Mandarin Sprout
HSK learning path
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40 original HSK 1 lessons
Stage 3 · Lesson 12

A clock and a study session

Tell the time, name parts of the day and describe short durations.

15 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/36 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

小禾
你nǐ早上zǎo shang几jǐ点diǎn来lái?

What time do you come in the morning?

安安
上午shàng wǔ八bā点diǎn十shí分fēn来lái。早zǎo吗ma?

I come at eight ten in the morning. Is that early?

小禾
不bù早zǎo。我们wǒ men学xué一yī个gè小时xiǎo shí,中午zhōng wǔ休息xiū xi。

Not early. We study for an hour and rest at noon.

安安
下午xià wǔ还hái学xué吗ma?

Do we study in the afternoon too?

小禾
学xué半bàn天tiān。晚上wǎn shàng你nǐ可以kě yǐ早zǎo点diǎn儿ér睡shuì。

For half a day. You can go to sleep a little earlier tonight.

安安
我wǒ晚wǎn一点儿yī diǎn ér来lái,先xiān等děng我wǒ一yī会huì儿er。

I will come a little later. Please wait for me a moment.

Extension reading

白天bái tiān,教jiào学xué楼lóu里lǐ有yǒu很hěn多duō人rén;晚上wǎn shàng,人rén少shǎo一些yī xiē。

The teaching building has many people by day and fewer at night.

安ān安ān在zài这儿zhè ér学习xué xí半bàn年nián了le,她tā会huì看kàn中文zhōng wén时间shí jiān表biǎo。

An An has studied here for half a year and can read a Chinese timetable.

八bā点diǎn半bàn不bù是shì八bā点diǎn十shí分fēn,半bàn个gè小时xiǎo shí是shì三sān十shí分fēn。

Half past eight is not eight ten; half an hour is thirty minutes.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

可以 kě yǐ
may; can
年 nián
year
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