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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 18

看朋友 Visiting friends

Kàn péngyou

Catching up with friends. Teaches 跟 + N + 一起 V (joint action) and pairs with 和 + N + V (general accompaniment, slightly more formal).

Dialogue

跟你一起去 — I'll go with you

林雪周zhōu末mò我wǒ跟gēn朋péng友yǒu一yì起qǐ见jiàn面miàn. On the weekend I'm meeting friends.
王明约yuē在zài哪nǎ里lǐ? Where are you meeting?
林雪约yuē在zài咖kā啡fēi店diàn. 你nǐ跟gēn我wǒ们men一yì起qǐ去qù吗ma? At the cafe. Want to come with us?
王明好hǎo啊a. 周zhōu末mò不bú用yòng工gōng作zuò, 跟gēn你nǐ们men一yì起qǐ聊liáo天tiān我wǒ也yě开kāi心xīn. Sure. No work on the weekend — chatting with you guys makes me happy.
林雪我wǒ们men常cháng常cháng去qù咖kā啡fēi店diàn喝hē咖kā啡fēi. We often go to the cafe for coffee.
王明我wǒ也yě跟gēn你nǐ们men去qù. 几jǐ点diǎn见jiàn面miàn? I'll go too. What time?

Dialogue

和朋友逛街 — Strolling with friends

王明我wǒ和hé林lín雪xuě一yì起qǐ去qù逛guàng街jiē吧ba. Let's go shopping with Lin Xue.
林雪好hǎo. 我wǒ和hé姐jiě姐jie也yě常cháng常cháng一yì起qǐ逛guàng街jiē. OK. My sister and I often go strolling too.
王明逛guàng街jiē以yǐ后hòu, 跟gēn我wǒ去qù看kàn电diàn影yǐng? After strolling, want to go see a movie with me?
林雪可kě以yǐ. 时shí间jiān还hái早zǎo, 我wǒ陪péi你nǐ. Sure. It's still early — I'll go with you.
王明陪péi我wǒ看kàn电diàn影yǐng, 真zhēn好hǎo. Going to the movie with me — that is nice.
林雪都dōu是shì朋péng友yǒu, 跟gēn谁shuí一yì起qǐ都dōu玩wán得dé开kāi心xīn. We're all friends — having fun no matter who.

Vocabulary

朋péng友yǒu: noun friend (recall Bk1)
跟gēn: preposition with (recall Bk1)
和hé: conjunction with; and (recall Bk1)
一yì起qǐ: adverb together (recall Bk1)
见jiàn面miàn: verb meet (recall ch13)
约yuē: verb make an appointment; agree to meet (recall Bk2)
聊liáo天tiān: verb chat (recall ch12)
咖kā啡fēi: noun coffee (recall Bk1)
咖kā啡fēi店diàn: noun cafe
逛guàng街jiē: verb go shopping; stroll the streets
看kàn电diàn影yǐng: verb watch a movie (recall Bk1)
时shí间jiān: noun time (recall Bk1)
周zhōu末mò: noun weekend (recall ch01)
常cháng常cháng: adverb often (recall Bk1)
陪péi: verb accompany
玩wán: verb play; have fun (recall Bk1)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
王wáng明míng: pn. Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01)

New characters

咖: (in 咖啡 = coffee (recall Bk1))
咖啡 kāfēi — coffee (recall Bk1)咖啡店 kāfēidiàn — cafe
啡: (in 咖啡 = coffee (recall Bk1))
咖啡 kāfēi — coffee (recall Bk1)咖啡店 kāfēidiàn — cafe
逛: (in 逛街 = go shopping; stroll the streets)
逛街 guàngjiē — go shopping; stroll the streets
陪péi: accompany

Hanzi — writing & recognition

跟

gēn with (recall Bk1) Writing

13 strokes left-right

约

yuē agree to meet; about (recall Bk2) Writing

6 strokes left-right

和

hé with; and (recall Bk1) Recognition

8 strokes left-right

起

qǐ rise; together (in 一起) (recall Bk1) Recognition

10 strokes left-right

Grammar

Serial-verb sentence 2 — manner / purpose (三56)

Explanation

One subject does two actions in sequence, the first relating to the second: (1) first = manner of the second: 笑着说 (say while smiling) / 坐飞机去 (go by plane). (2) the second is the PURPOSE of the first: 去超市买东西 (go to the supermarket to buy things) / 来中国学习. Both verbs share one subject.

Examples

他笑着说: "没事." He said with a smile, "It's nothing."
我坐飞机去北京. I'm flying to Beijing.
他去超市买东西. He goes to the supermarket to buy things.
我来中国学习中文. I came to China to study Chinese.

Grammar

Question words as "any/every": 谁都 / 什么都 (三07)

Explanation

Grammar-01 was serial verbs. Here: a question word (谁 / 什么 / 哪儿 / 什么时候 / 怎么) + 都 / 也 is NOT a question — it means "any/every one" (universal). 谁都喜欢她 = everyone likes her. 我什么都吃 = I eat anything. Negative uses 也: 我哪儿也没去.

Examples

谁都喜欢她. Everyone likes her.
我什么都吃. I eat anything.
你什么时候来都可以. You can come any time.
这件事我哪儿也没说. I haven't told anyone about this.

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