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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

百bǎiNumeral
Illustration for 百
  • hundred

Examples

这本书一百元。

zhèběnshūyìbǎiyuán。

This book costs one hundred yuan.

个gèMeasure word
Illustration for 个
  • (general measure word)Used with a great many nouns, though not all.

Examples

一个朋友。

yígèpéngyou。

A friend.

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

Examples

中午好。

zhōngwǔhǎo。

Good afternoon. (around noon)

中午吃饭。

zhōngwǔchīfàn。

Have lunch.

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

Examples

我们吃饭吧。

wǒmenchīfànba。

Let's eat.

你吃饭了吗?

nǐchīfànlema?

Have you eaten yet?

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

Examples

我还有一个问题。

wǒháiyǒuyígèwèntí。

I have one more question.

还有,明天不用来。

háiyǒu,míngtiānbúyònglái。

Also, you don't need to come tomorrow.

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

Examples

你先说。

nǐxiānshuō。

You speak first.

我们先吃饭吧。

wǒmenxiānchīfànba。

Let's eat first.

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。

zhègexuéxiàoyǒuyìbǎigèxuéshēng。

This school has a hundred students.

我有几百本书。

wǒyǒujǐbǎiběnshū。

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?

xiànzàijǐdiǎn?

What time is it now?

我们什么时候去吃饭?

wǒmenshénmeshíhouqùchīfàn?

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?

xiànzàijǐdiǎnle?

What time is it now?

小南
小南

现在中午十二点。

xiànzàizhōngwǔshíèrdiǎn。

It is twelve o'clock noon now.

小林
小林

我们的课几点上?

wǒmendekèjǐdiǎnshàng?

What time does our class start?

小南
小南

下午两点三十分。

xiàwǔliǎngdiǎnsānshífēn。

Two thirty in the afternoon.

小林
小林

现在十二点,还有两个多小时。

xiànzàishíèrdiǎn,háiyǒuliǎnggeduōxiǎoshí。

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

小南
小南

那我们先去吃饭吧。

nàwǒmenxiānqùchīfànba。

Then let's go eat first.

小林
小林

我们学校有多少学生?一百个吗?

wǒmenxuéxiàoyǒuduōshǎoxuéshēng?yìbǎigèma?

How many students does our school have? A hundred?

小南
小南

不是一百个,是两百个。

búshìyìbǎigè,shìliǎngbǎigè。

Not a hundred — two hundred.