Lesson
two
Drinking
(part one)
Week one 我不会喝酒；有没有桔子水
Learn the following two sentences
| 1. Wǒ bú huì hē jiǔ |
| I not capable drink alcohol |
| 2. Yǒu méi you
júzi shuĭ? |
| have not have orange water |
Play Media I don't drink (alcohol)?
Play Media Do you have orange juice?
New words
| Huì | Play Media | to be capable of (doing something) It is used as a model verb in a sentence. The model verb Huì is placed before a main verb. For example, Huì hē jiǔ capable of drinking alcoholic drinks. Sometimes this expression of Huì hē jiǔ implies that someone is able to take a large quantity of alcohol. |
| Hē | Play Media |
to
drink It is used as a main verb in a
sentence. |
| Jiǔ | Play Media |
Wine, alcoholic drinks |
| Méi | Play Media | not It is a negation like bù, but méi is a negation for actions in the past. For example wǒ méi hē jiǔ I didn’t drink wine. |
| Yǒu méi you | Play Media | yǒu to have This verb can only take the negation méi and bu is never used with yǒu, even when talking about actions that take place at the present. The expression of yǒu méi you is used to form a choice type question. Bù can also be used in the same way. For example, nĭ hē bu hē jiǔ would you like to have some (alcoholic) drink? Of course, one can also say nĭ hē jiǔ ma. |
| Júzi | Play Media | orange |
| Shuĭ | Play Media | water, juice Shuĭ can be placed after a name of fruit to from a noun of a type of fruit juice. |
Supplementary words
The following
nouns can be placed in front of other nouns to make a noun phrase, e.g. Zhōngguó
chá
Chinese
tea. In the same way, the word pínguǒ can
be placed in front of another noun to form a noun phrase. For example,
pínguǒ jiǔ
|
Pínguǒ |
Play Media | Apple |
| Chá | Play Media | Tea |
Use the following word-order-table to form sentences
In the word-order-table below, the words in black are nouns and pronouns which are often used as subjects or objects of sentences. the words in red are verbs (or doing words) and the words in blue are adverbs and model verbs which often appear before verbs and the words in green are adjectives or adjectival phrases which are used to modify nouns, and they are placed before nouns in sentences.
How do you say "I like you"; "He
eats Chinese food"; "What dishes do you like"; "What does he like"; "She
eats French food"; "I like eating Chinese food"; "Eat less British food"; "Eat
more Chinese food"?
| Word order |
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| subject (nouns and pronouns) | adverbs and modal verbs | verbs | description of objects | object (nouns and pronouns) |
| Wǒ
I, me |
Duō (to be)
more, many, much |
Chī
to eat |
Júzi orange | |
| Nĭ
you |
Shăo
(to be) less, few |
Hē to drink |
Shénme
what |
Jiǔ wine |
| Tā he, him; she, her |
Xĭhuān
like |
Xĭhuān
like |
Júzishuĭ orange juice | |
| Yǒu méi you to have or not have |
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
| He doesn't drink (alcohol and give him) some orange juice to drink | Play Media |
| Do you have French wine? French wine is nice to drink. [Use verb bu verb speech pattern] | Play Media |
| I'm having Chinese tea. What would you like to drink? | Play Media |
| Do you drink cider? [Use verb bu verb speech pattern] | Play Media |
| He doesn't eat Chinese food. I won't cook Chinese. | Play Media |
| The oranges are not nice to eat. I'll have some apple. | Play Media |