Level 1 Unit 2 – Story: Expensive Or Cheap?

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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.

  1. Where and what is he doing today?
  2. What does he want to buy and why?
  3. How much is the expensive and cheap coffee?
  4. Which coffee tastes better?
  5. Which coffee is he going to buy?

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*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).

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grayson230 Premium Student December 4, 2023 at 5:29 am

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。

Isagani Calinawan Premium Student November 26, 2023 at 7:57 pm

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。

wasik Premium Student January 23, 2023 at 10:37 pm

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。

Alex van Galen Premium Student August 5, 2022 at 1:46 am

I don’t understand the word “you” in “Yǒuxiē kāfēi”? I thought it means ‘to have’?

Benjamin Donaghy Premium Student August 16, 2022 at 7:55 am

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.

Alex van Galen Premium Student September 10, 2022 at 5:51 am

Thanks!

ChineseFor.Us Academic Team September 10, 2022 at 4:48 am

Please kindly refer to 一些 vs 有些 in Lesson 5.1

Alex van Galen Premium Student September 10, 2022 at 5:51 am
Ekaphong Rusmintratip Premium Student December 12, 2021 at 12:22 pm

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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。

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