Learn how to use 有, 个, 百, 千, 现在, 几点, and 什么时候 through the topic of large numbers, measure words, and telling time.
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这本书一百元。
This book costs one hundred yuan.
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三点钟。
Three o'clock.
你几点起？
What time do you get up?
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一个朋友。
A friend.
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你几岁？
How old are you?
现在几点？
What time is it now?
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什么时候？
When?
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现在几点？
What time is it now?
我现在去。
I'm going now.
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八小时。
Eight hours.
工作八小时。
Work eight hours.
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中午好。
Good afternoon. (around noon)
中午吃饭。
Have lunch.
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十分钟。
Ten minutes.
还有五分钟。
Five more minutes to go.
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一千人。
A thousand people.
S + 有 + số lớn + 个/百/千 + NUse '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.
这个学校有一千个学生。
This school has one thousand students.
我的书有几百本。
I have several hundred books.
现在 + 几点/什么时候?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？
What time is it now?
我们中午十二点吃饭。什么时候去？
We eat lunch at twelve o'clock noon. When are we going?
Two students, Linh and Nam, are talking about the time and the number of students in their class.
现在几点了？
What time is it now?
现在中午十二点。
It is twelve o'clock noon now.
我们的课几点开始？
What time does our class start?
下午两点三十分。我们有几个小时？
Two thirty in the afternoon. How many hours do we have?
有两个小时。我们的班有多少个学生？
We have two hours. How many students are in our class?
我们班有三百个学生。
Our class has three hundred students.