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她买了不少衣服
She Has Bought Quite a Few Clothes · Dialogues · Vocabulary · Grammar
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How to read this page: Line 1 = Chinese characters. Line 2 = pinyin (lined up character-by-character above each word). Line 3 = English meaning of the whole sentence, with the matching key word marked in (parentheses). Words in a pink box are this lesson's key vocabulary. Tap the 🔊 button to hear it read aloud — in the dialogue, speaker A and speaker B are read in two different voices.

📖 Text

Read the story once for the general idea, then go through it again line by line.

 A ：zuó昨tiān天shàng上wǔ午nǐ你qù去nǎ哪ér儿le了 ？
A: Where did you go yesterday morning?
 B ：wǒ我qù去shāng商diàn店mǎi买dōng东xī西le了 。
B: I went to the store to buy (things).
 A ：nǐ你mǎi买shén什me么le了 ？
A: What did you buy?
 B ：wǒ我mǎi买le了yì一diǎn点ér儿píng苹guǒ果 。
B: I bought (a few) (apples).
 A ：nǐ你kàn看jiàn见zhāng张xiān先shēng生le了ma吗 ？
A: Have you (seen) (Mr.) Zhang?
 B ：kàn看jiàn见le了 ，tā他qù去xué学kāi开chē车le了 。
B: Yes — he went to learn to (drive).
 A ：tā他shén什me么shí时hòu候néng能huí回lái来 ？
A: When can he (come back)?
 B ：sì四shí十fēn分zhōng钟hòu后huí回lái来 。
B: He'll be back (after) 40 (minutes).
 A ：wáng王fāng方de的yī衣fú服tài太piào漂liàng亮le了 ！
A: Wang Fang's (clothes) are so (pretty)!
 B ：shì是a啊 ，tā她mǎi买le了bù不shǎo少yī衣fú服 。
B: Yeah ((indeed)), she has bought (quite a few) clothes.
 A ：nǐ你mǎi买shén什me么le了 ？
A: What did you buy?
 B ：wǒ我méi没mǎi买 ，zhè这xiē些dōu都shì是wáng王fāng方de的dōng东xī西 。
B: I bought nothing — (these) are (all) Wang Fang's things.
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📋 Key Vocabulary

Each word shows the part of speech, meaning, and an extra example sentence.

东西dōngxinoun
thing, stuff
我去商店买东西。
I'm going to the store to buy things.
一点儿yìdiǎnrnum-m
a few, a little
我喝了一点儿茶。
I drank a little tea.
苹果píngguǒnoun
apple
这些苹果很好吃。
These apples are delicious.
看见kànjiànverb
to see
我看见你的老师了。
I saw your teacher.
先生xiānshengnoun
Mr., sir
张先生是我的老师。
Mr. Zhang is my teacher.
开kāiverb
to drive
他会开车。
He can drive.
车chēnoun
car, vehicle
这是我的车。
This is my car.
回来huílaiverb
to come back
他什么时候回来？
When will he come back?
分钟fēnzhōngnoun
minute
我们五分钟后走。
We'll leave in five minutes.
后hòunoun
after, later
五点后我回家。
I'll go home after five o'clock.
衣服yīfunoun
clothes
她的衣服很漂亮。
Her clothes are very pretty.
漂亮piàoliangadj.
beautiful, pretty
这件衣服很漂亮。
This piece of clothing is very pretty.
啊apart.
(modal particle, confirmation)
是啊，我也去。
Yeah, I'm going too.
不少bùshǎoadj.
quite a few, many
她买了不少东西。
She bought quite a few things.
这些zhèxiēpron.
these
这些都是我的书。
These are all my books.
都dōuadv.
both, all
我们都是学生。
We are all students.

🧩 Grammar Focus

Structures from this story worth practicing.

① 了 — marking that something happened or is completed
“了” 表发生或完成
Subject + Predicate + 了 / Subject + Verb + 了 + (modifier) + Object
了 shows an action has already happened or is finished. It can sit at the very end of the sentence (我去商店了), or right after the verb when an object follows. When 了 comes between the verb and its object, the object usually needs a modifier in front of it — a number-measure word, an adjective, or a pronoun (买了一点儿苹果 / 买了不少衣服).
我买了一点儿苹果。
Wǒ mǎi le yìdiǎnr píngguǒ.
I bought a few apples.
② 没 — the negative of 了 (drop the 了)
“了” 的否定式：没 + 动词（+宾语），去掉 “了”
Subject + 没 + Verb (+ Object)
To say an action did not happen, use 没 before the verb and remove 了. So 我买了 (I bought) becomes 我没买 (I didn't buy) — never 没……了.
我没买，这些都是王方的东西。
Wǒ méi mǎi, zhèxiē dōu shì Wáng Fāng de dōngxi.
I didn't buy anything — these are all Wang Fang's things.
③ 后 — a point in time "after" something
名词 “后”
Time / Event + 后
The noun 后 is placed after a time word or event to mean "after that / later." Note the word order is the opposite of English: Chinese says "40 minutes 后" where English says "after 40 minutes."
40分钟后回来。
Sìshí fēnzhōng hòu huílai.
(He'll) come back after 40 minutes.
④ 啊 — a softening / confirming particle
语气助词 “啊”
Statement + 啊
啊 goes at the end of a statement to add warmth, agreement, or confirmation — close to "yeah" or "sure" in English. Its sound shifts depending on the vowel before it (是啊 shì-a), but in writing it usually stays 啊.
是啊，她买了不少衣服。
Shì a, tā mǎi le bùshǎo yīfu.
Yeah, she has bought quite a few clothes.
⑤ 都 — "all / both," placed after what it sums up
副词 “都”
[people / things] + 都 + ...
都 means "all" or "both." The people or things it covers must come before 都, not after it: 这些都是…… (these are all…), 我们都是学生 (we are all students).
这些都是王方的东西。
Zhèxiē dōu shì Wáng Fāng de dōngxi.
These are all Wang Fang's things.
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⭐ Key Sentences

Practice saying these sentences out loud. Try covering the English and translating from Chinese yourself.

1
我去商店买东西了。
Wǒ qù shāngdiàn mǎi dōngxi le.
I went to the store to buy things.
2
他去学开车了。
Tā qù xué kāichē le.
He went to learn to drive.
3
四十分钟后回来。
Sìshí fēnzhōng hòu huílai.
(He'll) come back after 40 minutes.
4
我没买，这些都是王方的东西。
Wǒ méi mǎi, zhèxiē dōu shì Wáng Fāng de dōngxi.
I didn't buy anything — these are all Wang Fang's things.

✅ Quick Check

Answer in your head, then check with your teacher.

1. In dialogue 1, what did B buy at the store?
A. Clothes    B. A few apples    C. A book
2. Why isn't Mr. Zhang in the office?
A. He went shopping    B. He went to learn to drive    C. He went home
3. Whose clothes are they in dialogue 3?
A. The speaker's (B)    B. Wang Fang's    C. Mr. Zhang's
4. How do you make "我买了" (I bought) negative?
A. 我没买了    B. 我不买    C. 我没买
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