1. Lesson 15 Have you eaten yet? 你吃了吗?
Learning Objectives:
After completing the lesson, you will be able to
• Asking if someone has completed an action
• Making arrangement of an event
• Asking what someone is doing
Phone Situation 3:
Li Dashan: 喂! 大卫,你吃了吗?
Wéi! Dàwèi, nǐ chī le ma?
Dawei: 还没有,我在看书。你呢? 你在做什么?
Hái méiyǒu, wǒ zài kànshū. Nǐ ne?
Nǐ zài zuò shénme?
Li Dashan: 我在看电视。我跟我的朋友林君想去看电影, 你要不要来?
Wǒ zài kàn diànshì. Wǒ gēn wǒde péngyǒu Lín Jūn xiǎng qù
kàn diànyǐng, nǐ yào búyào lái?
Dawei: 你们想看什么电影?
Nǐmen xiǎng kàn shénme diànyǐng?
Li Dashan: 美国电影。
Měiguó diànyǐng.
Dawei: 太好了,几点见?
Tài hǎo le, jǐ diǎn jiàn.
Li Dashan: 六点半见。
Liù diǎn bàn jiàn.
English Translation
Li Dashan: Hi Dawei, have you eaten yet?
Dawei: Not yet, I am reading a book. How about you? What are you doing?
Li Dashan: I am watching TV. Me and my friend Lin Jun want to go to watch a movie,
do you want to come?
2. Dawei: What do you want to watch?
Li Dashan: An American movie.
Dawei: Great. What time are we going to meet?
Li Dashan: See you at 6:30 pm.
Vocabulary
Simplified
Character
Traditional
Character
Pinyin English Meaning
1. 朋友 朋友 péngyǒu N. Friend
2. 来 來 lái V. To come
3. 看 看 kàn V. See, watch, read
4. 电视 電視 diànshì N. Television
5. 电影 電影 diànyǐng N. Movie
Pinyin Exercise
1. Listen and repeat the following sound.
1. kàn diànshì kàn diànyǐng kàn shū
2. péngyǒu tóngxué diànyǐng
3. yào bú yào qù bú qù lái bù lái
4. chī le kàn le qù le
5. diànhuà diànyǐng diànshì
2. Listen and repeat the following sound.
1. kān kán kǎn kàn
2. wēi wéi wěi wèi
3. lāi lái lǎi lài
4. zuō zuó zuǒ zuò
5. chāng cháng chǎng chàng
3. Repeat the following phrases.
1. Wǒ zài kàn shū.
2. Wǒ zài kàn diànshì.
3. Wǒ zài kàn diànyǐng.
4. Wǒ zài zuò gǒngkè.
5. Wǒ zài chī fàn.
3. Conversation Review:
Read and answer the following question with your own situation.
1. 你家在哪儿?你是哪国人?
2. 你家有几个人?他们是谁?
3. 你有没有车?你有没有手机?
4. 你几点上课?你几点回家?
5. 你几点起床?几点睡觉?
6. 这个周末你要做什么?
7. 今天星期几?
8. 你的生日是几月几号?
9. 你喜欢吃什么?你喜欢喝什么?
10. 你的电话号码几号?
Grammar
1. 了 Le
了 le is a particle placed after a verb or at the end of the sentence to show the completion of an
action. Verb + 了 le is not equal to the “past tense” of English. To use 了 le in questions, add 吗
ma at the end of the question.
Use le in the completion of
an action:
了 in questions Answers
The action is completed.
她去了中国。
Tā qù le zhōngguó.
她看了电影。
Tā kàn le diàn yǐng.
她起床了。
Tā qǐchuáng le.
The action did not take place.
(le is not used.)
她没有睡觉.
Tā méiyǒu shuìjiào.
你吃了吗?
Nǐ chī le ma?
你去中国了吗?
Nǐ qù zhōngguó le ma?
Positive answer
我吃了
Wǒ chī le.
The action did not take place.
我没有吃。
Wǒ méiyǒu chī.
The action has not happened
yet.
我还没有吃。
Wǒ hái méiyǒu chī.
4. Note: The difference between 没有吃 and 不吃
我没有吃。
Wǒ méiyǒu chī.
I have not eaten. (The action did not take place.)
我不吃。
Wǒ bù chī.
I don’t eat. (The action is chosen not to happen.)
2. Sentence Patterns Review
A. Asking when - 几点, 几月几号,什么时候
• 你几点上课?
• 你的生日是几月几号?
• 你什么时候来美国?
B. Asking where - 在哪儿
• 你在哪儿学中文?
• 你在哪儿上课?
• 你在哪儿吃饭?
C. Asking what - 什么
• 这是什么?
• 你叫什么名字?
• 你喜欢吃什么?
D. Tag questions - 好吗?怎么样?对吗?
• 我们吃日本菜,怎么样?
• 我们去看电影,好吗?
• 你要回家,对吗?
E. Asking how many - 几个,几本,几只
• 你家有几个人?
• 你有几本中文书?
• 你家有几只猫?
5. F. Asking what someone is doing – 在做什么?
• 你在做什么?
• 她在做什么?
G. Or questions 还是
• 你要吃饭还是喝茶?
• 你要上课还是回家?
• 你要去中国还是去韩国?