Arriving
at the airport
ka3luo4si1, ni3 kuai4dianr3.
wo3men5 yao4 chi2dao4 le5.
卡洛斯，你快点儿。我们要迟到了。
Charles, hurry up. We're
going to be late.
The adverb
要 "yao4"
and the expletive particle 了
"le5"conform
the structure
要 ...... 了
that denotes the immenence of an action.
For example:
Wan3hui4 yao4 kai1shi3
le5
晚会要开始了。
The party is going
to begin.
Fei1ji1 yao4 dao4 le5
飞机要到了。
The aeroplane is going
to arrive
Bu5 zao3 le5, fei1ji1
yao4 dao4 le5.
不早了，飞机要到了。
It is not early,
the aeroplane will arrive soon.
Bie2 zhao2ji2, shi2jian1
hai2 zao3 ne5.
别着急，时间还早呢。
Don't worry, it is
still early .
Mei2guan1xi4, lai2de5ji2.
没关系，来得及。
It doesn't matter,
we have time.
Fei1ji1 dao4le5 mei2you3
飞机到了没有
?
Has the aeroplane arrived?
Hai2you3 wu3fen1zhong1
jiu4yao4 dao4le5. wo3men5 qu4 chu1kou3 deng3 ba5.
还有五分钟就要到了。我们去出口等吧。
It will arrive in 5
minutes. We are going to wait at the exit.
Hao3.
好。
Ok
Ren2 dou1 kuai4 zou3wan2le5,
zen3me5 hai2 mei2 kan4jian4 wei2ke5duo1
人都快走完了，怎么还没看见维克多
Everyone has come out,
why haven't we seen Victor?
The verb
完 "wan2"
indicates that the action has finished. It is put after the action verb
that has finished. For example:
wo3 wan3fan4 chi1wan2
le5.
我晚饭吃完了。
I already finished
dinner.
wo3 kan4wan2 zhe4ben3
xiao3shuo1 le5
我看完这本小说了。
I already finished
reading this novel.
The particle
了 "le5"
is the particle of the past tense and it is put after the verb. In Chinese,
to express the past tense you don't need to change the verb. You add
the particle 了
"le5"
after the verb to form the past tense.
If there
is a time expression (for example: yesterday, last night, last year,
etc) it is not necessary to add this particle as it is already understood
to be in the past.
Ke3neng2 zai4 deng3 xing2li3
ba5, wo3men5 zai4 deng3 yi1huir3.
可能在等行李吧，我们再等一会儿。
He may be waiting for
his luggage, wait a little longer.
The adverb
再
"zai4"
indicates that the action is going to be repeated or that it contines.
For example:
ta1 bu4zai4, xia4wu3
ni3 zai4 da3dian4hua4 ba5.
他不在，下午你再打电话吧。
He is not here. Call
him back this afternoon.
ni3 zai4 xiang3xiang3
你再想想。
Think again.
Lai2le5, wei2ke4duo1,
wo3men5 zai4 zher4.
来了。维克多，我们在这儿。
He has already come.
Victor, we are here.
Vocabulary
English
|
Chinese
(phonetic) |
Chinese
(written) |
| |
|
|
Quick
|
Kuai4
|
快
|
To
hurry up |
Kuai4dianr3
|
快点儿
|
To
arrive late |
Chi2dao4
|
迟到
|
There
is time |
Lai2de5ji2
|
来得及
|
To
go to |
Yao4......le5
|
要
...... 了 |
Exit
|
Chu1kou3
|
出口
|
To
wait |
Deng3
|
等
|
To
finish / end |
Wan2
|
完
|
How
|
Zen3me5
|
怎么
|
Possible,
possibly |
Ke3neng2
|
可能
|
To
wait for |
Deng3
|
等
|
Again
|
Zai4
|
再
|
A
while |
Yi1huir3
|
一会儿
|
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