oral exam help!!

[LuBaerte]

Ni hao!

For my oral exam I'm preparing a text, I have a problem with the sentence: "every Tuesday I go to swim with a colleague", how should I translate it?

Further, do I use 马马虎虎 with 很, like in 天气很马马虎虎?

xiexie!

Lu Ba'erte

[HashiriKata]

"Every Tuesday I go to swim with a colleague" =

每星期二我都跟一个同事去游泳

[againstwind]

Further, do I use 马马虎虎 with 很, like in 天气很马马虎虎?

I'm afraid it's not correct. Your teacher or textbook may tell you that 很 is an adverb bofore an adjective indicating 'very or quite'. But actually, 很 can't modify all adjectives. Can not say 很错, 很永远, 很亲爱, 很温, 很雪白, 很马马虎虎 and so on. 很 is a troublesome difficulty in learning Chinese.

[LuBaerte]

OK, but here I don't want to use 很 to indicate "very", but as in "hen hao" or "hen leng". So I should say 天气马马虎虎 , without 很 or anything else?µ

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[adrianlondon]

As far as I can tell, "real" Chinese people never say 马马虎虎; it's just something that foreigners learning the language like to say.

[venture160]

I've heard 马马虎虎 used on occaision, but its not used alot. you could say 今天的天气还可以吧， or 今天的天气呢？ 可以说马马虎虎吧。 That sounds a bit more natural.

[Jingjing-N]

“天气” should not be followed by “马马虎虎”。“马马虎虎” does not match “很”。We usually say “你最近过的怎么样？”“马马虎虎。”“你考试考得怎么样？”“马马虎虎。”

Are you preparing the revised HSK（oral exam）？I suggest you to watch Chinese programs or find a partner to practice. Short-term intensive oral practice is important to examinations, I think.