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在饭店 At the Restaurant

Part 1: Text

Chinese Text

晚上,我和家人去饭店吃饭。饭店很大,很干净。我们点了米饭、面条、包子和菜,还有鸡蛋和肉。爸爸喝茶,我和妈妈喝水。我们都饿了,饭菜很好吃。吃完饭后,我们很开心地回家了。

Pinyin and Chinese

  • Wǎnshang, wǒ hé jiārén qù fàndiàn chīfàn.
    晚上,我和家人去饭店吃饭。

  • Fàndiàn hěn dà, hěn gānjìng.
    饭店很大,很干净。

  • Wǒmen diǎnle mǐfàn, miàntiáo, bāozi hé cài, hái yǒu jīdàn hé ròu.
    我们点了米饭、面条、包子和菜,还有鸡蛋和肉。

  • Bàba hē chá, wǒ hé māma hē shuǐ.
    爸爸喝茶,我和妈妈喝水。

  • Wǒmen dōu èle, fàncài hěn hǎochī.
    我们都饿了,饭菜很好吃。

  • Chī wán fàn hòu, wǒmen hěn kāixīn de huí jiā le.
    吃完饭后,我们很开心地回家了。

Detailed Analysis

  • Wǎnshang, wǒ hé jiārén qù fàndiàn chīfàn.
    晚上,我和家人去饭店吃饭。
    Evening, / I / with / family / go / restaurant / eat meal.
    In the evening, I went to a restaurant with my family to eat.

  • Fàndiàn hěn dà, hěn gānjìng.
    饭店很大,很干净。
    Restaurant / very / big, / very / clean.
    The restaurant was very big and very clean.

  • Wǒmen diǎnle mǐfàn, miàntiáo, bāozi hé cài, hái yǒu jīdàn hé ròu.
    我们点了米饭、面条、包子和菜,还有鸡蛋和肉。
    We / ordered / rice, / noodles, / buns / and / dishes, / also / have / eggs / and / meat.
    We ordered rice, noodles, buns and dishes, and also eggs and meat.

  • Bàba hē chá, wǒ hé māma hē shuǐ.
    爸爸喝茶,我和妈妈喝水。
    Dad / drink / tea, / I / with / mom / drink / water.
    Dad drank tea, and mom and I drank water.

  • Wǒmen dōu èle, fàncài hěn hǎochī.
    我们都饿了,饭菜很好吃。
    We / all / hungry, / food / very / delicious.
    We were all hungry, and the food was very delicious.

  • Chī wán fàn hòu, wǒmen hěn kāixīn de huí jiā le.
    吃完饭后,我们很开心地回家了。
    Eat / finish / meal / after, / we / very / happy / [adverbial marker] / return / home / [past tense marker].
    After finishing the meal, we happily returned home.


Part 2: Exercises

Questions

  1. 他们什么时候去饭店?

  2. 饭店怎么样?

  3. 他们点了什么食物?

  4. 他们喝了什么?

  5. 他们觉得饭菜怎么样?

Answers

  1. 他们晚上去饭店。 Tāmen wǎnshang qù fàndiàn. They went to the restaurant in the evening.

  2. 饭店很大,很干净。 Fàndiàn hěn dà, hěn gānjìng. The restaurant is very big and very clean.

  3. 他们点了米饭、面条、包子和菜,还有鸡蛋和肉。 Tāmen diǎnle mǐfàn, miàntiáo, bāozi hé cài, hái yǒu jīdàn hé ròu. They ordered rice, noodles, buns, dishes, and also eggs and meat.

  4. 爸爸喝茶,他和妈妈喝水。 Bàba hē chá, tā hé māma hē shuǐ. Dad drank tea, and he and mom drank water.

  5. 他们觉得饭菜很好吃。 Tāmen juéde fàncài hěn hǎochī. They thought the food was very delicious.


Part 3: Vocabulary

 
 
ChinesePinyinEnglish
Nouns  
晚上wǎnshangevening
家人jiārénfamily
饭店fàndiànrestaurant
米饭mǐfànrice
面条miàntiáonoodles
包子bāozibun
càidish
鸡蛋jīdànegg
ròumeat
chátea
shuǐwater
饭菜fàncàifood
Verbs  
to go
吃饭chīfànto eat a meal
diǎnto order
to drink
饿èto be hungry
huíto return
Adjectives  
big
干净gānjìngclean
好吃hǎochīdelicious
开心kāixīnhappy
Adverbs  
hěnvery
dōuall
Conjunction  
and
Other  
le(past tense marker)
háialso
hòuafter
de(adverbial marker)