Shopping with Mr. Zhang
Shop for clothes and apples, say something looks pretty, and ask when a shop opens
What you'll learn
- Comment that things are pretty using 漂亮 and 都
- Ask for 'a little' of something with 一点儿
- Say you noticed something with 看见
- Ask when a shop opens and say how many minutes with 开 and 分钟
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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
A bundle tied at both ends; taken as the sun rising behind a tree, hence 'east'.
A bird's nest; borrowed for 'west', the opposite of 东.
A single tally stroke — the simplest possible count.
A child with the top of the skull still open — hence 'child', and the -r suffix.
Two hands lifting the bar off a door: to open.
A cart seen from above — axle and wheels.
One enclosure inside another, drawn as a spiral: to go back.
Once a plant's root or calyx; borrowed long ago as the negative 'not'.
小 (small) with one more stroke: smaller still, hence 'few'.
Sentence patterns
了 for something already done
| Subject | Verb + 了 | Object |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | 买了 | 衣服。 |
| 他 | 看见了 | 我的车。 |
| 我 | 去了 | 商店。 |
了 goes straight after the verb when the action is finished.
Tone pairs
Three-syllable words starting on tone 4.