Level 30 - Vocab in Context
33 Lessons
1
使 in Context
2
更 in Context
3
随便 in Context
4
大便 in Context
5
小便 in Context
6
石头 in Context
7
硬 in Context
8
上车 in Context
9
下车 in Context
10
公交车 in Context
11
火车 in Context
12
汽车 in Context
13
开车 in Context
14
打车 in Context
15
自行车 in Context
16
电动车 in Context
17
连 in Context
18
辆 in Context
19
比较 in Context
20
轻 in Context
21
年轻 in Context
22
年轻人 in Context
23
已经 in Context
24
经过 in Context
25
写 in Context
26
听写 in Context
27
女士 in Context
28
信任 in Context
29
土豆 in Context
30
高 in Context
31
提高 in Context
32
高兴 in Context
33
停 in Context
Next Character
汽车 in Context
CONGRATULATIONS!
A NEW WORD HAS BEEN UNLOCKED
汽车
Usage 1 - "automobile, car":
Sentence
我不喜欢坐汽车。
English：
I don't like to ride in a car.
Top-Down Words:
喜欢 xǐhuān- to like
*Sentence
现在越来越多的人都买了汽车。
English：
Nowadays more and more people are buying their own car.
Top Down Words:
越来越 yuèláiyuè - increasingly
都 dōu - all, every
*Sentence
可现在我买了电动车了，没想到，她又已经买了汽车。
English：
But now that I've got an e-bike, I never would've thought that she already bought a car.
*Sentence
我又什么时候能买得起汽车呢？
English：
When can I afford to buy a car?
Top Down Words:
呢- ne- (grammatical particle placed at the end of a non-yes no question to emphasize the inquisitiveness. Unlike 吗，it is optional and is only meant to influence the tone…
什么时候 shíhòu - when
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PHASE 3 (Levels 13-20)
- The Basic Chinese Sentence
- Helper - Expressing Possession with 的
- Helper - When You Can Omit 的
- Helper - Completed Actions with 了
- Helper - Change of State with 了
- Helper - Present Actions with 着
- Connector - Saying 'But' with 但是 - 可是 - 不过
- Connector - Reasons & Actions with 因为..., 所以...
- Connector - Conditional "If-Then" Statements with 如果..., 就
- Connector - Conditional "If-Then" Statements with 要是...的话
- Connector - "Or" in Questions with 还是
- Connector - “Or" in Statements with 或/或者
- Relator - Using 为 to Express "For"
- Relator - Expressing "From" with 从
- Relator - Expressing Location with 在
- Special - Using 在 as a Verb
- Tone - Softening Tone of Voice with 呢
- “How Does What" - Adverbs of Denial
- “How Does What" - Adverbs of Degree
PHASE 4 (Levels 21-30)
Level 21
- Transferring Money by Smartphone or Bank
- Walk in the Park?! I Have 汉字 to Study!
- Who Determine's a Baby's Looks, Mom or Dad?
Level 22
- How Many Pages of the Book Have You Read?
- Many People Don't Want to Have Babies
- My Girlfriend Can Really Eat!
- What Do You Like to Do?
- What Method Works for Learning Chinese?
Level 23
- Eating Bread
- I Met My Girlfriend in the Park
- Something is Different About My Dog Lately
- The Older Brother is Better Than the Younger Brother
- The Right and Left Side of the Office
- Three Meals a Day
Level 24
- Annoying People
- Breaking Up at the End of the Date
- Going on a Date
- My Two Friends and I
- Overtime at Work
- Red Packets
- Two People in a Relationship
Level 25
- I Want to Find a Boyfriend Too
- My Dad and I
- My Dog Chouchou
- The Big Changes of China
- The Weather is Great, Let's Go to the Park!
- Xiaomei and Her Boyfriend's Day
Level 26
Level 27
- American Journalist Studies Chinese in China
- Can I Still Learn Chinese Anymore?
- Should I Change?
- Children and Their Parents
- Foreigner's Opinion of China
- What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Level 28
- Daughter & Mother
- Son's Eighth Birthday
- Study, Work & Life
- What's More Important, Looks, or Ability?
Level 29
- Advertisements
- Buying Tickets at Chinese New Year
- Everybody Restaurant
- How Does One Progress
- Son is Out of Control
Level 30
- Cars, Bicycles & Trains
- Potatoes & Beef
- Two Ladies Compare Who's Got it Better
- Young People Raising Cats and Dogs
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Jason Pon
我又什么时候能买得起汽车呢?
Can you help me breakdown this sentence/understand 买得起? Having trouble understanding how it means 'afford to buy'
Mandarin Blueprint
-得起 is a complement attached to verbs usually indicating whether something can be afforded or not.
Other examples:
吃得/不起 = Can/Can't afford to eat something
付得/不起 = Can/Can't afford to pay for something
住得/不起 = Can/Can't afford to live somewhere
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxsTdcdcbA&t=2084s
Rick Angleland
And what's the role of 又 in this sentence? It seems to make sense without it.
Mandarin Blueprint
When used this way it seems to adds a feeling of negative emotion such as anger or impatience.