Buying Fruit: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Anna buys apples, tries an unfamiliar fruit, and gets a free apple. HSK 1, 9 sentences, 74 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
买水果 mǎi shuǐguǒ
Translation
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Shop assistant: Hello! Would you like some fruit?
Anna: How much are the apples?
Shop assistant: Two yuan each.
Anna: I'll take five. What fruit is that?
Shop assistant: You don't know it? Here, have one!
Anna: It's delicious! How much are they each?
Shop assistant: A little pricey: ten yuan each.
Anna: That's too expensive... Oh, all right, I'll take two of those too!
Shop assistant: Thirty yuan. And here's one more apple, free!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 你好nǐ hǎohi
- 要yàowant, be going to
- 买mǎibuy
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 吗mayes/no question particle
- 苹果píngguǒapple
- 多少duōshaohow many, how much
- 钱qiánmoney
- 块kuàiyuan (spoken); piece
- 一yīone
- 个gèmeasure word (general)
- 我wǒI, me
- 五wǔfive
- 那nàthat
- 是shìbe
- 什么shénmewhat, which
- 你nǐyou
- 不bùnot
- 认识rènshiknow (someone)
- 来láicome
- 吃chīeat
- 真zhēnreally
- 好吃hǎochītasty
- 有点儿yǒudiǎnra bit (negative)
- 贵guìexpensive
- 十shíten
- 太tàitoo
- 了leparticle "already"
- 吧baparticle "let's"
- 也yěalso, too
- 三sānthree
- 再zàiagain
- 给gěigive
Questions on the text
How much is one apple?
Two yuan.
How many apples does Anna buy?
Five.
How much does she pay in total?
Thirty yuan.
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