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在机场 At the airport
Departure day at the airport. Revisits V + 了 perfective and pairs it with V + 完 / V + 好 completion.
Dialogue
我们到机场了 — We're at the airport
- 林雪 我们到了, 真早! We're here — really early!
- 王明 是. 飞机还有两个小时. Yeah. Two more hours until the flight.
- 林雪 我的机票呢? 我没找到. Where's my ticket? I can't find it.
- 王明 在你的包里, 我找到了. In your bag — I found it.
- 林雪 护照也在. 我有点紧张. Passport's there too. I'm a bit nervous.
- 王明 别紧张. 我们走过去排队. Don't be. Let's walk over and queue.
- 林雪 好. 几号门? OK. Which gate?
Dialogue
检查完了, 等一会就上 — Checks done, boarding soon
- 王明 检查完了, 我们的护照都看好了. Checks done — both our passports got reviewed.
- 林雪 等了一个小时, 我有点累. Waited an hour — I'm a bit tired.
- 王明 马上就上飞机了, 你坐在哪儿? Boarding soon. Where are you seated?
- 林雪 我的票是二十三号, 你呢? My ticket says 23. You?
- 王明 我是二十四号. 我们坐在一起. I'm 24. We're sitting together.
- 林雪 太好了. 等上了飞机, 我要睡觉. Great. Once we're on, I'm sleeping.
- 王明 到了再叫你. I'll wake you when we arrive.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 机场 | jīchǎng | n. | airport |
| 飞机 | fēijī | n. | plane (recall Bk1) |
| 机票 | jīpiào | n. | plane ticket |
| 排队 | páiduì | v. | queue up; stand in line |
| 检查 | jiǎnchá | v. | check; inspect |
| 等 | děng | v. | wait (recall Bk1) |
| 到 | dào | v. | arrive (recall Bk1) |
| 完 | wán | v. | finish (recall Bk2) |
| 护照 | hùzhào | n. | passport |
| 紧张 | jǐnzhāng | adj. | nervous; tense |
| 已经 | yǐjīng | adv. | already (recall Bk2) |
| 马上 | mǎshàng | adv. | right away; soon (recall Bk2) |
| 时候 | shíhou | n. | time; moment (recall Bk1) |
| 号 | hào | n. | number (recall Bk1) |
| 坐 | zuò | v. | sit; take (transport) (recall Bk1) |
| 林雪 | Lín Xuě | pn. | Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01) |
| 王明 | Wáng Míng | pn. | Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01) |
New characters
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 护 | hù | (in 护照 = passport) 护照 hùzhào — passport | |
| 照 | zhào | (in 护照 = passport) 护照 hùzhào — passport | |
| 紧 | jǐn | tight; tense (in 紧张) 紧张 jǐnzhāng — nervous; tense | |
| 队 | duì | queue; team (in 排队) 排队 páiduì — queue up; stand in line |
Hanzi — writing & recognition
chǎng field; place (in 机场) Writing
wán finish (recall Bk2) Writing
pái line up; arrange (in 排队) Recognition
duì queue; team (in 排队) Recognition
jiǎn check (in 检查) Recognition
chá inspect (in 检查) Recognition
jǐn tight; tense (in 紧张) Recognition
zhāng open; tense (in 紧张) Recognition
Grammar
结果补语2: V + 到 / 住 / 走 (三46) Result complement 2: V + 到 / 住 / 走 (三46)
动词后加 到 / 住 / 走 说明动作的结果. 到 = 达到目的 (买到 = 买并得到了; 找到 = 找并发现了). 住 = 固定 / 牢 (记住 = 记牢; 站住 = 停下不动). 走 = 离开 (拿走 / 带走 = 拿了并离开). 否定用 没: 没买到 / 没记住. 这比二级的"V+完/好"更进一层.
Adding 到 / 住 / 走 after a verb states the action's RESULT. 到 = goal reached (买到 = bought and got it; 找到 = looked and found). 住 = fixed / held (记住 = memorised firmly; 站住 = halt). 走 = away (拿走 / 带走 = took it away). Negate with 没 (没买到). Deeper than Band 2's V+完/好.
- 我买到机票了. Wǒ mǎidào jīpiào le. I got the plane ticket.
- 我找到行李了. Wǒ zhǎodào xíngli le. I found the luggage.
- 请记住这个号. Qǐng jìzhù zhè ge hào. Please remember this number.
- 他拿走了我的票. Tā názǒu le wǒ de piào. He took my ticket away.
Grammar
复合趋向补语 (三47) Compound directional complement (三47)
上一课 (grammar-01) 的 V + 到/住/走 说"结果". 本课的复合趋向补语说"方向": 动词 + (出/进/过/回/上/下/起) + 来/去. 出来 / 出去 / 过来 / 过去 / 回来 / 回去 / 进来 / 进去 / 起来 / 上来 / 上去 / 下来 / 下去. 来 = 朝说话人; 去 = 离开说话人. 从包里拿出票来 / 我们走过去排队.
Grammar-01's V+到/住/走 marked RESULT; the compound directional marks DIRECTION: verb + (出/进/过/回/上/下/起) + 来/去. 来 = toward speaker, 去 = away. 从包里拿出票来 (take the ticket out of the bag) / 我们走过去 (walk over there). The object can sit before 来/去 (拿出票来) or after (拿出来一张票).
- 他从包里拿出票来. Tā cóng bāo li ná chū piào lái. He took the ticket out of his bag.
- 我们走过去排队吧. Wǒmen zǒu guòqù páiduì ba. Let's walk over and queue.
- 飞机飞起来了. Fēijī fēi qǐlái le. The plane took off.
- 请把行李拿下来. Qǐng bǎ xíngli ná xiàlái. Please take the luggage down.
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