Lesson 7.1
Locations: Where to go to do what.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Go to where to do what
- locations: post office/ bank/ home/ supermarket
- actions: to post a letter/ post a parcel/ change money/ withdraw money/ go home/ watch TV/ buy groceries/ buy beer
去qù to go to
哪nă 儿ér where
邮yóu 局jú post office
做zuò to do/ make
什shé 么me what
寄jì to post
信xìn letter
包bāo 裹guǒ parcel
买măi to buy
邮yóu 票piào stamp
银yín 行háng bank
钱qián money
换huàn to change
取qŭ to pick up/ to withdraw
存cún to save/ to deposit
看kàn to see/ to watch/ to look
电diàn 视shì TV
书shū book
饭fàn rice/ meal 做zuò 饭fàn to cook
吃chīto eat 吃chī饭fàn to have a meal
早zăo饭fàn 午wŭ饭fàn 晚wăn饭fàn
超chāo 级jí super
市shì 场chăng market
超chāo 市shì super market
买măi to buy
啤pí 酒jiŭ beer
菜cài vegetable
买măi 菜cài to do grocery shopping
牛niú 奶năi milk
水shuǐ water
Lesson 7.2
Ask a friend out to a movie.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking a friend if he has time and asking him out for a movie
- Are you free …….?
- to express when is free and when is not
- What’s the business/ matter?
- Let’s ……?
- What kind of movie …..
- Useful expressions: your treat/ no problem/ picking up…..
空kòng emptiness/ free time
有yǒu 空kòng 没méi 空kòng
事shì matter/ things
有yǒu 事shì 没méi 事shì
上shàng午wŭ 下xià午wŭ 晚wăn上shàng
有yǒu 什shén 么me 事shì what kind of matter have you got
得děi have to
办bàn 事shì to do business/ to be engaged
办bàn什shén 么me 事shì what kind of business/ matter are you engaged
没méi 钱qián to have no money
换huàn 钱qián to change money
电diàn 影yǐng movie
电diàn 影yǐng 院yuàn movie theatre
好hăo 吗mā ？O.K.?
片piàn slice/ edition
请qǐng please, invite
请qǐng 客kè to invite guests ( to pay for someone)
问wèn 题tí problem, question
太tài 好hăo 了le great
接jiē to pick up (someone)
Lesson 7.3
A friend declines an invitation as she has to prepare for her father-in-law’s birthday.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
A friend asks you out but you cannot because it is your father-in-law’s birthday. He is coming for dinner.
- Where are you going?
- trying to make an appointment/ asking a friend out
- talking about schedule
- the day after tomorrow
- the use of ‘当’ (to be as)
请qǐng 客kè to invite guests ( to pay for someone)
先xiān 生shēng husband/ Mr.
有yǒu 事shì to have business/ busy
没méi 事shì to have no business / not engaged/ nothing
有yǒu 什shé 么me 事shì ？
没méi什shé 么me 事shì nothing really
只zhǐ 是shì only
想xiăng to think about
找zhăo to find / to look for
一yì 起qǐ together
后hòu 天tiān the day after tomorroe
还hái 是shì still (the situation remains unchanged)
A 还hái 是shì B A or B
只zhǐ 是shì only
当dāng to be (in the role)
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.