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Lesson 12 of 15
Cold Weather, Warm Tea
Describe the weather, say how you feel, and shop for a little fruit
What you'll learn
- Ask about and describe the weather with 天气怎么样 and 太……了
- Say what you love and don't love with 爱 and 不爱
- Talk about health with 身体
- Ask for 'some' of something using 些
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Lesson phases
- Dialogue
- Grammar
- Practice exercises
- Writing practice
- Speaking practice
New words in this lesson
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Writing characters
Where these characters come from
天
大 (a person) with a line drawn above the head: the sky overhead.
气
Vapour or breath drifting upward.
了
A swaddled child with its arms wrapped; now used grammatically for a change or a completed action.
下
A mark placed below a baseline: down, under.
雨
Drops falling from a cloud.
小
Three tiny marks — grains of sand. The opposite of 大.
水
A stream running down the middle with ripples either side.
Sentence patterns
太……了 for 'too'
| 太 | Adjective | 了 |
|---|---|---|
| 太 | 冷 | 了！ |
| 太 | 热 | 了！ |
| 太 | 好 | 了！ |
太 and 了 wrap the adjective — 了 isn't optional here.
Tone pairs
Three-syllable words starting on tone 2.