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HSK1·Lesson 7

I'll Finish Work at 6:30 in the Evening

我晚上六点半下班

Talk about work schedule | Make plans to see a movie | Agree on a meeting time and place

Text 1

AI小语打电话给李文，询问她的课程安排

A I xiǎo yǔ dǎ diàn huà gěi lǐ wén ， xún wèn tā de kè chéng ān pái

AI Xiaoyu calls Li Wen to ask about her class schedule

AI小语 (AI Xiaoyu)李文，你今天几点上课？
李文 (Li Wen)上午八点半。你呢？
AI小语 (AI Xiaoyu)我下午两点上课，五点下课。你几点下课？
李文 (Li Wen)我十二点下课，下午没有课。

Text 2

AI小语和李文商量看电影

A I xiǎo yǔ hé lǐ wén shāng liáng kàn diàn yǐng

AI Xiaoyu and Li Wen discuss going to see a movie

AI小语 (AI Xiaoyu)李文，我们去看电影吧！
李文 (Li Wen)好啊！什么时候？
AI小语 (AI Xiaoyu)明天下午怎么样？
李文 (Li Wen)明天下午我有课，后天吧。
AI小语 (AI Xiaoyu)好，后天下午三点，在电影院门口见。
李文 (Li Wen)好的！

Text 3

王一学打电话给刘明约定见面

wáng yì xué dǎ diàn huà gěi liú míng yuē dìng jiàn miàn

Wang Yixue calls Liu Ming to arrange a meeting

王一学 (Wang Yixue)喂，刘明，你现在在哪儿？
刘明 (Liu Ming)我在学校呢。怎么了？
王一学 (Wang Yixue)我晚上六点半下班，我们一起吃晚饭吧。
刘明 (Liu Ming)好啊！在哪儿吃？
王一学 (Wang Yixue)就在学校旁边那个餐厅，怎么样？
刘明 (Liu Ming)好的，七点见！
HanziPinyinEnglish
几点jǐ diǎnwhat time
上课shàng kèto have class / to attend class
上午shàngwǔmorning (before noon)
下午xiàwǔafternoon
下课xià kèto finish class
没有méiyǒuto not have / there is not
看kànto watch / to look
电影diànyǐngmovie / film

survey_table

调查你的同学：他/她几点上课？几点下课？几点上班？几点下班？填写时间表。

Survey your classmates: What time do they start class? Finish class? Start work? Finish work? Fill in the timetable.

e.g. 你几点上课？/ What time do you have class?

什么时候shénme shíhouwhen / what time
明天míngtiāntomorrow
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow
电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema / movie theater
门口ménkǒuentrance / doorway
见jiànto meet / to see
喂wèihello (on the phone)
现在xiànzàinow
下班xià bānto get off work
一起yīqǐtogether
晚饭wǎnfàndinner / evening meal
旁边pángbiānbeside / next to
餐厅cāntīngrestaurant / dining hall
上班shàng bānto go to work / to start work
早上zǎoshangmorning (early)
中午zhōngwǔnoon / midday
晚上wǎnshangevening / night
点diǎno'clock
分fēnminute

Expressing Time (2)

In Chinese, time expressions follow the pattern: o'clock → hour:minute → half past. Time words serve as adverbials and are generally placed after the subject and before the predicate.

  • 我八点上课。 (Wǒ bā diǎn shàng kè.)

    I have class at 8 o'clock.

  • 他三点半下班。 (Tā sān diǎn bàn xià bān.)

    He gets off work at 3:30.

Modal Particle '吧' (ba) (1)

'吧' (ba) placed at the end of a sentence indicates a suggestion or a proposal, equivalent to 'let's...' or 'shall we...' in English.

  • 我们去看电影吧！ (Wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng ba!)

    Let's go see a movie!

  • 坐地铁去吧。 (Zuò dìtiě qù ba.)

    Let's take the subway.

Position of Adverbs/Time Words as Adverbials

When adverbs and time words function as adverbials, they are generally placed after the subject and before the predicate verb.

  • 我明天下午有课。 (Wǒ míngtiān xiàwǔ yǒu kè.)

    I have class tomorrow afternoon.

  • 他们一起吃饭。 (Tāmen yīqǐ chīfàn.)

    They eat together.

Modal Particle '呢' (ne) (2)

'呢' (ne) at the end of a sentence can indicate that an action is in progress, similar to the present continuous in English.

  • 我在学校呢。 (Wǒ zài xuéxiào ne.)

    I'm at school (right now).

  • 他们吃饭呢。 (Tāmen chīfàn ne.)

    They are eating.