Lesson 3: Buying Clothes at the Shop

买衣服

Learn 觉得 + adjective/clause and 都 + 动词 through Buying Clothes at the Shop.

6 words3 grammar points1 dialogues~14 min

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Vocabulary6 words

都dōuAdverb

1.all, bothindicates that something covers the whole group
2.evene.g. 连…都 (even)
3.already (emphatic)e.g. 都…了 (already)

Examples

我们都很好。

wǒmendōuhěnhǎo。

We are all very well.

觉得juédeVerb

1.to feelUsed for personal feelings or thoughts.
2.to think; to believeUsed when expressing an opinion.

Examples

我觉得好吃。

wǒjuédehǎochī。

I think it's delicious.

你怎么样？我觉得很好。

nǐzěnmeyàng？wǒjuédehěnhǎo。

How are you? I feel very good.

钱包qiánbāoNoun

wallet, purseUsed to hold money, cards, and documents.

Examples

我的钱包丢了。

wǒdeqiánbāodiūle。

I lost my wallet.

钱包里有二百块钱。

qiánbāoliyǒuèrbǎikuàiqián。

There are two hundred yuan in the wallet.

喜欢xǐhuanVerb

to likeexpresses fondness or preference

Examples

我喜欢你。

wǒxǐhuannǐ。

I like you.

我喜欢看书。

wǒxǐhuankànshū。

I like reading.

新xīnAdjective

newThe opposite of "old" (jiù).

Examples

这是新书。

zhèshìxīnshū。

This is a new book.

这些zhèxiēPronoun

these

Examples

这些都是我的书。

zhèxiēdōushìwǒdeshū。

These are all my books.

这些水果很新鲜。

zhèxiēshuǐguǒhěnxīnxiān。

These fruits are very fresh.

Grammar

Expressing how you feel

觉得 + tính từ / câu nhỏ

觉得 is used to express the speaker's feelings or subjective thoughts. 觉得 is usually followed by an adjective or a short phrase.

我觉得这个衣服很好看。

wǒjuédezhègeyīfuhěnhǎokàn。

I think these clothes look great.

你觉得这个贵吗？

nǐjuédezhègeguìma？

Do you think this is expensive?

All / both doing something

都 + 动词

都 is used to emphasize that all members of a group perform an action or share a common quality. 都 is placed before the verb.

这些衣服我都喜欢。

zhèxiēyīfuwǒdōuxǐhuan。

I like all these clothes.

他们都是学生。

tāmendōushìxuéshēng。

They are all students.

Attributives: words that modify a noun

形容词 / 名词 / 数量短语 + (的) + 名词

An attributive always comes BEFORE the noun it modifies. It can be an adjective, a possessive noun, or a number-measure phrase; possessives and longer adjectives usually take 的.

我想买新衣服。

wǒxiǎngmǎixīnyīfu。

I want to buy new clothes.

这个新衣服很好看。

zhègexīnyīfuhěnhǎokàn。

These new clothes look great.

Dialogues

Buying clothes at a store

Xiao Lin is shopping for clothes with her friend Xiao Hua.

小林

这个商店的衣服真多！

zhègeshāngdiàndeyīfuzhēnduō！

This store has so many clothes!

小花

是啊，这些我都喜欢。你想买什么？

shìa，zhèxiēwǒdōuxǐhuan。nǐxiǎngmǎishénme？

Yeah, I like them all. What do you want to buy?

小林

我想买新衣服。这个怎么样？

wǒxiǎngmǎixīnyīfu。zhègezěnmeyàng？

I want to buy new clothes. How about this one?

小花

我觉得很好看！多少钱？

wǒjuédehěnhǎokàn！duōshǎoqián？

I think it looks great! How much is it?

小林

一百五十块。不贵。

yìbǎiwǔshíkuài。búguì。

One hundred fifty yuan. Not expensive.

小花

买新衣服，你很高兴吧！

mǎixīnyīfu，nǐhěngāoxìngba！

You must be happy buying new clothes!

小林

好，我买这个新的。我的钱包呢？

hǎo，wǒmǎizhègexīnde。wǒdeqiánbāone？

OK, I’ll buy this new one. Where’s my wallet?

小花

你的钱包在这里，钱都在。

nǐdeqiánbāozàizhèli，qiándōuzài。

Your wallet is right here, the money is all there.