What Time Are You Home?

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Words

54

Sentences

15

Words per sentence

3.6

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• 好(hǎo)吗(ma)

  吗(ma) at the end turns a statement into a yes/no question; 好(hǎo)吗(ma)？ asks “is that all right?”. Yes-no questions with ma →

• 在(zài)哪儿(nǎr) · 几(jǐ)点(diǎn)

  Question words stay where the answer goes: 你(nǐ)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？ — 我(wǒ)在(zài)学校(xuéxiào). Question words →

The words from 1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 22 of the 35 words in this text are at 1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• 书包

  school bag

  1

• 买

  to buy

  1

• 今天

  today

  1

• 包子

  steamed bun (with filling)

  1

• 半

  half; half past

  1

• 去

  to go

  1

• 吃

  to eat

  1

• 商店

  shop

  1

• 回家

  to go home, come home

  1

• 块

  kuai, yuan (in speech)

  1

• 好

  good; well

  1

• 妈妈

  mum; mother

  1

• 学校

  school

  1

• 想

  to want to; to think; to miss

  1

• 晚上

  evening; night

  1

• 没问题

  no problem

  1

• 点

  o'clock

  1

• 爱

  to love

  1

• 牛奶

  milk

  1

• 考试

  exam; to take an exam

  1

• 钱

  money

  1

• 面条

  noodles

  1

The word lists for this text

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Comprehension questions

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