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Lesson 5: Getting ready for class

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Learn 要 + 进 + 地点 and 记得 + 吗? through Getting ready for class.

3 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~12 min

Vocabulary3 words

进jìnVerb
Illustration for 进
  • 1.to enter; to go in
  • 2.to advance; to make progress

Examples

请进。

qǐngjìn。

Please come in.

他进了房间。

tājìnlefángjiān。

He entered the room.

记得jìdeVerb
Illustration for 记得
  • to remember

Examples

我记得他的名字。

wǒjìdetādemíngzi。

I remember his name.

你还记得这件事吗?

nǐháijìdezhèjiànshìma?

Do you still remember this matter?

听写tīngxiěVerb
Illustration for 听写
  • dictationthe teacher reads aloud and students write it down

Examples

今天有听写。

jīntiānyǒutīngxiě。

There is a dictation today.

请听写这个句子。

qǐngtīngxiězhègejùzi。

Please take down this sentence in dictation.

Grammar

Getting ready to go into a place

S + 要 + 进 + 地点

To express being about to go into a place, use the pattern: subject + 要 + 进 + place. Here 要 indicates intention or an action about to happen, 进 means 'to enter', and after 进 comes the place you want to go.

我们要进去。

wǒmenyàojìnqù。

We’re going in.

你要拿本子进图书馆吗?

nǐyàonáběnzijìntúshūguǎnma?

Are you going to take a notebook into the library?

Asking whether someone remembers

S + 记得 + 吗?

To ask whether someone remembers something, use the pattern: subject + 记得 + 吗? 记得 is the verb 'to remember', and 吗 is a sentence-final particle that turns a statement into a yes-no question. This is a very common and simple way to ask.

你记得拿本子吗?

nǐjìdenáběnzima?

Do you remember to bring a notebook?

你记得今天有考试吗?

nǐjìdejīntiānyǒukǎoshìma?

Do you remember there's a test today?

Dialogues

Before class starts

Two students, Xiao Lin and Xiao Nan, are getting ready to go into the classroom.

小林
小林

小南,你记得拿本子吗?

xiǎonán,nǐjìdenáběnzima?

Xiao Nan, do you remember to bring a notebook?

小南
小南

我记得。我的本子在这里。

wǒjìde。wǒdeběnzizàizhèli。

I remember. My notebook is right here.

小林
小林

好。我们要进去了。

hǎo。wǒmenyàojìnqùle。

OK. We’re about to go in.

小南
小南

今天有考试吗?

jīntiānyǒukǎoshìma?

Is there a test today?

小林
小林

有,不难。

yǒu,bùnán。

Yes, and it's not hard.

小南
小南

老师说今天有听写。

lǎoshīshuōjīntiānyǒutīngxiě。

The teacher said there’s a dictation today.

小林
小林

听写不难,这些汉字我都会写。我们进去吧。

tīngxiěbùnán,zhèxiēhànzìwǒdōuhuìxiě。wǒmenjìnqùba。

Dictation isn't hard — I can write all of these characters. Let's go in.