HSK 2Lesson 7
This lesson follows Annie and Chen Tian as they talk about basketball, soccer, running, swimming, and regular exercise habits.
You will learn to talk about sports and hobbies, then ask and answer how well someone does an action.
The learner will be able to talk about sports and hobbies, describe movement direction with 从 (cóng) and 往 (wǎng), and use 得 (de) complements to ask and answer how well someone does an action.
Part 1 · 15 new words
Contains 3 words
from
toward
to start; beginning
Contains 9 words
to run
basketball
Contains 3 words
to play; to hit
to kick; to play
Part 2 · 11 phrases
你是什么时候从北京回来的？
When did you come back from Beijing?
你怎么往外跑？
Why are you running outside?
一起去打篮球。
Go play basketball together.
你还喜欢什么运动？
What other sports do you like?
星期天跟朋友们去踢球。
Go play soccer with friends on Sunday.
你踢得怎么样？
How well do you play?
我踢得还可以。
I play okay.
Part 3 · 3 conversations
After class, Annie sees Chen Tian hurrying to basketball and asks to join his classmates.
安妮Annie
陈天，你怎么一下课就往外跑？
Chen Tian, why do you run outside as soon as class ends?
陈天Chen Tian
我跟同学说好了，一起去打篮球。
I already arranged with classmates to go play basketball together.
安妮Annie
Part 4 · 3 points
Condensed Sentence 一……就……
Put 一yī before the first event and 就jiù before the second to say ‘as soon as A happens, B happens.’
Trigger, then immediate result
Once the first event occurs, the second follows right away or as a regular consequence.
Keep both markers. 一yī
exercise; sport; to exercise
soccer; football
ball
to run; running
to swim; swimming
to swim
hobby
particle after a verb showing degree or state
你篮球打得怎么样？
How well do you play basketball?
我跑得不快。
I do not run fast.
我游泳游得不快。
I do not swim fast.
我有时间去运动。
I have time to go exercise.
我也想运动，可以跟你们一起去吗？
I want to exercise too. Can I go with you?
陈天Chen Tian
可以，我们一起走吧。
Sure. Let's go together.
On campus, Annie learns that Chen Tian is new to soccer and offers to play with him on Sunday.
安妮Annie
你从什么时候开始踢足球的？
When did you start playing soccer?
陈天Chen Tian
我从今年开始踢足球，现在踢得不太好。
I started playing soccer this year. Right now, I don't play very well.
安妮Annie
我足球踢得还可以，星期天一起踢球吧。
I play soccer okay. Let's play together on Sunday.
陈天Chen Tian
好，我一到学校就给你打电话。
Okay. I'll call you as soon as I get to school.
After class, Chen Tian and Annie choose an activity that suits Annie's abilities.
陈天Chen Tian
下课了，我们去跑步还是去游泳？
Class is over. Should we go running or swimming?
安妮Annie
游泳吧，我跑得不快。
Let's swim. I don't run fast.
陈天Chen Tian
你游泳游得怎么样？
How well do you swim?
安妮Annie
游得还可以，我们一起去吧。
I swim okay. Let's go together.
In sentences
The same person does both actions
你一下课就往外跑。
You run outside as soon as class ends.
下课xiàkè is the trigger; 往外跑wǎng wài pǎo is the action that follows promptly.
A regular exercise pattern
我一有时间就去运动。
Whenever I have time, I go exercise.
Here the frame describes a repeated habit: having time regularly triggers exercise.
The frame 一……就…… (yī...jiù...) links two events in a tight trigger-and-result relationship. Put 一yī directly before the first event and 就jiù directly before the event that follows: subject + 一yī + event A + 就jiù + event B. In 你一下课就往外跑nǐ yí xiàkè jiù wǎng wài pǎo, class ending is the trigger and running outside follows immediately. The frame can describe one occasion or a regular pattern; context supplies the time. It does not merely mean that A happens before B. Choose it when B follows promptly or predictably once A occurs.
Complement of State (1)
Use verb + 得de + description to ask or state the quality, speed, or degree of an action.
Action, then its quality
The words after 得de say how the action is performed.
This subtype is the direct V + 得 + description form. The next subtype explains what changes when the activity includes an object.
In sentences
Ask about a specific quality
你跑得快吗？
Do you run fast?
快kuài is the proposed description; 吗ma asks whether it is true.
State the quality
我跑得不快。
I do not run fast.
不快bú kuài is the description of the running action.
踢得不太好。
I don't play very well.
游得还可以。
I swim okay.
A state complement describes the way an action turns out or is performed. When the verb stands without an object, place 得de immediately after the verb and put the description after 得de: verb + 得de + description. 跑得快pǎo de kuài means ‘run fast’; 跑得不快pǎo de bú kuài means ‘not run fast.’ To ask for the missing description, use 怎么样zěnmeyàng after 得de, or turn a specific description into a question with 吗ma. Do not put 很hěn, 不bù, or the quality before 得de; 得de
Complement of State (2)
When the activity includes an object, name the object or verb-object activity first, then use the verb + 得de + description.
Name the activity, then describe its action
Place the object-bearing activity before the verb that receives the 得 complement.
Do not say the object after the 得 description. Keep the complete activity before the verb + 得 unit.
In sentences
Put a sport object first
你篮球打得怎么样？
How well do you play basketball?
篮球lánqiú comes before 打得怎么样dǎ de zěnmeyàng, not after the quality question.
Repeat the verb from a verb-object activity
游泳游得还可以。
I swim okay.
游泳yóuyǒng names the activity; the repeated 游yóu is followed by 得de and its description.
你游泳游得怎么样？
How well do you swim?
得de still connects an action to its quality, but an object cannot sit between the verb and 得de, and it does not follow the description in this pattern. Put the activity before the verb that receives the complement. With a sport object, use object + verb + 得de + description: 篮球打得怎么样lánqiú dǎ de zěnmeyàng. With a verb-object activity, state the activity and repeat its verb: 游泳游得还可以yóuyǒng yóu de hái kěyǐ. The first part tells the listener which activity you mean; the repeated or following verb connects to 得de and receives the quality description. When no object is named, use the simpler pattern from the previous point: 跑得不快pǎo de bú kuài.
Dialogue 3 · Run or Swim After Class? · Turn 3
Ask about a verb-object activity
你游泳游得怎么样？
How well do you swim?
游泳verb-object activity游得repeated action plus connector怎么样requested action quality
Why it matters · 游泳yóuyǒng names the activity, and the repeated 游yóu takes 得怎么样de zěnmeyàng to ask about its quality.
