Lesson 5: Getting ready for class

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Learn how to use 太, 了, 会, and 能 through the topic of school and studying.

6 words2 grammar points1 dialogues~12 min

Vocabulary6 words

本子běnziNoun
  • notebooka notebook or writing pad

Examples

我买了一个本子。

mǎileběnzi

I bought a notebook.

把字写在本子上。

xiězàiběnzishàng

Write the characters in the notebook.

记得deVerb
  • to remember

Examples

我记得他的名字。

dedemíng

I remember his name.

你还记得这件事吗?

háidezhèjiànshìma

Do you still remember this matter?

jìnVerb
  • 1.to enter; to go in
  • 2.to advance; to make progress

Examples

请进。

qǐngjìn

Please come in.

他进了房间。

jìnlefángjiān

He entered the room.

Verb
  • 1.to take, to hold, to grasp
  • 2.to use, by means of

Examples

请拿这个。

qǐngzhège

Please take this.

我拿笔写字。

xiě

I hold a pen to write.

nánAdjective
  • 1.difficult, hard
  • 2.hard to bear, unpleasant

Examples

这个汉字很难写。

zhègehànhěnnánxiě

This Chinese character is very hard to write.

学习xuéVerb
  • 1.to study; to learnA verb for the act of acquiring knowledge.
  • 2.studying; studiesA noun for the process of studying.

Examples

我学习中文。

xuézhōngwén

I study Chinese.

学习很重要。

xuéhěnzhòngyào

Studying is very important.

Grammar

Getting ready to go into a place

S + 要 + 进 + 地点

To express being about to go into a place, use the pattern: subject + 要 + 进 + place. Here 要 indicates intention or an action about to happen, 进 means 'to enter', and after 进 comes the place you want to go.

我们要进教室。

menyàojìnjiàoshì

We are about to go into the classroom.

你拿本子进图书馆吗?

běnzijìnshūguǎnma

Are you taking a notebook into the library?

Asking whether someone remembers

S + 记得 + 吗?

To ask whether someone remembers something, use the pattern: subject + 记得 + 吗? 记得 is the verb 'to remember', and 吗 is a sentence-final particle that turns a statement into a yes-no question. This is a very common and simple way to ask.

你记得拿本子吗?

deběnzima

Do you remember to bring a notebook?

他记得学习很难。

dexuéhěnnán

He remembers that studying is hard.

Dialogues

Before class starts

Two students, Linh and Nam, are getting ready to go into the classroom.

Li
Linh

Nam,你记得拿本子吗?

Nam,deběnzima

Nam, do you remember to bring a notebook?

Na
Nam

我记得。我的本子在这里。

dedeběnzizàizhè

I remember. My notebook is right here.

Li
Linh

好。我们要进教室了。

hǎomenyàojìnjiàoshìle

Good. We're about to go into the classroom.

Na
Nam

学习难吗?

xuénánma

Is studying hard?

Li
Linh

不难。我们进教室吧。

nánmenjìnjiàoshìba

Not hard. Let's go into the classroom.