去朋友家做客 Visiting a Friend's Home in Chinese

星期六xīngqīliù下午xiàwǔ，我wǒ去qù朋友péngyou家jiā做客zuòkè。

On Saturday afternoon I go to my friend's home as a guest.

我wǒ买mǎi了le一些yìxiē苹果píngguǒ和hé西瓜xīguā送给sònggěi他tā。

I bought some apples and a watermelon to give him.

朋友péngyou的de妈妈māma做zuò了le很多hěn duō好吃hǎochī的de菜cài。

My friend's mom cooked a lot of delicious dishes.

我们wǒmen一起yìqǐ吃饭chīfàn，说shuō了le很多hěn duō话huà。

We ate together and talked a lot.

他tā家jiā的de小猫xiǎomāo很hěn漂亮piàoliang，我wǒ很hěn喜欢xǐhuan它tā。

The kitten at his home is very pretty; I like it a lot.

晚上wǎnshang九点jiǔ diǎn我wǒ回家huí jiā，今天jīntiān我wǒ玩wán得de非常fēicháng高兴gāoxìng。

At nine in the evening I went home; today I had a really great time.

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Key words 生词

做客zuòkèto visit as a guest

一些yìxiēsome

西瓜xīguāwatermelon

好吃hǎochītasty

一起yìqǐtogether

非常fēichángvery; extremely

V + 得 + 状态 (degree complement)

得 after a verb links it to a description of how the action goes.

今天我玩得非常高兴。

V + 了 (completed action)

了 right after a verb marks the action as completed.

我买了一些苹果和西瓜送给他。

1. 我星期六下午去哪儿?

2. 我买了什么送给朋友?

3. 谁做了很多好吃的菜?

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