How beautiful! 多么 and exclamations
HSK 3 Unit 5: Interests and feelings · Lesson 3 of 5 · About 18 minutes
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Your mission: By the end of this lesson, you can react to beautiful or moving things with 多么 and 多…啊, and describe scenery and feelings.
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Warm-up: do you remember?
Two quick questions from earlier lessons. Recalling before you learn makes the new material stick.
Meaning
What does 仔细 mean?
That is 改变 (gǎibiàn).
That is 又 (yòu).
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Answer: A, careful, thorough.
仔细 (zǐxì) means careful, thorough.
Characters
Which word means “loudly”?
刚才 (gāngcái) means a moment ago.
好像 (hǎoxiàng) means to seem, as if.
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Answer: B, 大声.
“loudly” is 大声 (dàshēng).
Listening
From an earlier unit. Listen. What does the word mean?
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西红柿 xīhóngshì
That would be 肉 (ròu).
That would be 检查 (jiǎnchá).
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Answer: C, tomato.
You heard 西红柿 (xīhóngshì): tomato.
New words
多么 + adjective + 啊
多么 (duōme) + adjective + 啊 is an exclamation: how beautiful! In speech, 多 alone is common. 啊 (a) at the end adds feeling.
这儿的风景多么美啊！
Zhèr de fēngjǐng duōme měi a!
How beautiful the view is here!
今天多冷啊！
Jīntiān duō lěng a!
It's so cold today!
Not:
风景多么很美啊！But: 风景多么美啊！ Fēngjǐng duōme měi a!
No 很 after 多么.
激动 (jīdòng) is excited; 感动 (gǎndòng) is moved, touched.
我看了这个电影，很感动。
Wǒ kàn le zhège diànyǐng, hěn gǎndòng.
I watched this film and was very moved.
Characters
Open a character to see how it is written, stroke by stroke, with its meanings and words.
On the Yellow Mountains
Anna and Mark reach the top of Huangshan at sunrise.
Listen first
Play the whole conversation and answer the questions before you open the transcript.
Helpful words: 黄山 Huángshān Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains)
Listening
Listen first. Where are Anna and Mark?
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Answer: C, on a mountain.
黄山: the Yellow Mountains.
Listening
How long did they climb?
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Answer: B, five hours.
我们爬了五个小时.
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安娜
你看，这儿的风景多么美啊！
Look, how beautiful the view is!
马克
是啊！我第一次看见这么美的山。
Yes! It's the first time I've seen such beautiful mountains.
安娜
我们爬了五个小时，太累了。可是我很激动！
We climbed for five hours, I'm exhausted. But I'm so excited!
马克
我也是。看见这样的风景，我很感动。
Me too. Seeing a view like this, I feel really moved.
安娜
我们一起拍张照片吧！
Let's take a photo together!
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你看，这儿的风景多么美啊！
Nǐ kàn, zhèr de fēngjǐng duōme měi a!
Look, how beautiful the view is!
是啊！我第一次看见这么美的山。
Shì a! Wǒ dì yī cì kànjiàn zhème měi de shān.
Yes! It's the first time I've seen such beautiful mountains.
我也是。看见这样的风景，我很感动。
Wǒ yě shì. Kànjiàn zhèyàng de fēngjǐng, wǒ hěn gǎndòng.
Me too. Seeing a view like this, I feel really moved.
Practice
Meaning
What does 多么 mean?
That is 上海 (Shànghǎi).
That is 喜欢 (xǐhuan).
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Answer: B, how (in exclamations).
多么 (duōme) means how (in exclamations).
Characters
Which word means “(adds feeling to the end of a sentence)”?
肉 (ròu) means meat.
刚 (gāng) means just (now).
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Answer: C, 啊.
“(adds feeling to the end of a sentence)” is 啊 (a).
Word order
Put the words in order: Let's take a photo together!
- 拍
- 我们
- 一起
- 张
- 照片
- 吧
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我们一起拍张照片吧 Wǒmen yìqǐ pāi zhāng zhàopiàn ba!
Let's take a photo together!
我们一起拍张照片吧！ The sentence comes from this lesson's text.
Listening
Listen. What does the word mean?
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风景 fēngjǐng
That would be 教 (jiāo).
That would be 球 (qiú).
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Answer: A, scenery, view.
You heard 风景 (fēngjǐng): scenery, view.
Pinyin
Type the pinyin of 激动 (excited, thrilled). Tone marks or tone numbers are welcome.
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Answer: jīdòng
激动 is jīdòng in pinyin.
Grammar
Which sentence is right?
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Answer: A, 风景多么美啊！.
风景多么美啊！ 多么 + adjective, no 很.
Fill the gap
Complete: It's so hot today!
今天＿＿热啊！
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Answer: A, 多.
今天多热啊: it's so hot today!
In context
A film made you cry. How do you describe yourself?
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Answer: B, 我很感动。.
我很感动。: 感动: moved, touched.
Your turn
Type the Chinese for How beautiful! (with 多么 and 啊)
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Answer: 多么美啊
多么美啊: how beautiful!
React!
Look at five photos on your phone and react to each one out loud with an exclamation.
- Use 多么…啊 for something beautiful.
- Use 多…啊 for weather or food.
- Say how it made you feel: 激动 or 感动.
Sentence frames
＿＿多么＿＿啊！
＿＿ duōme ＿＿ a!
How ... ... is!
Record your attempt (three and a half minutes at most) and listen back:
Review and finish
Can you do this? If a line feels shaky, go back to that part before you move on.
- I make exclamations with 多么 or 多 + adjective + 啊.
- I can say excited and moved.
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