Lesson 19.1
Another missed appointment
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Talking to a friend, who forgot again about the appointment about tomorrow’s schedule.
- The difference between 又 and 再
- Introducing the future aspect
- Making an appointment
- Resultative verb endings
会huì will
博bó 物wù 馆guăn museum
展zhăn 览lăn exhibition
又yòu again
真zhēn 的de really/ truly
没méi 办bàn 法fă cannot/ no way
房fáng 子zǐ house/ flat/ residence
已yǐ 经jīng already
之zhī 后hòu after that
别bié 的de other
后hòu 天tiān the day after tomorrow
足zú 球qiú 赛sài soccer (football) game
赛sài competition/ game/ race
看kàn 到dào saw
门mén 口kǒu doorway/ entrance
Lesson 19.2
Talking about a good friend
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Talking about a mutual friend who was walking around downtown when you saw him.
- Negative form of continuous tense
- Use of 才, for example: only yesterday did I see him….
- Use of 懂, 对and 错 as resultative verb endings
见jiàn 到dào
最zuì 近jìn recently
城chéng 里lǐ in town
在zài for progressive tense
逛guàng 街jiē shopping/ browsing
没méi 在zài negative progressive tense
逛guàng 逛guàng walk around
买măi 到dào bought
拆chāi to take apart/ unwrap
Lesson 19.3
Asking a friend to an art exhibition
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Asking a friend to go to an art exhibition together, however, he has seen it already, twice!
- 把 with directional verb ending: 出去, 出来,进来,出来
- The difference between 才 and 就
件jiàn measure for counting 事
重zhòng 要yào 的de important
跟gēn with
讲jiăng 电diàn 话huà to speak on the phone
开kāi 玩wán 笑xiào to joke
拿ná to take
出chū 来lái to come out
出chū 去qù to go out
美měi 术shù 馆guăn fine art museum
从cóng …..起qǐ since ….
周zhōu 末mò weekend
张zhāng 大dà 千qiān a famous artist
画huà 展zhăn art exhibition
第dì prefix for ordinal numbers
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.