Mandarin Sprout
HSK learning path
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40 original HSK 1 lessons
Stage 5 · Checkpoint

Buying enough for a get-together

Combine prices, quantities, preferences, and choices.

Review the previous five lessons2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/4 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
今天jīn tiān买mǎi两liǎng杯bēi牛奶niú nǎi,再zài买mǎi三sān个gè包子bāo zi。

Today we will buy two cups of milk and three buns.

小禾
这个zhè ge包子bāo zi多少duō shǎo钱qián?

How much is this bun?

店员
三sān块kuài钱qián一yī个gè。三sān个gè九jiǔ块kuài。

Three yuan each; nine yuan for three.

安安
我wǒ喜欢xǐ huan吃chī包子bāo zi。你nǐ想xiǎng吃chī面包miàn bāo还hái是shì米饭mǐ fàn?

I like buns. Do you want bread or rice?

小禾
面包miàn bāo吧ba。先xiān看kàn看kàn钱qián包bāo,钱qián不bù多duō,不bù买mǎi衣服yī fu了le。

Bread, please. Check the wallet first; money is limited, so no clothes today.

Extension reading

安ān安ān觉得jué de包子bāo zi好吃hǎo chī,小xiǎo禾hé觉得jué de面包miàn bāo好吃hǎo chī。

An An likes the buns, while Xiao He likes the bread.

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.

再 zài
again; then
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