NETCHAI Kids Chinese Course　Lesson 8

Things You Can Do & Don't Do

我wǒ会huì！我wǒ不bú会huì。

Let's learn action words like "吃chī (eat)" and "喝hē (drink)", plus "不bù (don't ~)" and "会huì (can do)".

📕New Words

吃

chī

eat

喝

hē

drink

看

kàn

look / watch

去

qù

会

huì

can (learned skill)

不

bù

don't ~ / not ~

💬Can You Say It?

1
我wǒ吃chī苹píng果guǒ。
I eat an apple.
2
我wǒ喝hē水shuǐ。
I drink water.
3
我wǒ去qù学xué校xiào。
I go to school.
4
我wǒ不bù吃chī梨lí。
I don't eat pear.
5
我wǒ会huì游yóu泳yǒng。
I can swim.

📖Story Time

SCENE 1 ― Snack Time

👩

妈mā妈ma

小xiǎo明míng，吃chī苹píng果guǒ！

Xiao Ming, eat the apple!

👦

小xiǎo明míng

我wǒ吃chī苹píng果guǒ，也yě喝hē水shuǐ。

I eat the apple and drink water too.

🧒

小xiǎo龙lóng

我wǒ会huì游yóu泳yǒng！

I can swim!

👦

小xiǎo明míng

我wǒ不bú会huì游yóu泳yǒng。

I can't swim.

✨Grammar Point

不bù + action word = don't ~

Put 不bù in front of an action word to say "don't ~". When the next word has a 4th tone, 不bú changes to 2nd tone — listen carefully!

①我wǒ吃chī。 → 我wǒ不bù吃chī。(I don't eat.)
②我wǒ去qù。 → 我wǒ不bú去qù。(I don't go.)

会huì = can / 不bú会huì = can't

Use 会huì + action word for something you learned to do. Use 不bú会huì when you can't do it yet. Don't try to guess the Chinese from English spelling — always use pinyin to get the sounds right!

①我wǒ会huì游yóu泳yǒng。(I can swim.)
②我wǒ不bú会huì。(I can't.)

🎮Let's Try!

🙆 Do you or don't you?

Choose the one that is true for you and say it out loud!

I eat→我wǒ吃chī…　／　I don't eat→我wǒ不bù吃chī…

💪 会huì？不bú会huì？

For things you can do, use 会huì. For things you can't do yet, use 不bú会huì!

I can→我wǒ会huì…　／　I can't→我wǒ不bú会huì…

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