LEARN + CHINESE / 99 of 300 HSK 3
Go Somewhere to Do Something例 · 我们去观看比赛
You take the bus to the library to borrow a book. One subject can carry two verbs through the sentence: the first may say how the next action happens, or where someone goes to do it. Look at the link between the verbs to decide which job it’s doing.
我们去观看比赛。
wǒmen qù guānkàn bǐsài。
We’re going to watch the game.
我们去划船吧。
wǒmen qù huáchuán ba。
Let’s go rowing.
我们去看话剧吧。
wǒmen qù kàn huàjù ba。
Let’s go see a play.
她很想回家乡看看。
tā hěn xiǎng huí jiāxiāng kànkan。
She really wants to visit her hometown.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
wǒmen | we; us |
huáchuán | to row a boat |
huíjiā | to go home |
jiāxiāng | hometown |
bǐsài | competition; match |
guānkàn | to watch; view |
huàjù | stage play; modern drama |
qí | to ride |
qǔ | to take; fetch; withdraw |
sījī | driver |
ài | to love; affection |
dì | younger brother |
dì-èr | second |
diànhuà | telephone |
gēge | older brother |
líng | zero |
líng | zero |
nǎlǐ | where |
nán | male |
nǚshēng | female student/girl |
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