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HSK2·Lesson 14

It's boring to celebrate the Spring Festival alone

一个人过年多没意思啊

Be able to understand and describe the presence of a person or an object in a certain place. | Be able to understand and use compound complements of direction to express the direction of an action. | Master the use of the adverb of degree 多 to express a high degree of something.

Text 1

在回家路上,李文和王一飞边走边聊。

zài huí jiā lù shang , lǐ wén hé wáng yì fēi biān zǒu biān liáo 。

On their way home, Li Wen and Wang Yifei were walking and chatting.

李文王老师,你家楼下站着一个人。
王一飞我家楼下?我看看。
李文那个人穿着黑色的裤子,手里还拿着一个黑色的包。
王一飞我看见那个人了,他是我男朋友。
李文那我们快过去吧。

Text 2

在楼下,王一飞见到杨同乐。

zài lóu xià , wáng yì fēi jiàn dào yáng tóng lè 。

Downstairs, Wang Yifei met Yang Tongle.

王一飞同乐,真是你啊!上次打电话,你说有时间过来看我,没想到这么快就来了!
杨同乐就要过年了,你一个人在这儿多没意思啊,所以我就早早过来了。
王一飞你能来,我太高兴了!
杨同乐一飞,你旁边这位是?
王一飞同乐,这是李文,他在我们学校学医。李文,这是我男朋友杨同乐。
杨同乐李文,很高兴认识你!
李文认识你我也很高兴!我家就在前面那个楼,有时间来玩。

Text 3

在王一飞家里,王一飞和杨同乐在客厅聊天儿。

zài wáng yì fēi jiā lǐ , wáng yì fēi hé yáng tóng lè zài kè tīng liáo tiān ér 。

At Wang Yifei's home, Wang Yifei and Yang Tongle were chatting in the living room.

杨同乐一飞,你住的房子真不错,很大,离学校也不远。
王一飞是啊!我楼下还住着一家中国人,他们人很好。
杨同乐这样你有事情就可以找他们帮忙。
王一飞对,我也帮他们家的小孩儿学中文。
杨同乐我记得你跟我说过,是个女孩儿,学得也很好。
王一飞没错,她经常跑上来找我玩。
杨同乐你问问他们什么时候有时间,我请他们吃个饭。
HanziPinyinEnglish
站zhànstand
包bāobag; wrap; bundle
过年guòniáncelebrate the Spring Festival
没意思méi yìsiboring; not interesting
位wèipolite measure word for people
前面qiánmiànfront; ahead
房子fángzihouse
小孩儿xiǎoháirchild; kid
女孩儿nǚháirgirl
姓xìngbe surnamed; surname
眼睛yǎnjingeye
跳舞tiàowǔdance

Existential Sentences (2)

The aspect particle 着 (zhe) is placed after a verb to form an existential sentence. The phrase before the verb usually indicates a location, and the phrase after the verb generally refers to unspecified people or things. Basic structure: Location+Verb+着 (zhe)+People/Things.

  • 你家楼下站着一个人。 (nǐ jiā lóu xià zhàn zhe yí gè rén 。)

    There is someone standing downstairs at your building.

  • 爸爸手里拿着一杯咖啡。 (bà ba shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì bēi kā fēi 。)

    Dad is holding a cup of coffee in his hand.

  • 那间教室里坐着不少学生。 (nà jiān jiào shì lǐ zuò zhe bù shǎo xué shēng 。)

    There are quite a few students sitting in that classroom.

Adverb of Degree 多 (duō)

多 (duō) is used in exclamatory sentences to express a high degree.

  • 你一个人在这儿多没意思啊! (nǐ yí gè rén zài zhè ér duō méi yì si a !)

    How boring it is for you to be here alone!

  • 我们一起去多好啊! (wǒ men yì qǐ qù duō hǎo a !)

    How great it would be if we went together!

  • 多好看啊!买这件吧。 (duō hǎo kàn a ! mǎi zhè jiàn ba 。)

    How nice it looks! Let's buy this one.

Compound Complement of Direction

Verbs 上 (shàng), 下 (xià), 进 (jìn), 出 (chū), 回 (huí), and 过 (guò), combined with 来 (lái), 去 (qù), and 起来 (qǐ lái) are used after a verb to form compound complements of direction. When the verb takes an object: if the object is a location noun, it is placed before 来/去 (qù); if the object is a thing noun, it can be placed either before or after 来/去.

  • 她经常跑上来找我玩。 (tā jīng cháng pǎo shàng lái zhǎo wǒ wán 。)

    She often runs upstairs to play with me.

  • 楼不高,我们走上去吧。 (lóu bù gāo , wǒ men zǒu shàng qù ba 。)

    The building isn't tall, let's walk up.

  • 一听到老师叫他的名字,他就站起来了。 (yì tīng dào lǎo shī jiào tā de míng zì , tā jiù zhàn qǐ lái le 。)

    As soon as he heard the teacher call his name, he stood up.

  • 同学们都走出教室去了。 (tóng xué men dōu zǒu chū jiào shì qù le 。)

    All the students walked out of the classroom.

  • 白家月从书包里找出来一个漂亮的本子。 (bái jiā yuè cóng shū bāo lǐ zhǎo chū lái yí gè piào liang de běn zi 。)

    Bai Jiayue took out a beautiful notebook from her bag.