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Learn how to read the menu and to order food in Chinese. Helping verbs, grammar, examples and exercises. Vocabulary: Do you have a menu? Do you want something else? The bill please.
Lesson 16
· Conversation : In the Restaurant
· Grammar
· Exercises : Substitution Drill
Conversation 1 : In the Restaurant
Translation
- What would you (two) like to eat?
- Do you have a menu? First have a look at the menu.
- Here is the menu? Please have a look.
- We'll first have 3 cold dishes, a cucumber salad, a plate of shelled peanut and a beef cooked with soy sauce.
- And what about hot dishes? What hot dishes would you like?
- We'll have a half roast duck and a "fish-smelling" hot shredded meat.
- What soup do you want?
- An egg and tomato soup, and a bowl of rice. Bring 3 glasses. He can't use chopsticks, please bring him a spoon and a pair of knife and fork.
- Do you want something else?
- No... Miss, the bill please.
Grammar
The modal particle 了
When the modal particle 了 is added at the end of a sentence, it indicates changed circumstances.
- 我不要 了。
- 我不去上海 了。
- 我是老师 了。
Helping verbs 会, 想, 要, 应, 该
Helping verbs such as 会, 想, 要, 应 and 该 are more often than not to appear before verbs to express ability, possibility, intention, wishes.
Example:
- 我 会 用筷子。 I know how to use chopsticks.
- 我喜欢 吃中餐。 I like to eat chinese food.
- 我想 去北京。 I would like to go to Peking.
- 你应该 买一张地图。 You should buy a map.
Exercises : Substitution Drills
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