Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 43
我的电脑My computer
Talk about computers, TV and movies, and say where you watch them with 在…上.
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我的电脑— My computer
- 小白友天, 你有电脑吗?Got a computer?
- 友天有. 我也有电视.Yes. TV too.
- 小白在哪儿看电影?Where do you watch movies?
- 友天在电脑上, 也在电视上.On the computer, and on TV too.
- 小白太好了. 一起看一个吧!Wonderful. Let's watch one!
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去电影院— Going to the movies
- 朋月小白, 今天晚上你有时间吗?Xiao Bai, are you free tonight?
- 小白有. 我想看电影.Yes. I want to see a movie.
- 朋月在手机上看吗?On your phone?
- 小白不. 手机上的电影太小了! 我们去电影院吧.No. Movies on a phone are too small! Let's go to the movie theater.
- 朋月好. 电影院在哪儿?OK. Where's the theater?
- 小白在商场楼上. 七点在楼下见!Upstairs in the mall. See you downstairs at seven!
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- 电脑
nouncomputer
- 电视
nounTV
- 电视机
nounTV set
- 电话
nounphone
- 电影
nounmovie
- 电影院
nounmovie theater
- 楼上
nounupstairs
- 楼下
noundownstairs
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- 电
electric
电脑 diànnǎo — computer电视 diànshì — TV电视机 diànshì jī — TV set- 脑
(in 电脑 = computer)
电脑 diànnǎo — computer- 视
see (in 电视)
电视 diànshì — TV电视机 diànshì jī — TV set重视 zhòngshì — attach importance to; value- 影
shadow / film
电影 diànyǐng — film影响 yǐngxiǎng — influence; affect看电影 kàn diànyǐng — watch a movie
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diànelectricWriting
shìsee (in 电视)Writing
yǐngshadow / filmWriting
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On something: 在 + noun + 上
Explanation
To say where something is or happens, on a table or a screen, use 在 + noun + 上: 书在桌子上 (the book is on the table), 在电脑上看电影 (watch a movie on the computer). The place where you do something goes before the verb: 我在手机上看书 (I read on my phone).
Examples
- 我在电脑上看电影.I watch movies on the computer.
- 我在手机上看书.I read on my phone.
- 书在桌子上.The book is on the table.
- 电视上有电影.There's a movie on TV.
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Place + 的 + noun
Explanation
A place can go before a noun to say which one, with 的 in between: 手机上的电影 (movies on a phone). This isn't a whole sentence yet, so go on to say more: 桌子上的书是我的 (the book on the table is mine).
Examples
- 手机上的电影太小了.Movies on a phone are too small.
- 桌子上的书是我的.The book on the table is mine.
- 商场里的电影院很大.The movie theater in the mall is big.
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