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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 24

在商店买东西 Shopping at the store

Zài shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi

Clothing & colors. 大小 / 长 / 短. The aspect particle 了.

Dialogue

在商店 — At the shop

白月大dà友yǒu, 我wǒ想xiǎng买mǎi衣yī服fu. I want to buy clothes.
大友什shén么me颜yán色sè? What color?
白月红hóng的de, 蓝lán的de也yě行xíng. Red — blue is OK too.
大友红hóng的de多duō. 这zhè个ge红hóng衣yī服fu, 三sān百bǎi块kuài. We have many red ones. This red one is 300 yuan.
白月太tài贵guì了le. 二èr百bǎi块kuài, 行xíng吗ma? Too expensive. 200, OK?
大友行xíng! 给gěi你nǐ. OK! Yours.

Dialogue

颜色和大小 — Colors and sizes

大友文wén山shān, 你nǐ的de鞋xié大dà小xiǎo? Wen Shan, your shoe size?
文山我wǒ的de鞋xié四sì十shí二èr. Mine is 42.
大友黑hēi的de, 白bái的de, 你nǐ想xiǎng买mǎi哪nǎ个gè? Black or white?
文山黑hēi的de. 帽mào子zi也yě想xiǎng买mǎi一yí个gè. Black. Want a hat too.
大友帽mào子zi在zài那nà儿ér. 真zhēn好hǎo看kàn! Hats are over there. Really nice!

Vocabulary

衣yī服fu: noun clothing
鞋xié: noun shoes
帽mào子zi: noun hat
大dà小xiǎo: noun size
长cháng: adjective long
短duǎn: adjective short
颜yán色sè: noun color
黑hēi: adjective black
白bái: adjective white
红hóng: adjective red
蓝lán: adjective blue

New characters

衣: clothing
衣服 yīfu — clothing
服: comfortable; serve (in 舒服)
衣服 yīfu — clothing舒服 shūfu — comfortable; well不舒服 bù shūfu — unwell; uncomfortable (fixed phrase)
颜: (in 颜色 = color)
颜色 yánsè — color
色: color (in 颜色)
颜色 yánsè — color
红hóng: red
红包 hóngbāo — red envelope方红 Fāng Hóng — Fang Hong (persona — 23, just-graduated junior colleague)小红 Xiǎo Hóng — Xiao Hong (persona — 22, university student)
蓝lán: blue
鞋xié: shoes
黑hēi: black
黑板 hēibǎn — blackboard (recall Bk2)
帽: (in 帽子 = hat)
帽子 màozi — hat
长cháng: long
成长 chéngzhǎng — grow; develop
短duǎn: short
短信 duǎnxìn — text message
东: (in 卫东 = Wei Dong (persona — 42, university lecturer))
卫东 Wèi Dōng — Wei Dong (persona — 42, university lecturer)东西 dōngxi — thing; stuff (recall Bk1)买东西 mǎi dōngxi — buy things; shop (recall Bk1)
西: (in 东西 = thing; stuff (recall Bk1))
东西 dōngxi — thing; stuff (recall Bk1)买东西 mǎi dōngxi — buy things; shop (recall Bk1)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

衣

yī clothing Writing

6 strokes standalone

红

hóng red Writing

6 strokes left-right radical 纟

白

bái white Writing

5 strokes standalone

长

cháng long Writing

4 strokes standalone

黑

hēi black Recognition

12 strokes top-bottom

蓝

lán blue Recognition

13 strokes top-bottom

短

duǎn short Recognition

12 strokes left-right

色

sè color (in 颜色) Recognition

6 strokes top-bottom

Grammar

Particle 了 — completion / change of state

Explanation

了 has two roles: (1) After V = completion. 我吃了 ("I ate / have eaten"). (2) End of sentence = change of state / new situation. 太贵了! / 我累了 ("now I'm tired"). Different positions: post-V vs sentence-end.

Examples

我买了一个衣服. I bought a piece of clothing.
太短了! Too short!
我吃饱了. I'm full.
商店关了. The shop is closed (now).

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