Level 2 - Lesson 15
This lesson follows Bai Jiayue planning another trip to Beijing and Li Wen talking about going home, tickets, the airport, and flying.
Contains 2 words
full name
high school
Contains 6 words
to go abroad
Contains 4 words
road; way
请大家写上姓名。
Qǐng dàjiā xiě shàng xìngmíng.
Please write your full name.
我很想去中国。
Wǒ hěn xiǎng qù Zhōngguó.
I really want to go to China.
虽然去过一次，但是很想再去一次。
Suīrán qù guo yí cì, dànshì hěn xiǎng zài qù yí cì.
Although I have been there once, I really want to go one more time.
我现在可以出国了。
Wǒ xiànzài kěyǐ chūguó le.
Now I can go abroad.
我要再去一次北京。
Wǒ yào zài qù yí cì Běijīng.
Situation: When exam time ends, Bai Jiayue notices that her name is incomplete and fixes it before handing in her paper.
王老师
Teacher Wang
考试时间到了。交卷前请大家看看姓名写对了吗。
Exam time is up. Before handing in your papers, please check whether you wrote your full names correctly.
“有” Sentence (2)
Use 有 (yǒu) + time length + 没 (méi) + action + 了 (le) to say how long an action has not happened up to now.
Elapsed time
Use 有 (yǒu) before a time length to show how long the situation has reached.
entrance ticket
to go out; to leave home
airport
plane ticket
Summer Palace
to fly
to seem; to be like
bird
I want to go to Beijing one more time.
我想再吃一次烤鸭。
Wǒ xiǎng zài chī yí cì kǎoyā.
I want to eat roast duck one more time.
我还上网买了颐和园的门票。
Wǒ hái shàngwǎng mǎi le Yíhé Yuán de ménpiào.
I also bought Summer Palace entrance tickets online.
我的高中同学就在颐和园上班。
Wǒ de gāozhōng tóngxué jiù zài Yíhé Yuán shàngbān.
My high school classmate works at the Summer Palace.
出门的时候，多个朋友多条路。
Chūmén de shíhou, duō ge péngyou duō tiáo lù.
When you are out, one more friend means one more way.
你有一年没回国了吧？
Nǐ yǒu yì nián méi huíguó le ba?
You haven't gone back home for a year, right?
我送你去机场。
Wǒ sòng nǐ qù jīchǎng.
I will take you to the airport.
这次的机票有点儿贵。
Zhè cì de jīpiào yǒudiǎnr guì.
This plane ticket is a little expensive.
我们好像小鸟。
Wǒmen hǎoxiàng xiǎoniǎo.
We are like little birds.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
老师，我的姓名少写了一个字。
Teacher, I left one character out of my full name.
王老师
Teacher Wang
写好再交卷。交卷后可以出门。
Finish writing it before handing in your paper. You may leave after handing it in.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
好，我写好了，现在交卷。
Okay, I have fixed it. I am handing in my paper now.
Situation: Bai Jiayue wants to revisit Beijing but does not know how to reach the Summer Palace, so Li Wen offers a useful contact.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
考完试了，我想再去一次北京。
The exam is over, and I want to visit Beijing one more time.
李文
Li Wen
你想去哪儿玩？
Where do you want to go?
白家月
Bai Jiayue
我已经买了颐和园的门票，但是不知道怎么走。
I've already bought a ticket to the Summer Palace, but I don't know how to get there.
李文
Li Wen
我的高中同学在那儿上班，我让他告诉你怎么走。
My high school classmate works there. I'll ask him to tell you how to get there.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
太好了，请他给我打电话吧。
Great. Please ask him to call me.
Situation: Bai Jiayue corrects her memory of Li Wen's last trip home and asks about his next return.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
李文，你有一年没回国了吧？
Li Wen, you haven't gone back home for a year, right?
李文
Li Wen
不到一年。我六月的时候回去了一次。
Not quite a year. I went back once in June.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
对，我记得了。你今年还想回去吗？
Right, I remember now. Do you want to go back again this year?
李文
Li Wen
想。我正在看机票，考完试再回去一次。
Yes. I am looking at plane tickets now, and I will go back once more after the exam.
Situation: Li Wen and Bai Jiayue discover that their Friday flights to Beijing leave at the same time and decide to travel to the airport together.
李文
Li Wen
我星期五坐飞机回北京过年，有点儿想家。
I'm flying back to Beijing for New Year on Friday. I miss home a little.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
我也星期五去北京。你的飞机几点飞？
I'm also going to Beijing on Friday. What time does your flight leave?
李文
Li Wen
上午十点。你的呢？
Ten in the morning. What about yours?
白家月
Bai Jiayue
也是十点。那我们一起去机场吧。
Mine is also at ten. Then let's go to the airport together.
