Here are your worksheets for Week 1 of My HSK Dictionary 3.
Our words this week:
(Click on each of the Chinese words below to take a look.)
啊 – modal particle ending sentence
阿姨 – maternal aunt/woman of similar age to one’s parents
矮 – low/short
爱好 – to like/keen on/hobby
安静 – quiet/peaceful/calm
Study
啊 is a character that adds mood to a sentence.
It can be used in several different ways, for example:
At the end of a question, to make the tone less harsh:
你明天去哪儿啊？ (nǐ míng tiān qù nǎr a?) Where are you going tomorrow?
In an imperative sentence to express an impatient or urgent mood:
快走啊，时间不早了。 (kuài zǒu a, shí jiān bù zǎo le) Go quickly, it’s late now.
In a declarative sentence to express affirmation or a reminder:
这件事你得好好想想啊。 (zhè jiàn shì nǐ de hǎo hǎo xiǎng xiang a.) You’d better think about this issue carefully.
In an exclamatory sentence to express exclamation or praise:
学汉语真不容易啊！ (xué hàn yǔ zhēn bù róng yì a!) It’s so difficult to learn Chinese!
