Lesson 13 - Wines, Drinks
The past tense in Chinese, grammar, examples and exercises.
Vocabulary: Do you like? Have you ever? You must be.
Conversation 1 : Do you like white spirit?
- Nǐ xǐhuān hē báijiǔ ma ?你 喜欢 喝 白酒 吗？
- Bú tài xǐhuān hē báijiǔ, xǐhuān hē chá.
不 太 喜欢 喝 白酒， 喜欢 喝 茶。
- Nǐ xǐhuān hē huāchá háishì lǜchá ?
你 喜欢 喝 花茶 还是 绿茶？
- Huāchá. Wǒ jīngcháng hē huāchá.
花茶。 我 经常 喝 花茶。
Translation
- Do you like to drink white spirit?
- I don't really like ( I don't like too much to drink white spirit ), I like to drink tea.
- Do you like to drink scented tea or green tea?
- Scented tea. I often drink scented tea.
| 喜欢 | xǐhuān | (v) | like |
| 白酒 | báijiǔ | (n) | white spirit |
| 太 | tài | (adv) | too (much) |
| 花茶 | huāchá | (n) | scented tea |
| 还是 | háishì | (conj) | or |
| 绿茶 | lǜchá | (n) | green tea |
| 经常 | jīngcháng | (adv) | often |
Audio file : lesson 13 - dialog 01.mp3
Conversation 2 : Have you ever drunk green tea?
- Nǐ hē guo lǜchá ma ?你 喝 过 绿茶 吗？
- Méi yǒu. Lǜchá guì bu guì ? Hǎo hē ma ?
没 有。 绿茶 贵 不 贵？ 好 喝 吗？
- Bù piányi, hěn guì. Wǒ juéde hěn hǎo hē.
不 便宜， 很 贵。 我 觉得 很 好 喝。
Translation
- Have you drunk green tea?
- No, Is green tea expensive? Is it good?
- It's not cheap, it's very expensive. I think it's really good.
Audio file : lesson 13 - dialog 02.mp3
| 贵 | guì | (adj) | expensive |
| 好喝 | hǎohē | (adj) | good (to drink) |
| 便宜 | piányi | (adv) | cheap |
| 觉得 | juéde | (v) | feel, think |
