HSK 1Lesson 14
You point to stores, restaurants, movies, TV, songs, and things nearby or farther away.
You will learn to identify nearby and distant places, media, and things with this, that, and which.
Identify places, media, and nearby or distant things.
Part 1 · 20 new words
Contains 5 words
shop; store
restaurant; hotel
shop; store
supermarket
bookstore
Contains 5 words
cinema; movie theater
movie; film
Contains 9 words
this
that
Contains 1 word
thing
Part 2 · 13 phrases
这是饭店吗？
Is this a restaurant?
这是商店。
This is a shop.
那个是超市吗？
Is that one a supermarket?
这个是书店。
This one is the bookstore.
那个是电影院。
That one is a cinema.
你看电影吗？
Do you watch movies?
你看电视吗？
Do you watch TV?
这是好歌。
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Two people identify a shop and the bookstore on a street.
美美Meimei
这是饭店吗？
Is this a restaurant?
方方Fangfang
不是，这是商店。
No, this is a shop.
美美Meimei
哪个是书店？
Part 4 · 1 point
Demonstrative pronouns
Choose 这zhè for something near, 那nà for something farther away, and 哪nǎ to ask which. The form changes depending on whether you say ‘this is,’ ‘this one,’ ‘this thing,’ or ‘these.’
Say this is or that is
Identifies a nearby or farther person, place, or thing.
television
song
look at; watch; read
which
these
those
which (plural)
this one
that one
which one
This is a good song.
哪个是书店？
Which one is the bookstore?
这个电影很好看。
This movie is good to watch.
哪些是你的？
Which ones are yours?
电视很好看。
TV is very good to watch.
那些是老师的。
Those are the teacher's.
Which one is the bookstore?
方方Fangfang
这个是书店。
This one is the bookstore.
Two students use the cinema's movie choices to decide which movie they will watch together.
美美Meimei
哪个电影好看？
Which movie is good?
方方Fangfang
这个电影很好看。
This movie is very good.
美美Meimei
我看这个电影，你呢？
I will watch this movie. How about you?
方方Fangfang
我也看这个。
I will watch this one too.
Students sort out which nearby things belong to whom.
美美Meimei
这些东西是你的吗？
Are these things yours?
方方Fangfang
不是，这些是老师的。
No, these are the teacher's.
美美Meimei
哪些是你的？
Which ones are yours?
方方Fangfang
这些是我的。
These are mine.
Two classmates look at several marked businesses on a street map and sort them into bookstores and supermarkets.
美美Meimei
这些和那些都是商店吗？
Are these and those all shops?
方方Fangfang
是，都是商店。
Yes, they are all shops.
美美Meimei
哪些是书店？
Which ones are bookstores?
方方Fangfang
这些是书店，那些是超市。
These are bookstores, and those are supermarkets.
这是饭店zhè shì fàndiàn means ‘This is a restaurant.’ Bare 这zhè comes directly before 是shì; do not insert 个ge.
Choose one
Identifies this one, that one, or asks which one.
哪个是书店nǎ ge shì shūdiàn asks the listener to choose one place.
Point to one thing by name
Places this, that, or which one before a general noun.
这个东西zhè ge dōngxi means ‘this thing.’ Here the one-item pointer comes before the noun.
Point to several things
Identifies these, those, or asks which ones, with an optional noun.
这些东西zhèxiē dōngxi points to several things near the speaker.
In sentences
This one
这个是书店。
This one is the bookstore.
Use 这个zhè ge for one nearby place or thing.
These things
这些东西是你的吗？
Are these things yours?
Use 这些zhèxiē for several nearby things.
Which ones
哪些是你的？
Which ones are yours?
Use 哪些nǎxiē when asking about several items.
那个是电影院吗？
Is that one a cinema?
Use bare 这zhè or 那nà directly before 是shì to identify something: 这是饭店zhè shì fàndiàn, ‘This is a restaurant.’ Use 这个zhè ge, 那个nà ge, or 哪个nǎ ge when the word itself means ‘this one,’ ‘that one,’ or ‘which one’: 哪个是书店nǎ ge shì shūdiàn, ‘Which one is the bookstore?’ The same one-item form can modify a general noun: 这个东西zhè ge dōngxi, ‘this thing.’ For several items, use 这些zhèxiē, 那些nàxiē, or 哪些nǎxiē, with a noun when useful: 这些东西zhèxiē dōngxi, ‘these things.’ Do not add 个ge to bare 这是zhè shì or 那是nà shì.
