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Lesson 6: Tasty Dishes and Dinner

好吃的菜

Learn 很 + 形容词 and 太 + 形容词 + 了 through Tasty Dishes and Dinner.

4 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~12 min

Vocabulary4 words

好吃hǎochīAdjective
Illustration for 好吃
  • 1.delicious; tasty
  • 2.good to eat

Examples

这个菜很好吃。

zhègecàihěnhǎochī。

This dish is delicious.

晚饭wǎnfànNoun
Illustration for 晚饭
  • 1.dinnercommonly used
  • 2.evening meal, supper

Examples

你吃晚饭了吗?

nǐchīwǎnfànlema?

Have you had dinner yet?

我做了晚饭。

wǒzuòlewǎnfàn。

I made dinner.

面条儿miàntiáorNoun
Illustration for 面条儿
  • noodlesA common word in Chinese cuisine, usually referring to fresh or dried noodles.

Examples

我喜欢吃面条儿。

wǒxǐhuanchīmiàntiáor。

I like to eat noodles.

妈妈做的面条儿很好吃。

māmazuòdemiàntiáorhěnhǎochī。

The noodles my mom makes are very delicious.

天气tiānqìNoun
Illustration for 天气
  • weatherrefers to the state of the weather

Examples

天气很好。

tiānqìhěnhǎo。

The weather is very good.

Grammar

Very + Adjective

S + 很 + 形容词

This sentence pattern is used to emphasize a quality of a thing or person. '很' (very) is placed before an adjective to increase the degree of that adjective.

这个菜很好吃。

zhègecàihěnhǎochī。

This dish is very tasty.

今天的天气很热。

jīntiāndetiānqìhěnrè。

The weather is very hot today.

Too... (Already)

S + 太 + 形容词 + 了

This sentence pattern is used to express a strong emotion, usually surprise or a complaint about something being excessive. '太' (too) is placed before the adjective and '了' is placed at the end of the sentence.

这水太少了。

zhèshuǐtàishǎole。

There's too little water.

今天太热了!

jīntiāntàirèle!

It's too hot today!

Dialogues

Praising and Complaining About Weather and Food

Two friends, Xiao Lin and Xiao Nan, are talking about the weather and lunch.

小林
小林

今天天气怎么样?

jīntiāntiānqìzěnmeyàng?

How's the weather today?

小南
小南

今天太热了!

jīntiāntàirèle!

It's too hot today!

小林
小林

是啊。你想喝什么?

shìa。nǐxiǎnghēshénme?

Yeah. What do you want to drink?

小南
小南

我想喝很多水。这个菜怎么样?

wǒxiǎnghēhěnduōshuǐ。zhègecàizěnmeyàng?

I want to drink a lot of water. How's this dish?

小林
小林

这个菜很好看,也很好吃。

zhègecàihěnhǎokàn,yěhěnhǎochī。

This dish looks very nice, and it's also very tasty.

小南
小南

太好了!我要多吃菜,多喝水。

tàihǎole!wǒyàoduōchīcài,duōhēshuǐ。

Great! I'll eat more vegetables and drink more water.

小林
小林

晚饭你想吃什么?

wǎnfànnǐxiǎngchīshénme?

What do you want for dinner?

小南
小南

我想吃面条儿。这里的面条儿很好吃。

wǒxiǎngchīmiàntiáor。zhèlidemiàntiáorhěnhǎochī。

I’d like noodles. The noodles here are really tasty.