我饿了 I am Hungry in Chinese

下课xiàkè以后yǐhòu，我wǒ很hěn饿è，也yě很hěn渴kě，就jiù给gěi同学tóngxué打电话dǎ diànhuà。

After class, I was hungry and thirsty, so I called a classmate.

我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ饿è了le，你nǐ想xiǎng不想bùxiǎng一起yìqǐ去qù吃饭chīfàn？”

I said: "I'm hungry — do you want to get food together?"

他tā说shuō：“好hǎo啊a，我wǒ也yě很hěn饿è，我们wǒmen去qù那nà家jiā饭馆fànguǎn吧ba。”

He said: "Sure, I'm hungry too — let's go to that restaurant."

我们wǒmen走zǒu到dào饭馆fànguǎn，看kàn了le菜单càidān，点diǎn了le米饭mǐfàn和hé一个yí ge菜cài。

We walked to the restaurant, looked at the menu, and ordered rice and a dish.

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，服务员fúwùyuán把bǎ菜cài送来sònglai了le，我们wǒmen就jiù开始kāishǐ吃chī。

After a while, the clerk brought the dish over, and we started eating.

我wǒ一边yìbiān吃chī一边yìbiān说shuō：“太tài好吃hǎochī了le，我wǒ终于zhōngyú不bú饿è了le。”

While eating, I said: "This is so good — I'm finally not hungry anymore."

吃chī完wán饭fàn，我wǒ还hái有点儿yǒudiǎnr渴kě，就jiù又yòu要yào了le一杯yì bēi水shuǐ。

After finishing the meal, I was still a bit thirsty, so I ordered another glass of water.

🔊 Audio uses your device's Chinese voice for now — teacher recordings are coming. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Key words 生词

饿èhungry

渴kěthirsty

打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a phone call

一边yìbiānwhile (doing two things at once)

菜单càidānmenu

好吃hǎochītasty; delicious

我饿了 / 我渴了 (I'm hungry / thirsty)

Adjective + 了 marks a new state — 饿了 means 'have become hungry' and 渴了 means 'have become thirsty.'

我饿了，你渴不渴？— I'm hungry, are you thirsty?

想不想 (do you want to...?)

Repeating a verb as V+不+V makes a yes/no question, just like 是不是 or 去不去 — 想不想 asks 'do you want to or not.'

你想不想一起去吃饭？— Do you want to get food together?

一边...一边... (while doing X, also doing Y)

一边 + verb1 + 一边 + verb2 describes two actions happening at the same time.

我一边吃一边说话。— I talked while eating.

1. Why did the narrator call a classmate after class?

2. What did the narrator say while eating?

3. What did the narrator do after finishing the meal?

After this reading

I'm Fei, and I teach Mandarin one-on-one on Preply. Bring this text to a trial lesson — we'll fix your tones and turn it into a real conversation.