Level 1 Unit 2 – Story: Expensive Or Cheap?
PRESENTATIONAL
Comparing Prices in Chinese | HSK 1 Reading Story
Unit 2 Review 2 ▸ In this HSK 1 reading story, we will practice comparing prices in Chinese with a video lesson. We'll learn how to make comments on whether something is expensive or inexpensive in Chinese.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Listen to the story
- Repeat after the story
- Answer the given questions
- Copy the transcript both by typing and handwriting
- Practice daily until fluent
QUESTIONS
Mǎkě 马可's is comparing prices of coffee in his journal.
- Where and what is he doing today?
- What does he want to buy and why?
- How much is the expensive and cheap coffee?
- Which coffee tastes better?
- Which coffee is he going to buy?
TRANSCRIPT
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
Today is Sunday, I'm not at school.
I'm having coffee in my friend's room; he has a coffee maker.
We like drinking coffee a lot. I don't have coffee, (and) want to buy some.
Some coffee (is) too expensive - 500 RMB; some coffee is very cheap - 50 RMB.
Expensive coffee (is) very tasty; cheap coffee (is) not tasty.
I don't have much money; I('ll) buy (the) cheap (kind).
今天是星期天，我不在学校。
我在朋友的房间喝咖啡，他有一台咖啡机。
我们很喜欢喝咖啡。我没有咖啡，想买些。
有些咖啡太贵了，五百块钱；有些咖啡很便宜，五十块。
贵的咖啡很好喝，便宜的咖啡不好喝。
我没有很多钱，我买便宜的。
今天是星期天，我不在学校。
我在朋友的房间喝咖啡。他有咖啡机。
我们很喜欢喝咖啡。我没有咖啡，想买一些。
有些咖啡太贵了，五百块钱。
有些咖啡很便宜，五十块。
贵的咖啡很好喝，便宜的咖啡不好喝。
我没有很多钱，我买便宜的。
All typewritten by me. Just made two mistakes. One was 有些。 I forgot to use 有些 instead of 一些。The other was a simple mistake. I forgot to use 想 in the sentence 想买一些.
Today is Sunday, I’m not at school.
今天是星期天，我不在学校。
I’m having coffee in my friend’s room; he has a coffee maker.
我在朋友的房间喝咖啡； 他有一台咖啡机。
We like drinking coffee a lot. I don’t have coffee, (and) want to buy some.
我们很喜欢喝咖啡。我没有咖啡，想买一些。
Some coffee (is) too expensive – 500 RMB; some coffee is very cheap – 50 RMB.
有些咖啡太贵了，五百块钱，有些咖啡很便宜，五十块。
Expensive coffee (is) very tasty; cheap coffee (is) not tasty.
贵的咖啡很好喝，便宜的咖啡不好喝。
I don’t have much money; I(‘ll) buy (the) cheap (kind).
我没有很多钱， 我买便宜的。
I don’t understand the word “you” in “Yǒuxiē kāfēi”? I thought it means ‘to have’?
有 means to have, yes, but 有些 means “some” as a subject.
一些 is “some” as an object, you can’t put 一些 as a subject, need to use 有些。
Chinese is a language driven by context, sometimes characters are used a certain way in one place, and another way in another context.
有咖啡 means “have coffee”
有些咖啡 means “some coffee”
Same 有 but different meaning depending on the context.
Thanks!
Please kindly refer to 一些 vs 有些 in Lesson 5.1
谢谢
今天星期天，我不在学校。
我在朋友的房间喝咖啡，他有一台咖啡机。
我们很喜欢喝咖啡。我没有咖啡，想买一些。
有些咖啡太贵了，五百块钱，有些咖啡很便宜，五十块。
贵的咖啡很好喝，便宜的咖啡不好喝。
我没有很多钱，我买便宜的。