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HSK1/lesson14/Must-learn Mandarin/About shopping/What did you buy?

Name: HSK1/lesson14/Must-learn Mandarin/About shopping/What did you buy?
Uploaded: 2026-07-20T03:36:21.738Z
Description: 课文Kèwén 1: 在Zài 宿舍sùshè Text 1: In the dorm A: 昨天Zuótiān 上午shàngwǔ 你nǐ 去qù 哪儿nǎr 了le？ B: 我Wǒ&

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课文Kèwén 1: 在Zài 宿舍sùshè

Text 1: In the dorm

A: 昨天Zuótiān 上午shàngwǔ 你nǐ 去qù 哪儿nǎr 了le？

B: 我Wǒ 去qù 商店shāngdiàn 买mǎi 东西dōngxi 了le。

A: 你Nǐ 买mǎi 什么shénme 了le？

B: 我Wǒ 买mǎi了le 一点儿yìdiǎnr 苹果píngguǒ。

新Xīn 词cí - New Words

东西dōngxi - thing, stuff
一点儿yìdiǎnr - a few, a little
苹果píngguǒ - apple

注释Zhùshì 1: 了le

Indicating Occurrence or Completion

“了” can be used at the end of a sentence. For example:

Subject	Predicate	了
我 Wǒ	去商店 qù shāngdiàn	了 le.
他 Tā	去学开车 qù xué kāichē	了 le.
你 Nǐ	买什么 mǎi shénme	了 le?

“了” can also be used between a verb and its object. There is usually a modifier before the object. For example:

Subject	Verb	了	Modifier	Object
她 Tā	买 mǎi	了 le	一点儿 yìdiǎnr	苹果 píngguǒ.
我 Wǒ	买 mǎi	了 le	不少 bù shǎo	衣服 yīfu.
你 Nǐ	看见 kànjiàn	了 le	几个 jǐ ge	人 rén?

The negative form of “了” in both cases above is “没 + verb (+ object)”. “了” should be omitted. For example:

Subject	没	Predicate
她 Tā	没 méi	去商店 qù shāngdiàn.
我 Wǒ	没 méi	买 mǎi.
我 Wǒ	没 méi	看见张先生 kànjiàn Zhāng xiānsheng.

课文Kèwén 2: 在Zài 公司gōngsī

Text 2: In the company

A: 你Nǐ 看见kànjiàn 张Zhāng 先生xiānsheng 了le 吗ma？

B: 看见Kànjiàn 了le，他tā 去qù 学xué 开kāi 车chē 了le。

A: 他Tā 什么shénme 时候shíhou 能néng 回来huílái？

B: 四十Sìshí 分钟fēnzhōng 后hòu 回来huílái。

新Xīn 词cí - New Words

看见kànjiàn - to see
先生xiānsheng - Mr., sir
开kāi - to drive
车chē - car, vehicle
回来huílái - to come back
分钟fēnzhōng - minute
后hòu - after, later

Proper Noun

张Zhāng - Zhang (family name)

注释Zhùshì 2: 名词Míngcí "后hòu"

The Noun "后" (hòu)

Indicates a period after the present time or the time being mentioned.

五点Wǔ diǎn 后hòu - After 5 o'clock
四十Sìshí 分钟fēnzhōng 后hòu - After 40 minutes
星期三Xīngqīsān 后hòu - After Wednesday

A: 他Tā 什么shénme 时候shíhou 能néng 回来huílái？

B: 四十Sìshí 分钟fēnzhōng 后hòu 回来huílái。

课文Kèwén 3: 在Zài 商店shāngdiàn 门口ménkǒu

Text 3: Outside a store

A: 王方Wáng Fāng 的de 衣服yīfu 太tài 漂亮piàoliang 了le！

B: 是Shì 啊a，她tā 买mǎi了le 不bù少shǎo 衣服yīfu。

A: 你Nǐ 买mǎi 什么shénme 了le？

B: 我Wǒ 没méi 买mǎi，这些zhèxiē 都dōu 是shì 王方Wáng Fāng 的de 东西dōngxi。

新Xīn 词cí - New Words

衣服yīfu - clothes
漂亮piàoliang - beautiful, pretty
啊a - (modal particle)
少shǎo - little, few
不少bù shǎo - quite a few, many
这些zhèxiē - these
都dōu - both, all

注释Zhùshì 3: 语气Yǔqì 助词zhùcí "啊a"

The Modal Particle "啊" (a)

Used at the end of a declarative sentence to set the mood. Its pronunciation varies with the finals of the syllables before it.

Final before It	Pronunciation of "啊"
a, e, i, o, ü	→ ia
u, ao, ou	→ ua
-n	→ na
-ng	→ nga
-i (zi, ci, si)	→ za
-i (zhi, chi, shi, ri)	→ ra

A: 王方Wáng Fāng 的de 衣服yīfu 太tài 漂亮piàoliang 了le！

B: 是Shì 啊a, 她tā 买mǎi了le 不bù少shǎo 衣服yīfu.

注释Zhùshì 4: 副词Fùcí "都dōu"

The Adverb "都" (dōu)

“都” means “both/all”. The people or objects included are put before “都”.

我们Wǒmen 都dōu 是shì 中国Zhōngguó 人rén. - We are all Chinese.
他们Tāmen 都dōu 喜欢xǐhuan 喝hē 茶chá. - They all like to drink tea.
这些Zhèxiē 都dōu 是shì 王方Wáng Fāng 的de 东西dōngxi. - These are all Wang Fang's things.