放着
placed and still there
HSK 2
Lesson 14 · 桌子上放着水果
What you'll learn
Use existence sentences to describe what is somewhere, use compound direction complements, and use `多` for a high degree.
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Listen and Read
See fruit on the table during a visit while practicing existence sentences and direction complements.
小雨
桌子上放着水果，是谁拿出来的？
There is fruit on the table. Who took it out?
小林
是小周。他从包里拿出水果来。
It was Xiao Zhou. He took the fruit out of his bag.
小雨
那我们请他走进来吧。
Then let’s invite him to come in.
小林
好。今天能和朋友一起吃饭，多高兴啊。
Good. How happy it is to eat with friends today.
小雨
我去拿杯水给他。
I will go get him a cup of water.
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Core Words
These words support the dialogue, grammar, and practice in this lesson.
包
bag
门口
doorway; entrance
走进来
to walk in
拿出来
to take out
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Learning Note
Supplemental words can also support existence sentences, such as `门口放着一个包` and `桌子上放着两杯水`.
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Pattern: `处所 + 动词 + 着 + 人/物`
处所 + 动词 + 着 + 人/物
Use this pattern to say that a person or thing exists somewhere. In this lesson, practice short sentences like `桌子上放着...`.
桌子上放着水果。
There is fruit on the table.
桌子上放着一个包。
There is a bag placed on the table.
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Pattern: `多 + 形容词 + 啊`
多 + 形容词 + 啊
`多` before an adjective often adds an exclamatory tone and shows a high degree.
今天能和朋友一起吃饭，多高兴啊。
How happy it is to eat with friends today.
今天能一起学习，多好啊。
How nice it is to study together today.
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Pattern: `动词 + 进/出/回/过 + 来/去`
动词 + 进/出/回/过 + 来/去
A compound direction complement makes the direction clearer. With an object, you can say `拿出水果来`.
请你拿出水果来。
Please take out the fruit.
他从外边走进来了。
He walked in from outside.
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Quick Practice
Recognize the existence sentence.
Which sentence means `There is a bag on the chair.`
There is a bag on the chair.
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Quick Practice
Recognize the exclamatory use of `多`.
Which sentence means `How happy it is to eat with friends today!`
How happy it is to eat with friends today!
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Quick Practice
Recognize the compound direction complement.
Which sentence means `Please take the fruit out.`
Please take the fruit out.