Lesson two Drinking (part one)

Week three 你已经喝了五杯了

Learn the following two sentences

Nĭ   yĭjīng      hē     le wǔ  bēi         le	.
you already drink le five classes le

Play Media  You have already had five glasses.

 

New words

Yĭjīng	Play Media	already. It is used as an adverb in sentences. Yĭjīng is placed before a verb.
Le	Play Media	Le is an aspect particle to indicate that an action has already taken place. For example wǒ hē le hĕnduō jiǔ (I) drank a lot of wine. The end of sentence le in the above sentence indicates that up to this particular moment (now). This usage of le only works when a quantifier is placed after a verb. The above sentence means that so far you've had five glasses (but you are still drinking). Without the end of sentence particle le, for example, nĭ hē le wǔ bēi jiǔ it means that you had five glasses (of wine).This refers to the action that took place yesterday or before.
Bēi	Play Media	glass, cup It is used as a measure word in the above sentence. A measure word is used when expressing quantities in Chinese. For example, wǔ bēi júzi shuĭ five glasses of orange juice.

Supplementary words

Yī	Play Media   one
èr	Play Media   two
Sān	Play Media   three
Sì	Play Media   four
Wǔ	Play Media   five
Liù	Play Media   six
Qī	Play Media   seven
Bā	Play Media   eight
Jiǔ	Play Media   nine
Shí	Play Media   ten

Say the following sentences in Chinese by using the word-order-table below

I've already had my meal; how many (duōshăo) dishes did you cook; I cooked ten dishes; I had three glasses of orange juice; did you have any alcohol?

Word-order-table
subject	adverbs	verbs	description of objects	object
Wǒ

I

 Nĭ     you                                      

Yĭjīng   already   Chī le   ate (number) ge or  bēi   Zhège   this one  or Nàge   that one Tā    he, she  

Hē le    drank

  Cài    dishes of food or chá tea         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 numbers in Chinese

 

Twenty three	Play Media
Fifty four	Play Media
Sixty eight	Play Media
Twelve	Play Media
Thirty nine	Play Media
Forty seven	Play Media