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HSK 1Lesson 6

我学习汉语

Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ

I Study Chinese

This lesson is set around school. You practice study words, school words, and student roles while keeping the sentences short and concrete.

Blue Chinese study notebook with pencils and bamboo in watercolor style

Lesson goal

You will learn to say what people study and identify groups of students in different kinds of schools.

Talk about some people and identify school stages and student roles.

By the end, you can

  1. 1Ask and answer what someone studies.
  2. 2Say someone studies Chinese.
  3. 3Talk about some classmates or students.
  4. 4Identify university, primary-school, and middle-school students.
1Vocabulary2Key phrases3Dialogues

Part 1 · 14 new words

Vocabulary

1

Some and Unspecified Groups

Contains 4 words

有的

yǒude

some

pronoun phrase

有些

yǒuxiē

some

pronoun phrase

些

xiē

some; a few

measure word

一些

yìxiē

some; a few

measure phrase
2

Study and Learn

Contains 10 words

学

xué

to study; to learn

verb

学习

xuéxí

to study; to learn

verb

Part 2 · 8 phrases

Key phrases

有些学生学习汉语。

Yǒuxiē xuésheng xuéxí Hànyǔ.

Some students study Chinese.

一些同学学习汉语。

Yìxiē tóngxué xuéxí Hànyǔ.

Some classmates study Chinese.

有的学生学汉语。

Yǒude xuésheng xué Hànyǔ.

Some students study Chinese.

你学习什么?

Nǐ xuéxí shénme?

What do you study?

我学习汉语。

Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.

I study Chinese.

我学汉语。

Wǒ xué Hànyǔ.

I study Chinese.

她是大学生。

Tā shì dàxuéshēng.

She is a university student.

他是中学生。

Part 3 · 4 conversations

Dialogues

1

Dialogue 1: A University Student Profile

Two classmates establish whether one is a university student and what she studies.

  • 美美美Meimei
  • 方方方Fangfang
  1. 美

    美美Meimei

    美美:

    你是大学生吗?

    Nǐ shì dàxuéshēng ma?

    Are you a university student?

  2. 方

    方方Fangfang

    方方:

    是,我是大学生。

    Shì, wǒ shì dàxuéshēng.

    Yes, I am a university student.

  3. 美

    美美Meimei

    美美:

    你学习什么?

学校

xuéxiào

school

noun

大学

dàxué

university; college

noun

小学

xiǎoxué

primary school

noun

中学

zhōngxué

middle school; secondary school

noun

学生

xuésheng

student

noun

大学生

dàxuéshēng

university student

noun

小学生

xiǎoxuéshēng

primary-school student

noun

中学生

zhōngxuéshēng

middle-school student

noun

Tā shì zhōngxuéshēng.

He is a middle-school student.

Nǐ xuéxí shénme?

What do you study?

  • 方

    方方Fangfang

    方方:

    我学习汉语。

    Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.

    I study Chinese.

  • 2

    Dialogue 2: A Sister's School Profile

    Two classmates establish a younger sister's school stage and what she studies.

    • 王王老师Teacher Wang
    • 美美美Meimei
    1. 王

      王老师Teacher Wang

      王老师:

      你妹妹是小学生吗?

      Nǐ mèimei shì xiǎoxuéshēng ma?

      Is your younger sister a primary-school student?

    2. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      不是,她是中学生。

      Bú shì, tā shì zhōngxuéshēng.

      No, she is a middle-school student.

    3. 王

      王老师Teacher Wang

      王老师:

      她学习什么?

      Tā xuéxí shénme?

      What does she study?

    4. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      她学习汉语。

      Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ.

      She studies Chinese.

    3

    Dialogue 3: Identifying the Woman

    Two classmates correct a mistaken identity and establish the woman's name.

    • 美美美Meimei
    • 方方方Fangfang
    1. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      她是王老师吗?

      Tā shì Wáng lǎoshī ma?

      Is she Teacher Wang?

    2. 方

      方方Fangfang

      方方:

      不是,她是大学生。

      Bú shì, tā shì dàxuéshēng.

      No, she is a university student.

    3. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      她是你朋友吗?

      Tā shì nǐ péngyou ma?

      Is she your friend?

    4. 方

      方方Fangfang

      方方:

      是,她是我朋友。

      Shì, tā shì wǒ péngyou.

      Yes, she is my friend.

    4

    Dialogue 4: Who Is a Student?

    Two classmates identify which people in a visible group are students.

    • 美美美Meimei
    • 方方方Fangfang
    1. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      他们是学生吗?

      Tāmen shì xuésheng ma?

      Are they students?

    2. 方

      方方Fangfang

      方方:

      有些是学生。

      Yǒuxiē shì xuésheng.

      Some are students.

    3. 美

      美美Meimei

      美美:

      谁不是学生?

      Shéi bú shì xuésheng?

      Who is not a student?

    4. 方

      方方Fangfang

      方方:

      王老师不是学生。

      Wáng lǎoshī bú shì xuésheng.

      Teacher Wang is not a student.