First Day at the Café

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Words

67

Sentences

15

Words per sentence

4.5

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• 多少(duōshao)钱(qián) · 几(jǐ)点(diǎn)

  多少(duōshao)钱(qián) asks for a price; 几(jǐ)点(diǎn) asks for the hour. Asking how many: jǐ and duōshao →

• 大(dà)杯(bēi)还是(háishi)小(xiǎo)杯(bēi)

  还是(háishi) in a question offers a choice: 大(dà)杯(bēi)还是(háishi)小(xiǎo)杯(bēi)？ Or: háishi and huòzhě →

The words from 1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 23 of the 41 words in this text are at 1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• 人

  person; people

  1

• 今天

  today

  1

• 半

  half; half past

  1

• 叫

  to be called; to call

  1

• 吃

  to eat

  1

• 吃饭

  to eat; to have a meal

  1

• 名字

  name

  1

• 咖啡

  coffee

  1

• 块

  kuai, yuan (in speech)

  1

• 大

  big; old (in age)

  1

• 天

  day

  1

• 好

  good; well

  1

• 姓

  to be surnamed; surname

  1

• 小

  small; young

  1

• 明白

  to understand; clear

  1

• 杯

  cup; glass (measure word)

  1

• 欢迎

  to welcome; welcome

  1

• 点

  o'clock

  1

• 茶

  tea

  1

• 要

  to want; to need to; to be going to

  1

• 谢谢

  thank you; to thank

  1

• 钱

  money

  1

• 问

  to ask

  1

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