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Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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B觉得今天吃得怎么样?
B juéde jīntiān chī de zěnmeyàng?
How does B think the food was today?
B觉得吃得很好。
B juéde chī de hěn hǎo.
B thinks they ate very well.
B做饭做得好吗?
B zuòfàn zuò de hǎo ma?
Does B cook well?
B做饭做得不怎么样。
B zuòfàn zuò de bù zěnmeyàng.
B doesn't cook very well.
谁做饭做得更好?
Shéi zuòfàn zuò de gèng hǎo?
Who cooks better?
B的妻子做饭做得更好。
B de qīzi zuòfàn zuò de gèng hǎo.
B's wife cooks better.

Part 2: Full Text

在朋友家
A:再来点儿米饭吧,你吃得太少了。
B:不少了,今天吃得很好,太谢谢你了。
A:你做饭做得怎么样?
B:不怎么样,我妻子比我做得好。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在朋友家
zài péngyou jiā
在(at) 朋友(friend) 家(house/home)
At a friend's house
点儿米饭吧,你吃太少了。
zài lái diǎnr mǐfàn ba, nǐ chī de tài shǎo le.
再(more/again) 来(have/bring) 点儿(a bit) 米饭(rice) 吧(suggestion particle), 你(you) 吃(eat) 得(particle) 太(too) 少(little) 了(particle).
Have some more rice, you've eaten too little.
不少了,今天吃很好,太谢谢你了。
bù shǎo le, jīntiān chī de hěn hǎo, tài xièxie nǐ le.
不(not) 少(little) 了(particle), 今天(today) 吃(eat) 得(particle) 很(very) 好(well), 太(too) 谢谢(thank) 你(you) 了(particle).
Not at all, I've eaten very well today, thank you so much.
做饭怎么样?
nǐ zuòfàn zuò de zěnmeyàng?
你(you) 做饭(cook) 做(do) 得(particle) 怎么样(how/in what way)?
How well do you cook?
不怎么样,我妻子我做好。
bù zěnmeyàng, wǒ qīzi bǐ wǒ zuò de hǎo.
不怎么样(not that great), 我(my) 妻子(wife) 比(compared to) 我(me) 做(do) 得(particle) 好(well).
Not that great, my wife cooks better than I do.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Noun
Chinese Pinyin English
妻子
qīzi wife
Verb
Chinese Pinyin English
做饭
zuòfàn to cook
lái to come / to have (food/drink)
Adverb
Chinese Pinyin English
zài again / once more
Particle
Chinese Pinyin English
de particle used after a verb to describe the degree

Part 5: Practice

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做饭妻子
1. 那是他的 ( )。
(Nà shì tā de ( ).)
那是他的妻子。
Nà shì tā de qīzi.
That is his wife.
2. 这个面条很好吃,你 ( ) 点儿吧?
(Zhège miàntiáo hěn hǎochī, nǐ ( ) diǎnr ba?)
这个面条很好吃,你来点儿吧?
Zhège miàntiáo hěn hǎochī, nǐ lái diǎnr ba?
These noodles are delicious, have some!
3. 你说 ( ) 很好。
(Nǐ shuō ( ) hěn hǎo.)
你说得很好。
Nǐ shuō de hěn hǎo.
You speak very well.
4. 请 ( ) 喝一杯水。
(Qǐng ( ) hē yì bēi shuǐ.)
请再喝一杯水。
Qǐng zài hē yì bēi shuǐ.
Please have another glass of water.
5. 你今天 ( ) 吗?
(Nǐ jīntiān ( ) ma?)
你今天做饭吗?
Nǐ jīntiān zuòfàn ma?
Are you cooking today?

Dive deeper into the grammar structure with the lesson below!

Degree Complements with “得”

Advanced “比” Sentences