Lesson one Eating
(part one)
Week three 多吃点这个少吃点那个；吃饱了吗
Learn the following two sentences
| 1. Duō chī yìdiăn zhè ge, shăo chī yìdiăn nà ge | . | ||
| more eat some this one less eat some that one | |||
| 2. Chī băo le ma | |||
| eat full le ma |
Play Media Eat more this and eat less that.
Play Media Have you had enough (food)?
Duō and shăo are used as adverbs in the above sentence. When an adverb appears before a verb, it describes the manner or the way that an action is carried out. For example, duō chī implies that someone is intentionally eat more. Yìdian some is quantifier. A quantifier should be placed after a verb. For example, chī yìdiăn fàn Eat some rice.
The word băo to be full is placed after the verb chī to eat. The expression chī băo means that to eat till full. The particle le is placed at the end of the phrase of chī băo to indicate the change of situation. The expression chī băo le means that the speaker has eaten enough and feels very full NOW. The question particle ma is placed at the end of the statement chī băo le to form a question. Chī băo le ma means that have you had enough (food)?
New words
| yìdiăn | Play Media | some |
| ma | Play Media | question particle |
Supplementary words
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Yǘ |
Play Media | fish |
| Miàntiáo | Play Media | noodles
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Use the following word-order-table to form sentences.
| Word order |
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| subject (nouns and pronouns) | adverbs and modal verbs | verbs | description of objects | object (nouns and pronouns) |
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Wǒ
Nĭ |
Duō | Chī | yìdiăn | Zhège this one |
| Tā |
Shăo |
Chī băo (to be full by eating) |
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| Fàn cooked rice, meal |
| Cài green vegetable, dishes of food e.g. zhè ge cài this dish |
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Shénme
what |
Listening to the following sentences by clicking on the following links. Hover the mouse over "Answer" to view the answers.
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Now you should be able to say the following sentences in Chinese
| The fish is nice (to eat). I'll have some fish. | Play Media |
| Are the vegetable noodles nice (to eat)? | Play Media |
| I like eating beef noodles. | Play Media |
| English fish is nice (to eat). | Play Media |
| This dish has a lot of meat and it is not nice to eat. | Play Media |
| You eat more beef. | Play Media |
| I eat vegetable, but don't eat beef. | Play Media |
| I am full and can't eat anymore. | Play Media |
| (You) eat more the dishes that you like to eat. | Play Media |
| What dishes are nice to eat? | Play Media |