Lin greets a new classmate before class
Practice A1 Mandarin in a short story where Lin greets a new classmate before class. Tap individual words, follow line-by-line meaning, and review vocabulary from the scene.
- Vocabulary
- Story
- Support
- Grammar
- Practice
- Review
Start with the short scene first. Tap individual words when you want the vocabulary, then use the line-by-line support to confirm the full sentence before you reread it.
Core vocabulary
hello
greeting
busy
adjective
today
time word
classmate
noun
question particle
particle
teacher
noun
name
noun
friend
noun
now
time word
conversation
noun
Core text
Line-by-line support
Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what each speaker says.
Grammar in context
These are the two patterns doing the most work in this lesson. Learn them as reusable sentence frames, not as isolated rules.
吗 for yes-no questions
Add 吗 to the end of a statement to turn it into a simple yes-no question.
A + adjective
Short adjective sentences in Mandarin often work without a separate word for “to be.”
Extension reading
Review
Story check: What is Lin trying to do in this lesson, and what detail changes the situation?
Vocabulary check: Find the first key word, the second key word, the third key word, and one more key word in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.
Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using the first key word and the second key word. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Lin.