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HSK1·Lesson 5

I'm off today

今天我休息

Be able to understand, read and describe the dates of events or actions according to Chinese conventions. | Be able to understand and use the modal verb hui to express the knowledge or ability to perform an action. | Master the use of nominal-predicate sentences.

Text 1

在家里,刘明和王一雪在聊天儿。

zài jiā lǐ , liú míng hé wáng yì xuě zài liáo tiān ér 。

At home, Liu Ming and Wang Yixue were chatting.

王一雪 (Wang Yixue)今天几号?
刘明 (Liu Ming)今天9月8号。
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)星期几?
刘明 (Liu Ming)星期日。今天我休息。

Text 2

在公司里,王一雪和杨同乐休息时聊天儿。

zài gōng sī lǐ , wáng yì xuě hé yáng tóng lè xiū xi shí liáo tiān ér 。

At the company, Wang Yixue and Yang Tongle were chatting during a break.

王一雪 (Wang Yixue)你会做饭吗?
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)我会做。
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)你会做什么?
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)我会做面条儿、饺子,也会做一些菜。星期天我也做饭。

Text 3

在公司里,王一雪和杨同乐下班时聊天儿。

zài gōng sī lǐ , wáng yì xuě hé yáng tóng lè xià bān shí liáo tiān ér 。

At the company, Wang Yixue and Yang Tongle were chatting after work.

王一雪 (Wang Yixue)同乐,下班吗?
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)下班。
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)这是你的新电脑吗?
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)是的,是我的新电脑。
王一雪 (Wang Yixue)真好看!
杨同乐 (Yang Tongle)我也很喜欢它。
HanziPinyinEnglish
今天jīn tiāntoday
号hàodate
月yuèmonth
日rìday
星期xīng qīweek
星期日xīng qī rìSunday
星期天xīng qī tiānSunday (variant)
休息xiū xīhave a rest

小组游戏 Group Game

一人拿着词语卡片,询问其他人会不会做这件事,其他人抢答。抢答最少者成为下一轮的提问者。

A student holds word cards and asks others whether they can do the actions on the cards. The others race to answer, and the one who gives the fewest answers becomes the next questioner.

e.g. A: 你们会做饭吗? B: 我会。 A: 你们会做这个菜吗? C: 我不会做。……

会
huì
can; be able to
做饭zuò fàncook
做zuòmake; produce
面条儿miàn tiáo érnoodles
饺子jiǎo zijiaozi
一些yī xiēsome
菜càidish; course
下班xià bānget off work
新xīnnew
电脑diàn nǎocomputer
真zhēnreally; truly
好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice
喜欢xǐ huānlike
它tāit

Expression of Time (1)

This lesson focuses on how to express dates and days of the week in Chinese. The sequence for stating dates and days of the week is: year → month → day/date → day of week.

  • 1992年5月16日/号,星期六 (yī jiǔ jiǔ èr nián wǔ yuè shíliù rì/hào, xīngqīliù)

    Saturday, May 16, 1992

  • 2024年10月22日/号,星期二 (èr líng èr sì nián shí yuè èrshí'èr rì/hào, xīngqī'èr)

    Tuesday, October 22, 2024

  • Months: 一月(Jan)~十二月(Dec); Days: 星期一(Mon)~星期日/天(Sun)

    Months: January (一月) ~ December (十二月); Days: Monday (星期一) ~ Sunday (星期日/天)

Nominal-Predicate Sentences

In a nominal-predicate sentence, the predicate consists only of a noun or a nominal phrase, usually used to indicate time, date, age, and so on.

  • A: 今天几号? B: 今天5月1号。 (A: Jīntiān jǐ hào? B: Jīntiān wǔ yuè yī hào.)

    A: What's today's date? B: Today is May 1st.

  • 我妹妹12岁。 (Wǒ mèimei shí'èr suì.)

    My younger sister is 12 years old.

Modal Verb huì (会)

The word hui placed before a verb indicates the knowledge or ability to perform an action that is acquired through learning.

  • 你会做饭吗? (Nǐ huì zuò fàn ma?)

    Do you know how to cook?

  • 我会做面条儿。 (Wǒ huì zuò miàntiáor.)

    I can make noodles.

  • 我不会做菜。 (Wǒ bú huì zuò cài.)

    I can't cook dishes.