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Lesson 4: Buying Food at the Shop

买东西

Learn 在 + 地点 + 动词 and 太 + 形容词 + 了 through Buying Food at the Shop.

4 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~14 min

Vocabulary4 words

鸡蛋jīdànNoun
Illustration for 鸡蛋
  • egg (chicken egg)

Examples

我吃了一个鸡蛋。

wǒchīleyígèjīdàn。

I ate an egg.

鸡蛋怎么做?

jīdànzěnmezuò?

How do you cook eggs?

面包miànbāoNoun
Illustration for 面包
  • bread

Examples

我买了一些面包。

wǒmǎileyìxiēmiànbāo。

I bought some bread.

面包在哪儿?

miànbāozàinǎr?

Where is the bread?

牛奶niúnǎiNoun
Illustration for 牛奶
  • milk, cow's milk

Examples

请给我牛奶。

qǐnggěiwǒniúnǎi。

Please give me some milk.

我每天喝牛奶。

wǒměitiānhēniúnǎi。

I drink milk every day.

拿náVerb
Illustration for 拿
  • 1.to take, to hold, to grasp
  • 2.to use, by means of

Examples

请拿这个。

qǐngnázhège。

Please take this.

我拿笔写字。

wǒnábǐxiězì。

I hold a pen to write.

Grammar

Doing Something Somewhere

在 + 地点 + 动词

Put 在 + place before the verb to say where an action happens. To stress that the action is in progress, use 正在.

我在商店买面包。

wǒzàishāngdiànmǎimiànbāo。

I'm buying bread at the shop.

他正在商店看东西。

tāzhèngzàishāngdiànkàndōngxi。

He is looking at things in the shop.

Too...!

太 + 形容词 + 了

Used to emphasize a high degree of an adjective, usually carrying a positive or negative emotion. The '了' at the end of the sentence makes it sound more natural.

这个鸡蛋太贵了!

zhègejīdàntàiguìle!

This egg is too expensive!

这个面包太贵了!

zhègemiànbāotàiguìle!

This bread is too expensive!

Dialogues

Buying Food at the Shop

Xiao Hua and Xiao Lin are talking about shopping.

小花
小花

你在哪里?

nǐzàinǎli?

Where are you?

小林
小林

我在商店买面条和牛奶。

wǒzàishāngdiànmǎimiàntiáohéniúnǎi。

I'm at the shop buying noodles and milk.

小花
小花

商店的面包贵不贵?

shāngdiàndemiànbāoguìbuguì?

Is the bread at the shop expensive?

小林
小林

面包有点儿贵。鸡蛋不贵。商店没有菜了。

miànbāoyǒudiǎnrguì。jīdànbúguì。shāngdiànméiyǒucàile。

The bread is a bit pricey. Eggs are cheap. The shop has run out of vegetables.

小花
小花

好的。我去商店买鸡蛋。要拿钱吗?

hǎode。wǒqùshāngdiànmǎijīdàn。yàonáqiánma?

Okay. I'll go to the shop to buy eggs. Do I need to bring money?

小林
小林

要拿钱。你拿二十块吧。

yàonáqián。nǐnáèrshíkuàiba。

Yes, bring money. Take twenty yuan.