Level 3 - Lesson 36
This lesson connects road safety, roadside animals, and service errands. The model exchanges show how to locate a bank, ask about a requirement, notice animals near the roadside, and describe orderly movement.
Contains 5 words
roadside; curb
intersection; crossing
road; street
car; automobile
measure word for vehicles
Contains 5 words
stairs; staircase
Contains 2 words
sheep; goat
在银行前面等
Zài yínháng qiánmiàn děng
wait in front of the bank
在路边等
Zài lùbiān děng
wait by the roadside
别在马路上等
Bié zài mǎlù shang děng
do not wait in the road
一辆汽车
Yí liàng qìchē
one car
办银行卡
Bàn yínhángkǎ
handle/apply for a bank card
Situation: At an intersection, one person gets a stable direction to the bank and chooses a safe meeting point.
顾客 | customer
银行在路口哪边？
Which side of the intersection is the bank on?
Reduplicated classifiers and numeral-classifier pairs
Repeat a classifier as AA to mean every unit, as in 个个 (gègè), or repeat 一 + classifier to show units or groups proceeding one after another, as in 一个一个 (yí ge yí ge) and 一排一排 (yì pái yì pái).
Say every one
Repeat a suitable classifier in the AA form and use 都 (dōu) to make a statement about every member of the set.
bank
bank card
requirement; to require
row by row
to raise; to keep
有什么要求
Yǒu shénme yāoqiú
what requirement is there
上楼梯
Shàng lóutī
go up the stairs
养羊
Yǎng yáng
raise sheep
路边有羊
Lùbiān yǒu yáng
there are sheep by the roadside
一排一排等
Yì pái yì pái děng
wait row by row
朋友 | friend
过了路口，银行就在马路右边。
After you cross the intersection, the bank is on the right side of the road.
顾客 | customer
我在哪里等你？
Where should I wait for you?
朋友 | friend
在银行门口等，别站在马路上。
Wait at the bank entrance. Do not stand in the road.
Situation: A bank employee explains the identification requirement and directs a customer to the correct floor for a bank card.
顾客 | customer
办银行卡有什么要求？
What requirement is there for handling a bank card?
银行工作人员 | bank staff
要亲自来，还要带护照。
You must come in person and bring your passport.
顾客 | customer
到了银行以后去哪里办？
Where should I go after I arrive at the bank?
银行工作人员 | bank staff
上楼梯，二楼可以办银行卡。
Go up the stairs. Bank-card service is on the second floor.
Situation: A sheep owner moves the animals away before an approaching car passes.
朋友 | friend
路边的羊是你家养的吗？
Are the sheep by the roadside raised by your family?
朋友 | friend
是，前面有一辆汽车要过来。
Yes. A car is coming this way up ahead.
朋友 | friend
羊还在路边，怎么办？
The sheep are still by the roadside. What should we do?
朋友 | friend
我现在把它们带回家。
I will take them home now.
Situation: Students enter a sports hall one row at a time and wait for the row ahead to move.
学生 | student
学生怎么进体育馆？
How should the students enter the sports hall?
学生 | student
老师让大家一排一排进去。
The teacher wants everyone to enter one row at a time.
学生 | student
我们这一排什么时候走？
When should our row go?
学生 | student
前面一排进去以后，我们再走。
We will go after the row in front enters.
学生个个都很小心 (xuésheng gègè dōu hěn xiǎoxīn) distributes the property across every student.
Move one by one or group by group
Repeat 一 (yī) plus the classifier before an action to separate the participants into successive units or groups.
一排一排进去 (yì pái yì pái jìnqù) means that rows enter one after another; 排 (pái) can be replaced by another suitable classifier.
个个 (gègè) distributes the predicate across all students.
学生个个都很小心。
Every student is careful.
一个一个 (yí ge yí ge) separates the students into individual units.
学生一个一个上楼梯。
The students go upstairs one by one.
辆 (liàng) replaces 个 (ge) because it classifies vehicles.
汽车一辆一辆过去。
The cars pass one by one.
排 (pái) groups the students into rows.
学生一排一排进入体育馆。
The students enter the sports hall one row at a time.
学生个个都很小心。
Every student is careful.
学生一个一个上楼梯。
The students go upstairs one by one.
汽车一辆一辆过去。
The cars pass one by one.
学生一排一排进入体育馆。
The students enter the sports hall one row at a time.
Dialogue 04: Entering in Rows, Turn 2
Enter one row at a time
老师让大家一排一排进去。
The teacher wants everyone to enter one row at a time.
Classifier repetition creates a distributive meaning rather than merely emphasizing one noun. The AA form, especially common 个个 (gègè), means ‘each and every one’: 学生个个都很小心 (xuésheng gègè dōu hěn xiǎoxīn), ‘every student is careful.’ The pattern 一 + classifier + 一 + classifier presents separate units or groups in sequence: 学生一个一个上楼梯 (xuésheng yí ge yí ge shàng lóutī), ‘the students go upstairs one by one,’ and 学生一排一排进去 (xuésheng yì pái yì pái jìnqù), ‘the students enter one row at a time.’ The classifier remains a productive slot: choose 个 (ge) for individual people or things, 辆 (liàng) for vehicles, or 排 (pái) for rows. Put the repeated expression before the action or predicate it distributes.
