Lesson 3: Asking the Time and Quantities

几点

Learn 有 + (几百/几千…) + 量词 + N and 现在几点? / S + 什么时候 + V? through Asking the Time and Quantities.

6 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~12 min

Vocabulary6 words

bǎiNumeral
  • hundred

Examples

这本书一百元。

zhèběnshūbǎiyuán

This book costs one hundred yuan.

吃饭chīfànVerb
  • 1.to eat a mealeating in general
  • 2.to have a meal

Examples

我们吃饭吧。

menchīfànba

Let's eat.

你吃饭了吗?

chīfànlema

Have you eaten yet?

Measure word
  • (general measure word)Used with a great many nouns, though not all.

Examples

一个朋友。

péngyou

A friend.

还有háiyǒuconjunction
  • 1.also have; in addition
  • 2.besides; moreover

Examples

我还有一个问题。

háiyǒuwèn

I have one more question.

还有,明天不用来。

háiyǒumíngtiānyònglái

Also, you don't need to come tomorrow.

xiānAdverb
  • 1.first, beforehand
  • 2.early
  • 3.late (the deceased; used in names of those who have passed away)

Examples

你先说。

xiānshuō

You speak first.

我们先吃饭吧。

menxiānchīfànba

Let's eat first.

中午zhōngNoun
  • noon; middayThe period around midday, usually from about 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Examples

中午好。

zhōnghǎo

Good afternoon. (around noon)

中午吃饭。

zhōngchīfàn

Have lunch.

Grammar

Talking About Large Quantities

S + 有 + (几百/几千…) + 量词 + N

Use '有' to talk about quantity, combined with large numbers (hundreds, thousands) and the measure word '个' or a specialized measure word. This structure is often used to describe the quantity of an object or thing.

这个学校有一百个学生。

zhègexuéxiàoyǒubǎixuéshēng

This school has a hundred students.

我有几百本书。

yǒubǎiběnshū

I have several hundred books.

Asking the Time or a Point in Time

现在几点? / S + 什么时候 + V?

Use '现在' (now) together with '几点' (what time) or '什么时候' (when) to ask about the current time or a specific point in time. The answer usually uses the structure '点' and '分' to indicate hours and minutes.

现在几点?

xiànzàidiǎn

What time is it now?

我们什么时候去吃饭?

menshénmeshíhouchīfàn

When are we going to eat?

Dialogues

Asking the Time and Quantities

Two students, Xiao Lin and Xiao Nan, are talking about the time and when their class starts.

小林
小林

现在几点了?

xiànzàidiǎnle

What time is it now?

小南
小南

现在中午十二点。

xiànzàizhōngshíèrdiǎn

It is twelve o'clock noon now.

小林
小林

我们的课几点上?

mendediǎnshàng

What time does our class start?

小南
小南

下午两点三十分。

xiàliǎngdiǎnsānshífēn

Two thirty in the afternoon.

小林
小林

现在十二点,还有两个多小时。

xiànzàishíèrdiǎnháiyǒuliǎnggeduōxiǎoshí

It's twelve now, so there are more than two hours left.

小南
小南

那我们先去吃饭吧。

menxiānchīfànba

Then let's go eat first.

小林
小林

我们学校有多少学生?一百个吗?

menxuéxiàoyǒuduōshǎoxuéshēngbǎima

How many students does our school have? A hundred?

小南
小南

不是一百个,是两百个。

shìbǎishìliǎngbǎi

Not a hundred — two hundred.