大商店小商店 Big Shop, Small Shop

这个zhège商店shāngdiàn很hěn大dà，那个nàge商店shāngdiàn很hěn小xiǎo。

This store is big, that store is small.

大dà商店shāngdiàn的de东西dōngxi很多hěn duō，小xiǎo商店shāngdiàn的de东西dōngxi很hěn少shǎo。

The big store has a lot of things, the small store has few things.

我wǒ喜欢xǐhuan去qù大dà商店shāngdiàn买mǎi东西dōngxi。

I like going to the big store to buy things.

小xiǎo商店shāngdiàn的de人rén不bù多duō，我wǒ也yě喜欢xǐhuan。

The small store doesn't have many people, and I like that too.

今天jīntiān我wǒ和hé妈妈māma去qù商店shāngdiàn买mǎi苹果píngguǒ。

Today my mom and I go to the store to buy apples.

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Key words 生词

商店shāngdiànshop; store

大dàbig

小xiǎosmall

东西dōngxithings

多duōmany

少shǎofew

的 — possessive/attributive particle

的 links a noun to what comes after it, like 's in English.

大商店的东西很多。 — The big store's things are a lot (the big store has a lot of things).

很 + adjective — adjective predicate

很 plus an adjective forms the predicate; no separate word for "is" is needed.

那个商店很小。 — That store is small.

也 — also

也 goes right before the verb or adjective to agree with a previous statement.

我也喜欢。 — I like it too.

1. Which store has fewer people?

2. What does the narrator like to do at the big store?

3. Who goes to the store to buy apples today?

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