INTERPERSONAL
Unit 8 Review 2 ▸ In this HSK 1 Listening Practice Unit Review, we will practice how talk about "how is your Chinese level" in Chinese with a dialogue.
马可 Mǎkě is talking to his girlfriend 谢星月 Xiè Xīngyuè.
马可=Mǎkě 高飞=Gāofēi
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
马可:Xīngyuè,you today how are?
星月:I today pretty good,you -ne?
马可:I today very good!I today morening go to attend Chinese class,to learn how to read new words, (and) how to write Chinese characters.
星月:Your Chinese now (is) very good! Gāofēi's Chinese now how (is)? Good -ma?
马可:His Chinese (is) pretty good. He can say very many Chinese sentences, (and he) can write very many Chinese characters.
星月:He can with Chinese people speak -ma?
马可:He can with Chinese people speak.
星月:You can with Chinese people speak -ma?
马可:OK. I very like with Chinese people speak, (because I can) learn very many new words and sentences.
As gao fei is talking about his ability to write characters and speak sentences as a result of learning Chinese, why does the dialogue use 能 neng instead of 会 hui?
能 means “having the ability to do something” and 会 means “knowing how to do something”.
The following sentences are both acceptable in Chinese:
他能说很多中文句子。
他会说很多中文句子。
能 means “having the ability to do something” and 会 means “knowing how to do something”.
Therefore both sentences are correct in Chinese:
他能说很多中文句子。
他会说很多中文句子。
马可:星月,你今天好吗?
星月:我今天非常好,你呢?
马可:我今天很好。我今天早上去上汉语课,学怎么读生词和怎么写汉字。
星月:你的汉语现在很好!高飞的汉语现在怎么样,好吗?
马可:他的汉语非常好。他会说很多汉语句子,会写很多汉字。
星月:他能和中国人说话吗?
马可:他能和中国人说话。
星月:你能和中国人说话吗?
马可:可以。我很喜欢和中国人说话,能学很多生词和句子。
Hello! I have one doubt about the phrase “他能说很多中文句子”, why “能” is used there and no “会”? If i say “他会说很多中文句子” will be correct too?
thank you so much for your help 🙂
Yes you are right.
能 means “having the ability to do something” and 会 means “knowing how to do something”.
The following sentences are both acceptable in Chinese:
他能说很多中文句子。
他会说很多中文句子。
马可:星月,你今天怎么样?
星月:我今天很好,你呢?
马可:我今天非常好!我今天早上去上汉语课,学怎么读生词,怎么写汉字。
星月:你的汉语现在非常好!高飞的汉语现在怎么样。好吗?
马可:他的汉语很好。特能说很多中文句子,能写很多汉字。
星月:他能和中国人说话吗?
马可:他能和中国人说话。
星月:你能和中国人说话吗?
马可:可以。我很喜欢和中国人说话,能学很多生词和句子。