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Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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他们想买什么?
tāmen xiǎng mǎi shénme?
What do they want to buy?
他们想买几个新的椅子。
tāmen xiǎng mǎi jǐ ge xīn de yǐzi.
They want to buy a few new chairs.
他们打算什么时候去买椅子?
tāmen dǎsuàn shénme shíhou qù mǎi yǐzi?
When do they plan to go buy the chairs?
明天下午。
míngtiān xiàwǔ.
Tomorrow afternoon.
B明天几点能回来?
B míngtiān jǐ diǎn néng huílái?
What time can B come back tomorrow?
三点多。
sān diǎn duō.
A little after three.

Part 2: Full Text

在家里
A:我们要不要买几个新的椅子?
B:好啊,什么时候去买?
A:明天下午怎么样?你明天几点能回来?
B:三点多。

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在家里
zài jiā lǐ
在(at) 家(home) 里(inside)
At home
我们买几个椅子
wǒmen yào bu yào mǎi jǐ ge xīn de yǐzi?
我们(we) 要不要(want or not want) 买(buy) 几(a few) 个(MW) 新(new) 的(modifier) 椅子(chair)?
Do we want to buy a few new chairs?
好啊,什么时候去买?
hǎo a, shénme shíhou qù mǎi?
好(good) 啊(particle), 什么时候(when) 去(go) 买(buy)?
Okay, when should we go buy them?
明天下午怎么样?你明天几点能回来
míngtiān xiàwǔ zěnmeyàng? nǐ míngtiān jǐ diǎn néng huílái?
明天(tomorrow) 下午(afternoon) 怎么样(how about)? 你(you) 明天(tomorrow) 几点(what time) 能(can) 回来(come back)?
How about tomorrow afternoon? What time can you come back tomorrow?
三点多。
sān diǎn duō.
三(three) 点(o'clock) 多(more/over).
A little after three.

Part 4: Vocabulary

Verb
Chinese Pinyin English
yào to want / to need / will
回来
huílái to come back
Adjective
Chinese Pinyin English
xīn new
Noun
Chinese Pinyin English
椅子
yǐzi chair

Part 5: Practice

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回来椅子
1. 房间里有一个桌子和四个 ( )。
(fángjiān lǐ yǒu yí ge zhuōzi hé sì ge ( ).)
房间里有一个桌子和四个椅子。
fángjiān lǐ yǒu yí ge zhuōzi hé sì ge yǐzi.
There is a table and four chairs in the room.
2. 我明天 ( ) 去北京。
(wǒ míngtiān ( ) qù běijīng.)
我明天要去北京。
wǒ míngtiān yào qù běijīng.
I want to go to Beijing tomorrow.
3. 妈妈买了一件 ( ) 衣服。
(māma mǎi le yí jiàn ( ) yīfu.)
妈妈买了一件新衣服。
māma mǎi le yí jiàn xīn yīfu.
Mom bought a new piece of clothing.
4. 爸爸晚上八点能 ( )。
(bàba wǎnshang bā diǎn néng ( ).)
爸爸晚上八点能回来。
bàba wǎnshang bā diǎn néng huílái.
Dad can come back at 8 PM.

Dive deeper into the grammar structure with the lesson below!

Approximate Numbers with “几 / 多”