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title: Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate

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The 15 questions of lesson 1 «Hello and goodbye: the first words at the gate» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t1/) — «nee HOW means how are you, like english how» Which is right? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t2/) — You arrive at Ming's for a sleepover at 7 in the evening and say wǎn'ān to his mum. What went wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t3/) — What would happen if you said a big «hāi!» to Ming's grandad? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t4/) — «ming said nǐ zǎo to me and i was already late lol» What could nǐ zǎo also mean? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t5/) — It is Friday home time. Which is better than míngtiān jiàn? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t6/) — You say zàijiàn with your voice going up at the end. How does it sound? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t7/) — «his nan asked if i ate, i said no and now theres like 6 dishes» Why? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t8/) — A cartoon kid says zǎoshang hǎo at 4 in the afternoon. What would a real kid say? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t9/) — «shut up, it's ní hǎo, not nǐ hǎo, you're saying it wrong» Who is right? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t10/) — Ming and you will meet again at the park after tea. What do you say at the gate? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/t11/) — In a game a character greets the emperor with «hāi, bāibāi!». What is off? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/e1/) — Identify the greeting most appropriately addressed by a visiting child to the grandmother of his companion. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the enquiry chī le ma. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression wǎn'ān? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/e4/) — Ascertain the phonetic phenomenon whereby the greeting nǐ hǎo is realised as ní hǎo in speech. — wrong ✗ · exam

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