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40 original HSK 1 lessons
Stage 1 · Lesson 4

Whose thing is this?

Ask what an object is, who owns it, where it is and whether it is present.

16 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/38 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

安安
这zhè是shì什么shén me?是shì不bù是shì你nǐ的de书shū?

What is this? Is it your book?

小禾
是shì我wǒ的de。那nà是shì林lín老师lǎo shī的de。

This one is mine. That one is Teacher Lin's.

安安
这里zhè lǐ有yǒu我wǒ的de本běn子zi吗ma?

Is my notebook here?

小禾
这里zhè lǐ没有méi yǒu,你nǐ看kàn看kàn那里nà lǐ。

Not here. Look over there.

安安
在zài哪儿nǎ ér?这儿zhè ér还hái是shì那儿nà ér?

Where? Here or there?

小禾
在zài那儿nà ér。

Over there.

安安
这zhè是shì谁shuí的de?哪个nǎ gè是shì我wǒ的de?

Whose is this? Which one is mine?

小禾
你nǐ的de在zài这里zhè lǐ,没méi放fàng在zài那边nà biān。

Yours is here; it was not put over there.

Extension reading

安ān安ān有yǒu本běn子zi,小xiǎo禾hé没有méi yǒu安ān安ān的de本běn子zi。

An An has a notebook; Xiao He does not have An An's notebook.

安ān安ān问wèn:“林lín老师lǎo shī在zài哪里nǎ lǐ?”小xiǎo禾hé说shuō:“在zài那儿nà ér。”

An An asks where Teacher Lin is, and Xiao He says he is over there.

小xiǎo禾hé在zài这儿zhè ér,林lín老师lǎo shī在zài那儿nà ér。

Xiao He is here, and Teacher Lin is there.

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