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
  • 1.delicious; tasty
  • 2.good to eat

Examples

这个菜很好吃。

zhègecàihěnhǎochī

This dish is delicious.

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

Examples

我喜欢吃面条儿。

huanchīmiàntiáor

I like to eat noodles.

妈妈做的面条儿很好吃。

mazuòdemiàntiáorhěnhǎochī

The noodles my mom makes are very delicious.

天气tiānNoun
  • weatherrefers to the state of the weather

Examples

天气很好。

tiānhěnhǎo

The weather is very good.

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

Examples

你吃晚饭了吗?

chīwǎnfànlema

Have you had dinner yet?

我做了晚饭。

zuòlewǎnfàn

I made dinner.

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。

jīntiāndetiānhěn

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!

jīntiāntàile

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?

jīntiāntiānzěnmeyàng

How's the weather today?

小南
小南

今天太热了!

jīntiāntàile

It's too hot today!

小林
小林

是啊。你想喝什么?

shìaxiǎngshénme

Yeah. What do you want to drink?

小南
小南

我想喝很多水。这个菜怎么样?

xiǎnghěnduōshuǐzhègecàizěnmeyàng

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。

zhègecàihěnhǎokànhěnhǎochī

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。

tàihǎoleyàoduōchīcàiduōshuǐ

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

小林
小林

晚饭你想吃什么?

wǎnfànxiǎngchīshénme

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。

xiǎngchīmiàntiáorzhèlidemiàntiáorhěnhǎochī

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