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NETCHAI Kids Chinese Course Lesson 9

Want to ~

我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī苹píng果guǒ。

Let's use "想xiǎng (want to do something)" and "要yào (want something / want to do something)" to say what you want to do or what you want!

📕New Words

1
想
xiǎng
want to ~
2
要
yào
want something / want to ~
3
来
lái
come
4
做
zuò
do / make

💬Can You Say It?

  1. 1
    我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī苹píng果guǒ。
    I want to eat an apple.
  2. 2
    我wǒ想xiǎng去qù学xué校xiào。
    I want to go to school.
  3. 3
    我wǒ要yào喝hē水shuǐ。
    I want to drink water.
  4. 4
    你nǐ来lái吗ma?
    Are you coming?
  5. 5
    我wǒ不bù想xiǎng去qù。
    I don't want to go.

📖Story

SCENE 1 ― At Home
👩
妈mā妈ma
小xiǎo明míng,来lái!
Xiao Ming, come here!
👦
小xiǎo明míng
好hǎo!
OK!
👩
妈mā妈ma
你nǐ想xiǎng吃chī苹píng果guǒ吗ma?
Do you want to eat an apple?
👦
小xiǎo明míng
我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī。我wǒ也yě要yào喝hē水shuǐ。
I want to eat it. I also want to drink water.

✨Grammar Point

想xiǎng + action = want to ~

To say what you want to do, use 想xiǎng + an action word. To say "don't want to," use 不bù想xiǎng.

  • ①我wǒ想xiǎng去qù。(I want to go)
  • ②我wǒ不bù想xiǎng去qù。(I don't want to go)

要yào = want / 来lái・做zuò

要yào + thing / action = "want something / want to do something." 来lái = come, 做zuò = do / make.

  • ①我wǒ要yào喝hē水shuǐ。(I want to drink water)
  • ②你nǐ来lái!(Come here!)

🎮Let's Try!

🙋 I want to ~!

Say what you want to do using "我wǒ想xiǎng~。"

我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī苹píng果guǒ。(I want to eat an apple)
我wǒ想xiǎng去qù学xué校xiào。(I want to go to school)

🤔 想xiǎng? 要yào?

Which one do you use?

want to ~ (action)→想xiǎng
want something (thing)→要yào
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