At the Restaurant

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 饭馆
  fànguǎn

  restaurant

• 菜单
  càidān

  menu

• 菜
  cài

  vegetable; greens; dish (of food)

• 鱼
  yú

  fish

• 鸡
  jī

  fowl; chicken

• 米饭
  mǐfàn

  (cooked) rice

• 碗
  wǎn

  bowl; cup

• 盘子
  pánzi

  tray; plate; dish

• 筷子
  kuàizi

  chopsticks

• 瓶
  píng

  bottle; vase; pitcher

• 杯
  bēi

  classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

• 啤酒
  píjiǔ

  beer (loanword)

• 茶
  chá

  tea; tea plant

• 辣
  là

  hot (spicy); pungent

• 甜
  tián

  sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing

• 好吃
  hǎochī

  tasty; delicious

• 饿
  è

  hungry; to starve (sb)

• 饱
  bǎo

  satisfied; to eat till full

• 有名
  yǒumíng

  famous; well-known

• 一共
  yīgòng

  in total; altogether

• 只
  zhǐ

  only; merely

• 还
  hái

  still; still in progress; still more

• 给
  gěi

  to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)

• 别的
  biéde

  else; other

• 味道
  wèidào

  flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...)

• 请
  qǐng

  to ask; to invite; to treat (to a meal etc)

• 特别
  tèbié

  unusual; special; very

The lesson’s grammar

• 给: for, to (recipient)

  Subject + 给 + Person + Verb (+ Object)

• Double objects: 送/给/教/问 + someone + something

  Subject + Verb + Person + Thing

• Exclamations: 太…了, 真…, 非常, 特别

  太 + Adj + 了！ / 真 + Adj！ / 非常 / 特别 + Adj

• 还: still, also, else

  Subject + 还 + Verb / Adj

• 一共 and 只: in total, only

  一共 + (Verb) + quantity / 只 + Verb (+ quantity)