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LESSON 20 · HSK 3.0
去过中国吗
Have You Been to China? — Talk about experiences, actions in progress and famous places
21 words
3 patterns 0% done
Vocabulary 词汇
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guò 过
experience particle
cì 次
time(s) (occurrences)
shàngcì 上次
last time
xiàcì 下次
next time
正
zhèngzài 正在
in the middle of (doing)
méi 没
not / none
yǒuyīxiē 有一些
some; somewhat
ménpiào 门票
admission ticket
bùdà 不大
not very
guó 国
country / nation
guójiā 国家
country; nation; state
wàiguó 外国
foreign (country)
guówài 国外
abroad
yǒumíng 有名
famous
dìfang 地方
place
dìdiǎn 地点
place
dòngzuò 动作
movement, action
de 地
(particle) -ly, links an adverbial to a verb
zi 子
child (suffix)
zhòng 重
heavy
Dot: green = known, gold = learning, none = new
Grammar 语法
Verb + 过 — have ever done
。？— 。
过 after a verb means you have had the experience at some time. Negative: 没 + verb + 过 (没去过). 次 counts times: 去过两次.
正在 + verb (+ 呢) — in progress
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正在 (or 正) before a verb means the action is happening right now. 呢 at the end is common in speech. Negative: 没 + verb (他没在上课 / 他没上课).
Adjective + 地 + verb — how it's done
。
地 (de) links a description to the verb that follows: 慢慢地走 = walk slowly. It is pronounced like 的 but written differently.
Sentences 句子
？
Have you ever been to China?
，。
I've been twice; the last time was last year.
。
Let's go together next time.
。
Beijing has lots of famous places.
，。
When you called me, I was driving.
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This bag is heavy; there are some books inside.
，。
The tickets aren't very expensive — fifty yuan.
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Lots of foreigners come to China to study.
Dialogue 对话
？
Have you ever been abroad?
。？
Once. You?
。？
I never have. Which country did you go to?
。，。
China. I went to Beijing and saw lots of famous places.
！。
Lovely! I want to go too.
！
Let's go together next time!