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language learning center · A1 · Lesson 8

Make a simple plan

Practice this topic in Chinese: Make a simple plan.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

小雨

你想喝杯咖啡吗?

Would you like to have a coffee?

马克

我们明天可以去。

We can go tomorrow.

小雨

我们在博物馆门口见吧。

Let us meet in front of the museum.

马克

五点对我来说可以。

Five o’clock works for me.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • 你想喝杯咖啡吗?

    Would you like to have a coffee?

    你想喝杯咖啡吗?

  • 我们明天可以去。

    We can go tomorrow.

    我们明天可以去。

  • 我们在博物馆门口见吧。

    Let us meet in front of the museum.

    我们在博物馆门口见吧。

  • 五点对我来说可以。

    Five o’clock works for me.

    五点对我来说可以。

  • 到时候见。

    See you there.

    到时候见。

Notice, try, and speak

Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “Would you like to have a coffee?”

Make it yours

Say the five Chinese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Chinese in a real conversation

  1. 1. 你想喝杯咖啡吗?
  2. 2. 我们明天可以去。
  3. 3. 我们在博物馆门口见吧。
  4. 4. 五点对我来说可以。
  5. 5. 到时候见。
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