Lesson Eleven: Talking about the Weather
Dialogue 1
All characters
比
to compare/comparison marker (v;prep)
下雪
to snow (verb-object compound/v.o.)
约
to make an appointment (v)
昨天
yesterday (time word; n)
了
1-sentence end particle
2-event has started or have been complete
(grammar marker, particle)
我
I/me
(personal pronoun)
wǒ
会
1-can
2-meeting/gathering of people
3-will (modal verb)*
刚才
just now; a moment ago (time ord)
看
to see, watch or look (v)
的
1.indicates possessive relation
2. descriptive particle: 红的
不但...而且
not only..., but also... (conjunction)
一点 (儿)
a little bit (adjective)
吗
sentence end question particle
太.....了
too; extremely (adverb)
白
1. the color of white
2. a family name
英
1. the country of England
2. proper noun, a given name
爱
1. to love
2. proper noun, a given name
白英爱
proper noun, a person's full name
她
she ( personal pronoun)
早上
morning (time word)...
坐
1. to sit
2. to take a means of transportation
啊
a sentence final particle.
(indicates agreement or seeking confirmation)
办
to handle, to do (verb)
怎么
how come
(question pronoun)
还是
1. or (indicating an alternative question)
2. had better (imposing a suggestion or selection)
吧
sentence end particle
indicating a sugguestion