Lesson 4

Dì Sì Kè

Vocabulary
Nouns

1. Photo = zhào pìan

2. The end = jié shù

3. Timetable = shi jiān biâo

4. Bus stop = gōng che zhèng

5. Bus = Gōng Chē

6. taxi = chū zhū che

7. Town = xiâo zhèn

8. Fear = haì pà / kông PA

9. Paper = zhî
10. Package = xiâo bāo / xiâo dài

11. Park = gōng yuán

12. apartament = gōng yù / fáng jiān

13. Noise = zào yin
14. Credit card = xìng yòng ka
15. Work = gōng zùo

Adjective
1. Full = mân dè
2. Busy = máng dè
3. Dangerous = wēi xián dè
4. Safe = an qúan dè
5. Excellent = yoū xìu dè

verbs
1. To steal = toū
2. To travel = lü xing
3. To walk = Sàn bù / zoú
4. To cook = zùo cài / zhû
5. To know ( people ) = rèn shi

Word order of Chinese

sentences

Sub + Verb + indirect Obj + direct Obj

He gave me a book
Tā géi wó yì bén shū.

Sub+ Verb + direct Obj

I eat a piece of cake
Wo chī yì kùai dàn gāo
Sub + Prepositional phrase + verb + direct
Obj
He eats dinner with his girlfriend
Tā gēn tā dè nü pēng yoú chī wán fan.

Location phrase

Sub + location phrase + verb + Obj

I drink beer at home
Wó zài jīa lî hē pī jíu.

Time phrase
Sub+ time phrase + verb + obj
He does morning workout everyday .
Tā méi tīan zùo záo Chao

Note
Normally time phrase comes after the
subject but when two times are compared
or when times is emphasized , it comes in
the beginning of the setenence .

Jīn tīan wó qù xué xiào dàn shì zúo tiān wó

qù
yī yùan .
Today I go to school but yesterday I went to
hospital.
Dàn shi = but

Time phrase order

Year , month , date , day , part of the
day( AM , PM ) , hour , minute .

When time phrase and location phrase are

in the time phrase , time phrase comes first

I go to school everyday
Sub + time phrase + location phrase + verb +
direct obj
Wó méi tiān zài jīa lî chī záo fan.
Záo fàn / chēn = breakfast

Wú fàn / chēn = lunch

Wán fàn / chēn = dinner

Duration
Duration come directly after the verb and
no preposition is required to use like in
English .

Wó zài zhè lî zhù le sān nían.

I live here for three years
Zùo tiān , wó sàn bù le sān shí fen
Yesterday I walked for thirty minutes.

Use of "Le"

Taì = too / very

Tài + Adj + le

Tài cháng le
Too long

Tài gāo le
Too high
Tài cháng le
Too long

As we learned in the previous lesson " gùo

le " is used to describe past tenese. Le also
means the completed actions but " le " can
combine with any other factors to mean
new meaning .
If le is included ,( gùo ) can be dropped .

Wo záo dào le.

I found it .

Wó maí le Zhè gè
I bought it .

Wó mēn dūo qù le.

We all went .

Wó jīn tiān záo shàng chī le záo chēn

Today morning I ate breakfast .

Le can also means already !

Láo bán nē ?
Tā zúo le
Where is the boss?
He ( already) left

Yòng wó dè chē
Wó mēn yóu chē le
Use my car .
We (already) have a car

Tā zhì dào le
He ( already ) knew

Le + mā
When le combined with mā , it become
question ( have you done it yet ?)

Nî chī fàn le mā?

Have you eaten yet ?

Nî dè nü pēng you zháo dào gōng zùo le

MA
Did your girlfriend find the job yet ?

Láo shí wèn le nî mā ?

Did the teacher asked you ?
Number 100 and higher

100 = Yì bái
1000 = yì qīan
10,000= yì wàn
100,000= shí wàn
1,000,000= baí wàn
10,000,000= qīan wàn
100,000,000 = yì yì
1,000,000,000 = shí yì
Asking for location
When asking for location , place
+ zài ná lî

Toilet = xí shóu jiān

Train station = húo che zhèng
Shop = dìan ( you can combine
with nouns to form the
respective shops )
E.g ( shoes shop = xié Dian
 Clothes shop = yī fû diàn)
Hotel = jíu dìan
Bank = yíng hēng
Department store = bái hùo
shāng dìan
Market = shì cháng
Supermarket = chāo shi
Police station = jíng chá jû
Embassy = dà shī guán