In 有一年没回国了 (yǒu yì nián méi huíguó le), the speaker is not possessing a year; the sentence says the time without returning home has reached one year.
有一年 (yǒu yì nián) gives the elapsed span, while 没回国了 (méi huíguó le) says the return has not happened up to now.
有一年没回国了。
It has been a year since going back home.
半年多 (bànnián duō) is the elapsed time, and 没回去了 (méi huíqu le) says the return has not happened during that span.
有半年多没回去了。
It has been more than half a year since going back.
This earlier 有 (yǒu) sentence states possession; it does not measure time without an action.
我有机票。
I have a plane ticket.
你有一年没回国了吧？
You haven't gone back home for a year, right?
现在有半年多没回去了。
Now it has been more than half a year since I went back.
我有两个月没看电影了。
I haven't watched a movie for two months.
Dialogue 03: Planning the Next Trip Home, Turn 1
Asking about time away from home
李文，你有一年没回国了吧？
Li Wen, you haven't gone back home for a year, right?
Dialogue 04: Flying Home for New Year, Turn 1
Saying the time has passed
我六月的时候回国一次，现在有半年多没回去了，有点儿想家。
I went back home once in June, and now it has been more than half a year since I went back, so I miss home a little.
In 你有一年没回国了吧 (nǐ yǒu yì nián méi huíguó le ba), 有一年 (yǒu yì nián) gives the elapsed span, 没回国 (méi huíguó) names the action that did not occur during it, and final 了 (le) links that span to the present. This is not the earlier possession or existence meaning of 有 (yǒu), as in 我有机票 (wǒ yǒu jīpiào), 'I have a plane ticket.' Here the whole frame means that a period without the action has now reached the stated length.
Complement of Frequency (1)
Put a number plus 次 (cì) after the action to say how many times it happened.
One completed time
Use 一次 (yí cì) after the action to count one occurrence.
In 回去了一次 (huíqù le yí cì), 一次 (yí cì) counts the return.
回去了一次 (huíqù le yí cì) counts the return as one completed action.
我六月的时候回去了一次。
I went back once in June.
一次 (yí cì) counts one completed return; it does not describe the length of the trip.
我六月的时候回去了一次。
I returned home once in June.
我六月的时候回去了一次。
I went back once in June.
我六月的时候回国一次。
I returned home once in June.
我吃了一次北京烤鸭。
I ate Beijing roast duck once.
Dialogue 03: Planning the Next Trip Home, Turn 2
One return in June
不到一年。我六月的时候回去了一次。
Not quite a year. I went back once in June.
Dialogue 04: Flying Home for New Year, Turn 1
Returned home once
我六月的时候回国一次，现在有半年多没回去了，有点儿想家。
I went back home once in June, and now it has been more than half a year since I went back, so I miss home a little.
回去了一次 (huíqù le yí cì) says Li Wen went back once: 一次 (yí cì) counts occurrences of the action, not how long it lasted. Put the frequency complement after the verb; completed 了 (le), when used, comes before the count. With a noun object, the count can come before that object, as in 吃了一次烤鸭 (chī le yí cì kǎoyā), 'ate roast duck once.' This differs from a duration complement such as 飞了两个小时 (fēi le liǎng ge xiǎoshí), which measures time rather than repetitions.
Complement of Frequency (2)
Use 再 (zài) before the action and 一次 (yí cì) after it to say one more time.
One more time
Use 再 (zài) before the action and 一次 (yí cì) after it.
In 想再去一次北京 (xiǎng zài qù yí cì Běijīng), 再 (zài) marks repetition and 一次 (yí cì) counts one time.
再去一次北京 (zài qù yí cì Běijīng) puts 一次 (yí cì) after 去 (qù).
想再去一次北京。
I want to go to Beijing one more time.
再吃一次烤鸭 (zài chī yí cì kǎoyā) uses the same repeat-once pattern.
我想再吃一次烤鸭。
I want to eat roast duck one more time.
Without 再 (zài), 一次 (yí cì) counts one trip but does not present it as another trip.
我想去一次北京。
我要再去一次北京。
I want to go to Beijing one more time.
我想再吃一次烤鸭。
I want to eat roast duck one more time.
考完试，我想再看一次这个电影。
After the exam, I want to watch this movie one more time.
Dialogue 02: Planning Another Trip to Beijing, Turn 1
Another trip to Beijing
考完试了，我想再去一次北京。
The exam is over, and I want to visit Beijing one more time.
Use 再 (zài) before an action that is expected or wanted in the future, and use a frequency complement such as 一次 (yí cì) after the verb to count the planned repeat. 再去一次北京 (zài qù yí cì Běijīng) therefore means 'go to Beijing one more time.' Without 再 (zài), 去一次北京 (qù yí cì Běijīng) only counts one trip; it does not say that the trip repeats an earlier one.
I want to go to Beijing once.
