LessonsHSK 1 · Lesson 15
HSK 1 · Lesson 15 of 15
Not feeling well
Being ill and seeing a doctor — and the small words that make sentences flow: 了, 也, 都, 还, 再. 17 words and 3 grammar points; tap the characters to hear them.
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📚 Words
- Hán-Việt bệnh An illness or disease; as a verb, to fall ill.
- Hán-Việt sinh bệnh To fall ill, to get sick; also to be ill.
- Hán-Việt khán bệnh To see a doctor; said of a doctor, to treat patients.
- Hán-Việt bất yếu Don't: telling someone not to do something.
- Hán-Việt yếu To want; to need; also 'to be going to'.
- Hán-Việt tái Again, once more, of something that has not happened yet.
- Hán-Việt hoàn Still, yet; also, in addition.
- Hán-Việt dã Also, too, as well; in a negative sentence, 'either'.
- Hán-Việt đô All, both — an adverb that gathers up everything named before it.
- Hán-Việt liễu A particle that marks an action as completed or a situation as changed.
- Hán-Việt ba A particle at the end of a sentence that turns it into a suggestion or a gentle request.
- Hán-Việt nhất hạ A moment, a little: after a verb it makes the action brief and a request softer.
- Hán-Việt nhất điểm nhi A little, a bit: a small amount of something.
- Hán-Việt hữu đích Some: certain members of a group, as against the rest.
- Hán-Việt hữu ta Some, a number of: an unspecified part of a group or an amount.
- Hán-Việt chẩm ma How — placed before a verb to ask the way something is done; also 'how come'.
- Hán-Việt tri đạo To know a fact, to be aware of something.
🧩 Grammar
了: done, and changed
了 after a verb says the action is done: 我买了一本书 "I bought a book". 了 at the end of a sentence says something has changed or is new: 他病了 "he's fallen ill", 下雨了 "it's started raining". A done action is denied with 没, and 了 goes: 我没去 "I didn't go".
- I'm ill.
- It's started to rain.
- I didn't go to work yesterday.
不要: don't
不要 before a verb tells someone not to do something: 不要说话 "Don't talk", 不要去 "Don't go". With 了 at the end it means "stop …": 不要看了 "stop watching".
- You're ill — don't go to work.
- Stop watching TV.
也, 都, 还 and 再 go right before the verb
These little adverbs always stand right before the verb, never at the start or the end of the sentence: 我也是学生 "I'm a student too", 我们都去 "we're all going", 他还在睡觉 "he's still asleep", 明天再来 "come again tomorrow". With two of them, 也 comes before 都: 我们也都去.
- I want to go too.
- He's still asleep.
- Doctor, I'll come again tomorrow.
🎯 Practice
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Context clues Match the meaning Listen & type Fill the blank Put in order Hán-Việt bridge
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