多(hen duo): very much / very many
礼物 (li wu): gift, present
Ma ma song gei ni shen me? 妈妈送给你什么？
= ma ma song ni shen me? 妈妈送你什么?
= ma ma gei ni shen me? 妈妈给你什么?
Mom give you what?
送(song) 给(gei) both mean to give, but 送(song) has a specific meaning: give as in gift/present giving; with a purpose to give you something as a gift/present. It is clearly implied that you will never need to give it back.

3. 一副 yi fu: here means a pair (of things). 这副 zhe fu: this pair
Mama song gei wo yi fu shou tao 妈妈送给我一副手套: Mom gives me a pair of gloves.
一副 yi fu: here means a pair (of things).
这副 zhe fu: this pair
很漂亮 hen piao liang: Very pretty
Ma ma song gei wo xin wei jin:
妈妈送给我新围巾: mom gives me new scarf.
Ma ma zong shi zhi dao wo men xu yao shen me 妈妈总是知道我们需要什么: mom always knows we need what.

4. 总是zong shi: always
知道 zhi dao: know
Bu zhi dao. Don’t know.
需要 xu yao : need