Watch/Listen – Take the quizzes
- Xīngqīyī maicai Monday buy vegetables (go food shopping)
- Xīngqīèr xiuche Tuesday fix (the) car
- Xīngqīsān zuo yigong Wednesday do volunteer work
- Xīngqīsì xi yifu Thursday wash clothes
- Xīngqīwǔ kan balei Friday watch ballet
- Xīngqīliù da majiang Saturday play Mahjong
- Xīngqītiān/rì xiuxi Sunday rest
- Yīyuè qu Zhongguo January go to China
- Èryuè qu Riben February go to Japan
- Sānyuè qu Eluosi March go to Russia
- Sìyuè hui Meiguo April come back to the U.S.
- Wǔyuè qu Mixixibi zhou May go to Mississippi
- Liùyuè hui Xiusidun June return to Houston
- Qīyuè qu Jiazhou July go to California
- Bāyuè qu Niuyue August go to New York
- Jiǔyuè hui Xiusidun September come back to Houston
- Shíyuè qu Yingguo Ocotober go to England
- Shíyīyuè qu Xibanya November go to Spain
- Shí’èryuè qu Nan Mei Zhou December go to South America
- Liù diǎn (zhōng) qichuang 6:00 get up
- Liù diǎn bàn qu sanbu 6:30 go (for a) walk
- Qī diǎn (zhōng) ting xinwen 7:00 listen to news
- Qī diǎn bàn xizao 7:30 take a bath
- Bā diǎn zhōng) qu shangban 8:00 go to work
- Jiǔ diǎn (zhōng) kaihui 9:00 go to a meeting
- Shí diǎn (zhōng) xiuxi shi fen zhong 10:00 rest 10 minutes
- Shíyī diǎn (zhōng) xie dianzi youjian 11:00 write e-mail
- Shí’èr diǎn (zhōng) chi wufan 12:00 eat lunch
Explanation: Stating a routine.
Stating a routine is essentially listing a series of activities that happen at a given time. Essentially, it’s a matter of memorizing vocabulary that goes with a routine. However, note that in Chinese preferred word order is: Subject > Time > Verb = I Monday work, I July go to California, I at 12:00 eat lunch. In English, for calendar time it is acceptable to say either “In January I’ll go to China” or “I’ll go to China in January.” But it’s pretty weird in English to say things like “I at 12:00 eat lunch.” Conversely, it’s wrong in Chinese to say, “Wo chifan shi’er dian zhong.” The Verbs above are pretty randomly chosen; think of routines that can actually fit your own life and habits.