'le' Particle and 'yôu' Flashcards
I eat breakfast/I ate breakfast
Wô chī zâofàn/wô chī le zâofàn
He went to the hospital to see his friend
Tā qù yīyuàn kàn le tāde péngyôu
After I’ve finished eating, ill go see a movie
Wô chī le fàn qù kàn diànyîng
I often went to the Palace Museum when I was in Beijing
Wô zài bêijīng de shíhou cháng qù Gùgōng
After eating the meal, I’ll go see a movie.
Wô chī le fàn jiù qù kàn diànyîng
After eating the meal, I went to see a movie
Wô chī le fàn jiù qù kàn diànyîng le.
I ate Chinese food
Wô chī le zhōngguó fàn
I ate food (two le’s)
Wô chī le fàn le
I saw a movie yesterday (two le’s)
Wô zuótiān kàn le diànyîng le.
I saw a movie yesterday.
Wô zuótiān kàn diànyîng le
My older sister has already graduated
Wô jiêjie yîjīng bìyè le
The weather has gotten cold
Tiānqì lêng le
I don’t have money/I no longer have money
Wô méiyôu qián/wô méiyôu qián le
My wife now likes to eat Chinese food
Wô tàitài xiànzài xîhuān chī zhōngguó cài le
We are now citizens
Wômen shì gōngmín le
I no longer smoke
Wô bù xī yān le
He no longer has a car
Tā méiyôu qìchē le
It’s four o’clock now, lets begin our class
Xiànzài sì diân le, wômen shàng kè ba
I’m thirty years old now
Wô sānshí suì le
How great!
Tài hâo le!
I’m about to leave
Wô yào zôu le
Don’t speak!
Bié shuō le!
Extremely busy
Máng jíle
He walked into the movie theater
Tā zôu jìn diànyîngyuàn qù le
It started to rain
Yû xià le qîlái
I have one Chinese book
Wô yôu yì bên zhōngwén shū
There are three stores to the east of the bank
(Zài) yínháng de dōngbiān yôu sān ge diàn
There are two boats under the bridge
(Zài) qiáo de xiàbiān yôu liâng tiáo chuán
There are two countries north of china
Zhōngguó de bêibiān yôu liâng ge guójiā
To the north of China are Mongolia and Russia
Zhōngguó de bêibiān shì Ménggû hé Éguó
He is six feet tall
Tā yôu yīngchî gāo
How long is the Yangtze River?
Chángjiāng yôu duō cháng?
How hot can it be in Africa?
Fēizhōu yôu duō rè?
Someone came to see you this morning
Yôu yí ge rén shàngwû lái zhâo nî
There is a bookstore that sells this book
Yôu ge shūdiàn mài zhè bên shū
Some are American, some are British
Yôude shì mêiguórén, yôude shì yīngguórén
I like some dishes, but not others
Yôude cài wô xîhuān, yôude cài wô bù xîhuān
I sometimes eat lunch at work, sometimes at home
Wô yôushí zài gōngsī chī zhōngfàn, yôushí zài jiā chī zhōngfàn
Does Sichuan food taste as good as Guangdong food?
Sìchuāncài yôu guângdōngcài hâochī ma?
Things in Hong Kong are not as expensive as things in Tokyo
Xiāng gâng de dōngxī méiyôu Dōngjīng de dōngxī guì