HSK 1 - Day 2 of Conversational Chinese Language HSK Level 1 - Learn Chinese for Beginners

This is day number two. Today, you will be participating in the following conversation and learn to use the new words. 你好,你想喝什么? 我想喝一杯红茶。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 这是你的茶和炒饭。 谢谢。 不客气。 多少钱? 10块钱。 再见。 Listen to this conversation again. 你好,你想喝什么? 我想喝一杯红茶。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 这是你的茶和炒饭。 谢谢。 不客气。 多少钱? 10块钱。 再见。 This lesson is built upon lesson number one, which is day one. If you haven't gone over day one, please go over day one first before you continue. Let's get started. How do you say drink tea in Chinese? 喝茶。 I drink tea. 我喝茶。 You drink tea. 你喝茶。 I want to drink tea. 我想喝茶。 You want to drink tea. 你想喝茶。 Do you remember how to say the word what in Chinese? 什么。 Say, you drink tea. 你喝茶。 Now, try to say, what do you drink? 你喝什么? Notice that 什么 directly replaces the object and appears at the end of the sentence, unlike in English. Say, you drink tea. 你喝茶。 What do you drink? 你喝什么? I drink tea. 我喝茶。 What do I drink? 我喝什么。 Here's the word water. 水。 Say, I drink water. 我喝水。 Say, you drink water. 你喝水。 Ask, what do you drink? 你喝什么? Also notice in these questions, we didn't use the word 吗 at the end. This is because the word 什么 already signifies that this is a question. So the word 吗 is not used. Now, say you want to drink water. 你想喝水。 Remember the word what replaces the object. Now, try to ask, what do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? Imagine you walk into a tea house. The waitress comes to you and greets you. Hello. 你好。 What do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? I want to drink tea. 我想喝茶。 Unlike in English, you can say I want to or I would like to. In order to be polite in Chinese, you just need to make yourself look polite and sound polite. Say again, what do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? I want to drink tea. 我想喝茶。 Now say, I want to drink water. 我想喝水。 Here's how to say eat. Listen and repeat. 吃。 How do you say I eat? 我吃。 And you eat? 你吃。 Ask, what do you eat? 你吃什么? How about, what do you want to? 你想吃什么? Here's how to say fried rice. 炒饭。 饭。 炒。 炒饭。 Ask again, what do you want to eat? 你想吃什么? Say, eat fried rice. 吃炒饭。 Say, I want to eat fried rice. 我想吃炒饭。 Now let's try the conversation again. The waitress comes and greets you. Hello. 你好。 What do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? I want to drink tea. 我想喝茶。 What do you want to eat? 你想吃什么? I want to eat fried rice. 我想吃炒饭。 Do you remember how to ask, what type of tea? 什么茶? Then you clarify that you want to drink green tea. 我想喝绿茶。 Then you change your mind and say, no, I want to drink water. 不,我想喝水。 Try to combine the two sentences. No, I don't want to drink tea, I want to drink water. 不,我不想喝茶,我想喝水。 Try to say it again. 不,我不想喝茶,我想喝水。 This is how to say cup in Chinese. 杯。 Number one sounds like this. 一。 Try to say one cup. 一杯。 Notice that the tone changes from the first tone 一 to the fourth tone 一 Say again, one cup. 一杯。 Say a cup of tea. 一杯茶。 In Chinese, there's no difference between cup and glass. So try to say a glass of water. 一杯水。 A glass of milk. 一杯奶。 Now, try to say, I want to drink a cup of tea. 我想喝一杯茶。 Try to say, I want to drink a glass of milk. 我想喝一杯奶。 What do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? I want to drink a glass of water. 我想喝一杯水。 Do you remember how to say yes? 是。 The word 是 also means is, are, or am. Here's how to say the word this. 这。 Now, how do you say this is? 这是。 And how do you say this is a cup of tea? 这是一杯茶。 This is a glass of water. 这是一杯水。 This is a glass of milk. 这是一杯奶。 Do you remember how to say fried rice? 炒饭。 This is fried rice. 这是炒饭。 Say the word you. 你。 And this is how to say your. 你的。 Then, how do you say my? 我的。 This is your tea. 这是你的茶。 This is my water. 这是我的水。 This is my fried rice. 这是我的炒饭。 Knowing that there are no plurals in Chinese, the waitress comes and says, these are your tea and fried rice. 这是你的茶和炒饭。 The word 和 means and. So say again, tea and fried rice. 茶和炒饭。 Tea and milk. 茶和奶。 Butter and fried rice. 水和炒饭。 I want to drink tea and milk. 我想喝茶和奶。 I want to drink a cup of tea and a glass of milk. 我想喝一杯茶和一杯奶。 The way to say thank you is 谢谢。 The waitress comes with the tea and fried rice. You want to thank her. What do you say? 谢谢。 Then, she says, you are welcome. 不客气。 客气。 不客气。 Before you leave, you ask waitress how much. Listen carefully. 多少钱? 钱。 多少? 多少钱? Here, 钱 means money. 多少 means how much. So, you are asking literally how much money. Again, ask how much. 多少钱? Notice here, because 多少 already signifies a question. We don't need to use the word 吗. Again, how much. 多少钱? Listen carefully how to say 10. 十。 This is very similar to the word yes, which is 是。 There are only different in tones. Say again, 10. 十。 And, 10 bucks. 十块。 You can also add the word money at the end. 十块钱。 From now on, let's keep the word money at the end when talking about how much money. Say, one cup. 一杯。 How do you say one buck? 一块钱。 Notice the tone changes again from 一 to 一, which is the second tone. In addition to 快, you can also use the word 元. Using the word 元, say 10 bucks. 十元钱。 What about one buck? 一元钱。 Now, listen to her and see how to say goodbye, see you again. 再见。 When you want to say bye or goodbye, you can say 再见。 见。 再见。 Say again, how much? 多少钱? 10 bucks. 十块钱。 Bye. 再见。 Do you remember how to say your? 你的。 And try to say your money. 你的钱。 Imagine you're paying with cash and your money dropped on the floor. Someone picks up the money and gives it back to you. He says, this is your money. 这是你的钱。 Thank him. 谢谢你。 See you. 再见。 Now, listen to the conversation that you heard at the beginning again. 你好,你想喝什么? 红茶。 我想喝一杯 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 这是你的茶和炒饭。 谢谢。 不客气。 多少钱? 十块钱。 再见。 Listen to this conversation again. 你好,你想喝什么? 我想喝一杯红茶。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 这是你的茶和炒饭。 谢谢。 不客气。 多少钱? 十块钱。 再见。