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太贵了 Too expensive
Exclamatory 太...了, big numbers (100s), 拿 / 给, 买到 / 卖完.
Dialogue
太贵了 — Too expensive
- 文山 大友, 这个多少钱? How much is this?
- 大友 一百二十块. 120 yuan.
- 文山 一百二十! 太贵了! 120?! Too expensive!
- 大友 不贵! 我们一百块给你. Not expensive! 100 yuan for you.
- 文山 七十块, 行吗? 70 yuan, OK?
- 大友 七十太少了. 八十块. 70 too low. 80 yuan.
- 文山 好! 我买! OK! I'll buy!
Dialogue
卖完了 — Sold out
- 白月 大友, 我想买票. 多少钱? I want a ticket. How much?
- 大友 票卖完了! 没有了. Tickets are sold out! None left.
- 白月 太不好了! 你还卖什么? Too bad! What else do you sell?
- 大友 我卖一些水果. I sell some fruit.
- 白月 好, 拿三个给我. OK, give me three.
Vocabulary
- 一百
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numeral one hundred
- 百
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numeral hundred
- 二百
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numeral two hundred
- 三百
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numeral three hundred
- 五百
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numeral five hundred
- 给
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verb to give
- 拿
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verb to take; carry
- 买到
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verb managed to buy
- 卖完
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verb sold out
New characters
- 给
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give
给我 gěi wǒ — give me (transactional opener) - 拿
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take; carry
拿出来 ná chū lái — take out (V + complement chain: 拿 + 出 + 来) - 到
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arrive; reach; (also: V + 到 result complement, taught ch10)
买到 mǎi dào — managed to buy到达 dàodá — arrive at (formal pair with 到; more bookish / written register)找到 zhǎo//dào — find — V+到 result complement (formal lesson Bk2)
Hanzi — writing & recognition
bǎi hundred Writing
tài too (revisit) Recognition
ná take; carry Recognition
gěi give Recognition
wán finish (revisit ch5) Recognition
Grammar
Exclamation — 太...了!
Explanation
太 + adj + 了 = exclamation. 太贵了 ("too expensive!"); 太好了 ("wonderful!"); 太累了 ("so tired!"). The 了 marks the change of state / the speaker's reaction.
Examples
- 太贵了! Too expensive!
- 太好了! Wonderful!
- 一百块? 太多了. 100 yuan? Too much.
- 我买到了! I got it!
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