HSK 1 - Day 3 of Conversational Chinese Language HSK Level 1 _ Learn Chinese for Beginners

This is day number three of the conversational Chinese program. Today, you are going to participate in the following conversation and keep learning some new words. If you haven't done day one and day two, please go back and finish them. And let's get started. 你好,小李。 你好,Jennifer。 你想吃午饭吗? 是的,我想吃午饭。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 我也想喝一杯茶。 什么茶? 我想喝绿茶。 我也想吃炒饭。 但是,我想喝一杯奶茶。 你的炒饭好吃吗? 我的炒饭很好吃。你的呢? 我的炒饭也很好吃。 Listen to the conversation again. 你好,小李。 你好,Jennifer。 你想吃午饭吗? 是的,我想吃午饭。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 我也想喝一杯茶。 什么茶? 我想喝绿茶。 我也想吃炒饭。 但是,我想喝一杯奶茶。 你的炒饭好吃吗? 我的炒饭很好吃。你的呢? 我的炒饭也很好吃。 In the office building, at lunch time, you met your friend 小李. Try to greet him. 你好,小李。 你好。 Try to ask him if he wants to eat lunch. First, how do you say fried rice? 炒饭。 Here's how to say lunch. 午饭。 Here, 饭 means meal instead of rice. 午 means noon. Try to say lunch again. 午饭。 Now, try to say eat lunch. 吃午饭。 Now, try to ask him if he wants to eat lunch. 你想吃午饭吗? He says, yes, I want to eat lunch. 是的,我想吃午饭。 Now, try this conversation again. Hello, 小李。 你好,小李。 你好。 Do you want to have lunch? 你想吃午饭吗? Yes, I want to have lunch. 是,我想吃午饭。 So, both of you go to the cafeteria. You ask him what he wants to eat. 你想吃什么? He says he wants to have fried rice. 我想吃炒饭。 I also want to have fried rice. Listen to the Chinese speaker to say the word also. 也。 I also want. 我也想。 Now, say I also want to have fried rice. 我也想吃炒饭。 He says I also want to have a cup of tea. 我也想喝一杯茶。 Ask him what type of tea. 什么茶? Now, try to ask him what type of tea he wants to drink. 你想喝什么茶? I want to drink green tea. 我想喝绿茶。 Say I also want to drink tea. 我也想喝茶。 But I want to drink milk tea. 但是我想喝奶茶。 The word but sounds like 但是。 是。 但。 但是。 Say again. But I want to drink milk tea. 但是我想喝奶茶。 But I also want to drink a cup of milk tea. 但是我也想喝一杯奶茶。 After you both decided what to eat, you started ordering in the cafeteria. I want to have a plate of fried rice and drink a cup of milk tea. First, plate. 盘。 Say one plate. 一盘。 One plate of fried rice. 一盘炒饭。 Now say I would like to have a plate of fried rice. 我想吃一盘炒饭。 And drink a cup of milk tea. 喝一杯奶茶。 Again, I want to have a plate of fried rice and drink a cup of milk tea. 我想吃一盘炒饭。 喝一杯奶茶。 Ask, how much money? 多少钱? The cashier says 炒饭十块钱。 奶茶两块钱。 Did you catch how much money each item costs? Listen again. This time, the speaker slows down a little bit. 炒饭十块钱。 奶茶两块钱。 Fried rice is ten bucks. Milk tea is two bucks. Say two bucks. 两块钱。 两。 两块钱。 One buck. 一块钱。 Say again. Fried rice is ten bucks. Milk tea is two bucks. 炒饭十块钱。 奶茶两块钱。 Notice that the word is is omitted. If we add the word is, it sounds like this. 炒饭是十块钱。 奶茶是两块钱。 Add the word 是 to emphasize the amount of money. Now, Xiaoli starts ordering. I would like to have a plate of fried rice and drink a cup of milk tea. 我想吃一盘炒饭, 喝一杯绿茶。 The cashier repeats. A plate of fried rice, a cup of green tea. 一盘炒饭, 一杯绿茶。 He asks how much money. 多少钱。 The cashier answers. Fried rice is ten bucks. Green tea is one buck. 炒饭十块钱。 绿茶一块钱。 Let's practice some numbers. Here's how to say five. 五。 Say fried rice is five bucks. 炒饭五块钱。 Green tea is one buck. 绿茶一块钱。 Say green tea is five bucks. 绿茶五块钱。 Say milk tea is two bucks. 奶茶两块钱。 Red tea is one buck. 红茶一块钱。 Milk tea is two bucks. 奶茶两块钱。 The cashier takes the money and gives you the food. She says this is your fried rice and your milk tea. 这是你的炒饭和奶茶。 Thank her. 谢谢。 She says you're welcome. 不客气。 The cashier then brings the food to Xiaoli and says this is your fried rice and your green tea. 这是你的炒饭和绿茶。 He thanks her. 谢谢。 You're welcome. 不客气。 You start eating the rice and you ask does it taste good? Listen and repeat. 好吃吗? 好。 好吃吗? This literally means eat well. Ask again. Does it taste good? 好吃吗? Xiaoli nods and says it tastes good. 好吃。 Here's how to say very. 很。 Try to say it tastes very good. 很好吃。 If 好吃 means eats well, how do you say drinks well? 好喝。 You then ask him does your green tea taste good? 你的绿茶好喝吗? My green tea also tastes very good. 我的绿茶也很好喝。 He then asks about yours. Listen carefully. 你的呢? 呢? 你的呢? Answer. My fried rice tastes good. My milk tea also tastes very good. 我的炒饭很好吃。 我的奶茶也很好喝。 Let's practice the usage of the word 呢. I eat fried rice. What about you? 我吃炒饭。 你呢? I drink green tea. What about you? 我喝绿茶。 你呢? I don't want to eat. What about you? 我不想吃。 你呢? Now listen to the same conversation again that you listened at the beginning of today's program. 你好,小李。 你好,Jennifer。 你想吃午饭吗? 是的,我想吃午饭。 你想吃什么? 我想吃炒饭。 我也想喝一杯茶。 什么茶? 我想喝绿茶。 我也想吃炒饭。 但是我想喝一杯奶茶。 你的炒饭好吃吗? 我的炒饭很好吃。 你的呢? 我的炒饭也很好吃。