Level 3 - Lesson 12
This lesson follows people handling practical movement: a family moves house, a traveler explains a route, a plane is about to take off, and relatives share hospital news.
Contains 4 words
to move; to carry
to move house; to relocate
to set off; to depart
to leave; to depart from
Contains 2 words
to come from
Contains 2 words
to rise; starting from
Contains 2 words
to be born
你们搬家了吗？
Nǐmen bān jiā le ma?
Have you moved house?
我们搬了一天了。
Wǒmen bān le yì tiān le.
We have been moving for a whole day.
明天早上出发。
Míngtiān zǎoshang chūfā.
Set off tomorrow morning.
我来自中国。
Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó.
I come from China.
去机场的车经过这里吗？
Qù jīchǎng de chē jīngguò zhèlǐ ma?
Does the shuttle to the airport pass by here?
Situation: Two classmates talk about a family move and when they will leave the next morning.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
你们搬家了吗？
Have you moved house?
经过 for spatial and temporal passage
Use 经过 (jīngguò) before a place to say someone or something passes through it. Use it before a period or process to mean that a later result happens after going through that time or experience.
Put a place on the route
Place 经过 (jīngguò) before the location that the subject passes through or by.
to pass through; to go by
to take off
to leave the hospital; to be discharged
经过这里再走。
Jīngguò zhèlǐ zài zǒu.
Pass through here, then go.
飞机几点起飞？
Fēijī jǐ diǎn qǐfēi?
What time does the plane take off?
飞机十点起飞。
Fēijī shí diǎn qǐfēi.
The plane takes off at ten.
从今天起，我们住这里。
Cóng jīntiān qǐ, wǒmen zhù zhèlǐ.
From today on, we live here.
我们什么时候离开这里？
Wǒmen shénme shíhou líkāi zhèlǐ?
When should we leave here?
孩子出生了。
Háizi chūshēng le.
The child was born.
妈妈出院了吗？
Māma chūyuàn le ma?
Has Mom left the hospital?
王一雪
Wang Yixue
对，我们搬了一天了。
Yes, we have been moving for a whole day.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
什么时候离开？
When are you leaving?
王一雪
Wang Yixue
明天早上出发，从明天起住那里。
We set off tomorrow morning; from tomorrow on we live there.
Situation: At the school gate, one classmate asks another where and when to catch the airport shuttle.
刘明
Liu Ming
我不知道怎么去机场，应该在哪儿等车？
I don't know how to get to the airport. Where should I wait for the shuttle?
刘小雪
Liu Xiaoxue
机场的车会经过学校，还会来门口接人。
The airport shuttle passes the school and also comes to the entrance to pick people up.
刘明
Liu Ming
车几点到学校门口？
What time does it arrive at the school entrance?
刘小雪
Liu Xiaoxue
十点到。我们九点五十分在门口等车。
It arrives at ten. We'll wait at the entrance at nine fifty.
Situation: At the airport, two classmates check the plane's takeoff time and decide when to leave the waiting area.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
飞机几点起飞？
What time does the plane take off?
安妮
Annie
飞机十点起飞，现在九点半了。
The plane takes off at ten, and it is already nine thirty.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
我们什么时候离开这里？
When should we leave here?
安妮
Annie
现在就离开这里，去上飞机。
Let's leave here now and go board the plane.
Situation: Family members share good news that a child was born, the mother went home after resting in the hospital, and they make a visiting plan.
刘明
Liu Ming
孩子出生了。
The child was born.
安妮
Annie
太好了，孩子的妈妈出院了吗？
That is great. Has the child's mother left the hospital?
刘明
Liu Ming
经过一天的休息，孩子的妈妈出院了。
After a day of rest, the child's mother was discharged.
安妮
Annie
太好了，明天一起去看孩子。
Great, tomorrow we will go see the child together.
去机场的车经过这里 (qù jīchǎng de chē jīngguò zhèlǐ) says that this place lies on the shuttle's route.
Put elapsed time before its result
Place 经过 (jīngguò) before a period or process, then state what became true afterward.
经过一天，孩子的妈妈也出院了 (jīngguò yì tiān, háizi de māma yě chūyuàn le) presents one elapsed day before the discharge result.
这里 (zhèlǐ) is a place on the route.
去机场的车经过这里。
The airport shuttle passes by here.
一天 (yì tiān) is the elapsed period; the second clause gives the later result.
经过一天，孩子的妈妈也出院了。
After a day, the child's mother was also discharged.
一天 (yì tiān) is the period gone through before the result.
经过一天，我们搬完了。
After a day, we finished moving.
去机场的车经过这里。
The airport shuttle passes by here.
经过一天，孩子的妈妈也出院了。
After a day, the child's mother was also discharged.
经过一天，我们搬完了。
After a day, we finished moving.
Dialogue 02: Where Does the Airport Shuttle Stop?, Turn 2
Route plus explicit pickup
机场的车会经过学校，还会来门口接人。
The airport shuttle passes the school and also comes to the entrance to pick people up.
Dialogue 04: Sharing Hospital News, Turn 3
Process before discharge
经过一天的休息，孩子的妈妈出院了。
After a day of rest, the child's mother was discharged.
经过 (jīngguò) connects a path, period, or process to what follows. With a place, it answers which point lies on the route: 去机场的车经过这里 (qù jīchǎng de chē jīngguò zhèlǐ), ‘the airport shuttle passes by here.’ Before a period or process, it sets up what was gone through before the result: 经过一天，孩子的妈妈也出院了 (jīngguò yì tiān, háizi de māma yě chūyuàn le), ‘after a day, the child's mother was also discharged.’ The noun after 经过 (jīngguò) tells you which meaning is active: a place gives a route; a period or process gives what was experienced before a result.
