Lesson 3: Persuading Someone to Stay Home

下雨天

Learn 想 + 去 + 地方 and 天气 + 很 + 形容词 through Persuading Someone to Stay Home.

3 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~16 min

Vocabulary3 words

好玩儿hǎowánrAdjective
  • fun; interesting; enjoyableUsed to describe an activity, game, or something that brings enjoyment.

Examples

这个游戏很好玩儿。

zhègeyóuhěnhǎowánr

This game is very fun.

我觉得这个电影很好玩儿。

juédezhègediànyǐnghěnhǎowánr

I think this movie is a lot of fun.

没事儿méishìrPhrase
  • 1.it's nothing, never mind
  • 2.to be free, not busy, to have nothing going onOften used in questions.

Examples

对不起,我踩了你的脚。—没事儿。

duìbucǎiledejiǎoméishìr

Sorry, I stepped on your foot. — It's all right.

你今天没事儿吗?我们一起去公园吧。

jīntiānméishìrmamengōngyuánba

Are you free today? Let's go to the park together.

玩儿wánrVerb
  • 1.to play, to have fun
  • 2.to joke aroundless common at the HSK 1 level

Examples

我喜欢玩儿。

huanwánr

I like to play.

我们去公园玩儿吧。

mengōngyuánwánrba

Let's go play in the park.

Grammar

Wanting to Go Somewhere (想去)

S + 想 + 去 + 地方

Use '想' together with the verb '去' and a place to express the desire to go to a certain location.

我想去学校。

xiǎngxuéxiào

I want to go to school.

他想去商店。

xiǎngshāngdiàn

He wants to go to the store.

Describing the Weather (天气很…)

天气 + 很 + 形容词

Use '天气' (weather) as the subject, combined with '很' and an adjective, to describe the weather conditions.

今天天气很好。

jīntiāntiānhěnhǎo

The weather is very nice today.

明天天气很冷。

míngtiāntiānhěnlěng

The weather is very cold tomorrow.

Dialogues

Persuading Someone to Stay Home

Xiao Lin persuades Xiao Ming not to go out because it's raining.

小林
小林

今天天气不好,外面下雨了。

jīntiāntiānhǎowàimiànxiàle

The weather is bad today; it's raining outside.

小明
小明

我想去外边玩儿。

xiǎngwàibianwánr

But I want to go out and play.

小林
小林

今天很冷,我不想去。

jīntiānhěnlěngxiǎng

It's cold today; I don't want to go.

小明
小明

好吧,我不去了。

hǎobale

All right, I won't go then.

小林
小林

外面下雨,不好玩儿。我们在家玩儿吧。

wàimiànxiàhǎowánrmenzàijiāwánrba

It’s raining outside, no fun at all. Let’s stay in and play at home.

小明
小明

好。在家玩儿也很好玩儿。

hǎozàijiāwánrhěnhǎowánr

OK. Playing at home is fun too.

小林
小林

没事儿,明天天气好,我们再去。

méishìrmíngtiāntiānhǎomenzài

No worries — if the weather is nice tomorrow we’ll go again.