Lesson Sixteen A

Which is the better place to visit

  

Basic expressions

In order to learning the expressions of  this lesson, you must learn the following words. Please repeat after me.

1.	lǚyóu	旅 游
	travel	travel

 

2.	rènwéi	认 为
	think	recognise as

 

 

3.	guójiā	国     家
	country	state family

 

 

4.	fēngjĭng	风           景
	landscape, scenery	atmosphere  scenery

 

 

5.	háishì	还是
	or	still is

It is used in a question, as in

a.  nĭ  măi  zhè  bĕn  shū,      háishi   nà   bĕn   shū?

    你  买    这    本    书， 还是   那   本    书 ？

    you buy  this BEN book  or        that BEN book

   Would you  like to buy this  book or that book?

b.  nĭ   ná,   háishi  wŏ ná ?

    你  拿，还是   我 拿？

    you hold or       I  hold

    Who should take it, you or me?

 

6.	gŭjì	古         迹
	historic site	ancient trace

 

7.	dōu	都
	all, both	all, both

 

8.	nà	那
	then or in that case	then / in that case

It means that in Lesson 5. 

 

9.	zuì	最
	most, least	most/least

It is placed before a stative verb or verb to indicate the greatest extreme of quality or quantity as in

zuìhăo 最好the best zuìbù  xĭhuān 最 不 喜欢dislike most; zuìmáng 最忙busiest; zuìcháng 最长     longest.

 

10.	xiàtiān	夏           天
	summer	summer day

 

11.	qiūtiān	秋          天
	autumn	autumn day

 

 

12.	bĭ	比
	compare	BI

It is a particle used to compare two things and actions as in:

a. qiūtiān   bĭ  xiàtiān   hăo

    秋天    比  夏天    好。

    autumn BI summer better

    Autumn is better than summer.

b. wŏ  bĭ nĭ   máng

    我  比你   忙。

     I    BI you busy

    I  am  busier than you are.

c. qù Bĕijīng bĭ  qù Shànghăi  hăo.

    去 北京   比 去 上海       好。

    go Beijing BI go Shanghai better

    Going to Beijing is better than going to Shanghai. / It is better to go to Beijing than to

     Shanghai.

d. nĭ    qù   măi dōngxi  bĭ  tā  qu  măi  dōngxi hăo .

    你   去  买    东西  比 他 去  买   东西    好。

    you go buy things     BI  he go  buy  things better

    It would be better if you went shopping rather than him.

 

13.	guo	过
	[particle, placed after a verb to express an experience in the past.]	GUO

a.  wŏ  qùguo      sān  cì.

     我   去过      三  次.

     I     goGUO   3 times

     I’ve been (there)  3  times.

b.  tā    qùguo    Bĕijīng.

     她    去过      北京。

     she   goGUO Beijing

     She has been to Beijing.

c.  wŏ   jiànguo   tā  bàba.

     我   见  过    他  爸爸。 

      I    seeGUO  his father

      I   have met his father.

The negative form for this construction is mei 没 verb guo 过

d.  wŏ  méi  qù  guo    sān  cì.

     我   没   去  过     三  次.

     I     not   go  GUO 3 times

     I din’t go for three times.

e.  wŏ   méi qù  guo  Bĕijīng.

     她    没   去 过    北京。

     I      not   go GUO Beijing

     I    haven’t been to Beijing.

f.  wŏ  méi  jiàn guo    tā bàba.

     我   没  见   过    他 爸爸。 

     I    not   see GUO his father

    I   have not met his father.