没意思 Boring in Chinese

星期六xīngqīliù下午xiàwǔ，朋友péngyou请qǐng我wǒ去qù看kàn电影diànyǐng，我们wǒmen买mǎi了le两liǎng张zhāng票piào。

Saturday afternoon, a friend treated me to a movie, and we bought two tickets.

电影diànyǐng刚gāng开始kāishǐ的时候de shíhou还hái不错búcuò，可是kěshì看kàn了le半个小时bàn ge xiǎoshí，我wǒ觉得juéde很hěn没意思méi yìsi。

The movie was pretty good when it started, but after half an hour, I found it really boring.

朋友péngyou也yě说shuō：“这个zhège电影diànyǐng太tài没意思méi yìsi了le，好hǎo无聊wúliáo啊a，我wǒ都dōu想xiǎng睡觉shuìjiào了le。”

My friend said too: "This movie is so boring, so dull, I'm about to fall asleep."

我wǒ看了看kànlekàn手表shǒubiǎo，才cái过了guò le四十sìshí分钟fēnzhōng，心里xīnli想xiǎng：还有háiyǒu一个小时yí ge xiǎoshí呢ne。

I glanced at my watch — only forty minutes had passed. I thought to myself: there's still a whole hour left.

电影diànyǐng还hái没méi结束jiéshù，我们wǒmen就jiù一起yìqǐ走zǒu出chū了le电影院diànyǐngyuàn。

The movie wasn't even over yet, and we walked out of the cinema together.

外面wàimiàn天气tiānqì很hěn好hǎo，我们wǒmen去qù附近fùjìn的de公园gōngyuán走走zǒuzou。

The weather outside was nice, so we went for a walk in a nearby park.

我们wǒmen在zài公园gōngyuán里lǐ坐zuò了le很久hěnjiǔ，聊liáo了le很多hěn duō别的biéde事shì。

We sat in the park for a long time, chatting about all kinds of other things.

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Key words 生词

没意思méi yìsiboring

无聊wúliáoboring; bored

电影diànyǐngmovie

觉得juédeto feel

结束jiéshùto finish; to end

公园gōngyuánpark

没意思 (boring)

没意思 describes something with no fun or appeal — the opposite of 有意思 (interesting). It works for movies, classes, or anything dull.

这个电影太没意思了。— This movie is way too boring.

才 + number (only; just)

才 before an amount makes it feel smaller or slower than expected — here it stresses how little time has passed.

才过了四十分钟。— Only forty minutes had passed.

还没 + verb，……就…… (before X even happened, ...)

还没 says something hasn't happened yet, and pairing it with 就 shows another action already cutting in.

电影还没结束，我们就走出了电影院。— The movie hadn't even ended, and we already walked out of the cinema.

1. How does the narrator feel about the movie after half an hour?

2. What do the narrator and friend do before the movie ends?

3. What do they end up doing in the park?

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