我的钱 My Money — HSK 1 Reading

我wǒ有yǒu一些yìxiē钱qián。

I have some money.

今天jīntiān我wǒ去qù商店shāngdiàn买mǎi东西dōngxi。

Today I go to the store to buy things.

一本yì běn书shū二十èrshí块kuài钱qián，我wǒ买mǎi了le一本yì běn。

One book costs twenty yuan, and I bought one.

我wǒ也yě买mǎi了le水果shuǐguǒ，十shí块kuài钱qián。

I also bought fruit, ten yuan.

现在xiànzài我wǒ的de钱qián不bù多duō了le。

Now I don't have much money left.

我wǒ不bù买mǎi了le，我wǒ回家huí jiā。

I won't buy anything more; I am going home.

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Key words 生词

钱qiánmoney

块kuàiyuan (unit of money)

东西dōngxithings; stuff

一些yìxiēsome; a few

本běn(measure word for books)

现在xiànzàinow

有 — to have

有 means 'to have' or 'there is'. Its negative is 没有, never 不有.

我有一些钱。 — I have some money.

Measure words 本 and 块

Chinese counts nouns with a measure word: 一本书 (one book), 二十块钱 (twenty yuan). 一 is read yì before a third-tone syllable like běn.

一本书二十块钱。 — One book costs twenty yuan.

了 at the end — a new situation

Sentence-final 了 says something has changed: 不多了 = there isn't much left now, though there was before.

现在我的钱不多了。 — Now I don't have much money left.

1. Where does the narrator go today?

2. How much does one book cost?

3. What else does the narrator buy?

After this reading

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