我到了 I Have Arrived in Chinese

星期六xīngqīliù下午xiàwǔ，我wǒ和hé朋友péngyou要yào在zài车站chēzhàn见面jiànmiàn，一起yìqǐ去qù看kàn电影diànyǐng。

On Saturday afternoon, my friend and I were meeting at the bus stop to go watch a movie together.

三sān点diǎn的时候de shíhou，我wǒ先xiān到dào了le车站chēzhàn，可是kěshì没méi看见kànjiàn朋友péngyou。

At three o'clock, I arrived at the bus stop first, but I didn't see my friend.

我wǒ给gěi她tā打电话dǎ diànhuà，说shuō：“我wǒ到dào了le，你nǐ在zài哪儿nǎr？”

I called her and said: "I've arrived, where are you?"

她tā说shuō：“对不起duìbuqǐ，我wǒ快kuài到dào了le，你nǐ再zài等一下děng yíxià。”

She said: "Sorry, I'll be there soon, wait a little longer."

过guò了le十shí分钟fēnzhōng，我wǒ又yòu给gěi她tā打电话dǎ diànhuà，问wèn：“你nǐ到dào了le吗ma？”

Ten minutes later, I called her again and asked: "Have you arrived yet?"

她tā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“我wǒ也yě到dào了le，我wǒ在zài车站chēzhàn门口ménkǒu！”

She laughed and said: "I've arrived too, I'm at the bus stop entrance!"

我wǒ看见kànjiàn了le她tā，我们wǒmen一起yìqǐ走zǒu进jìn电影院diànyǐngyuàn，坐下zuòxià看kàn电影diànyǐng。

I saw her, and we went into the cinema together and sat down to watch the movie.

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Key words 生词

到dàoto arrive

先xiānfirst

再zàiagain

又yòuagain

门口ménkǒudoorway

电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema

我到了（I have arrived）

到了 after 我 tells someone you have just arrived — the most common line to say or text when meeting up.

我到了，你在哪儿？— I've arrived, where are you?

先（to do something first）

先 before a verb shows that action happens before anything else, such as arriving before someone else.

我先到了车站。— I arrived at the bus stop first.

又 for something that already happened again

又 marks a repeated action that has already taken place, unlike 再 which marks one that hasn't happened yet.

我又给她打电话。— I called her again.

1. What does the writer say when she calls her friend the first time?

2. Why does the writer call her friend a second time?

3. What do the two friends do after they meet?

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