Health 1
Grrrrr…
We all need to complain sometimes. Luckily, you can use 有点儿 (yóudiǎr) to complain politely! 有点儿 (yóudiǎr) comes before an adjective and means that the speaker is experiencing a little too much of something unpleasant.
我们都觉得有点儿累。
(Wǒmen dōu juédé yóudiǎr lèi.) We all feel a bit tired.
我今天有点儿忙。
(Wǒ jīntiān yóudiǎr máng.) I am a bit busy today.
那个有点儿贵。
(Nà ge yóudiǎr guì.) That is a bit expensive.
Don’t look!
You’ve already seen that 不要 (bú yào) can mean that someone either doesn’t want something or doesn’t want to do something (for example, 他不要牛奶). But 不要 is also used a lot to tell someone not to do something.
不要看！
(Búyào kàn!) Don't look!
不要睡觉！
(Búyào shuìjiào!) Don’t sleep!
Every single day!
To say every, use 每 (měi). And remember that you don’t need a measure word (like 个) before 天!
每个人
(měi ge rén) every person
To say every single... add 都 (dōu, all, both)!
每个人都在睡觉。
(Měi ge rén dōu zài shuìjiào.) Every single person is sleeping.
我每天都锻炼。
(Wǒ měitiān dōu duànliàn.) I work out every single day.
Adjective + 的
In English, we can say The woman is tall or She is a tall woman. Chinese is similar! We’ve already seen that you can use 很 to say 女人很高, or The woman is tall. You can also use 的 (de) to connect an adjective to a noun, as in 高的女人, which means tall woman.
这些东西很健康。
(Zhèxiē dōngxi hěn jiànkāng.) These things are healthy.
我想吃健康的东西。
(Wǒ xiǎng chī jiànkāng de dōngxi.) I want to eat healthy things.
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他的三个孩子很可爱。
(Tā de sān ge háizi hěn kě'ài.) His three children are cute.
他有三个可爱的孩子。
(Tā yǒu sān ge kě'ài de háizi.) He has three cute children.