晚上吃烤鸭
Peking duck that evening
妻子：请吃北京烤鸭！
马克：北京烤鸭很好吃。
安娜：谢谢你请我们吃饭！
马克：我们已经吃了。
HSK 2 · App lesson 2
15-25
min
6
words
Official 1.2/2 8
sections
Invite guests to eat, name a Beijing dish, and describe a meal that is complete.
New HSK Course 2, official lesson 1, part 2 of 2.
Vocabulary 01 / 06
01 
请
to treat; to invite
Model sentence
What to notice
Here it means paying for someone's meal, not just 请 as in 请进.
Try it
Pattern: 请 + person + verb (+ food).
Vocabulary 02 / 06
02 
我们
we; us
Model sentence
What to notice
The plural form of 我.
Try it
Listen for it after 请 when someone treats a group.
Vocabulary 03 / 06
03 
吃
to eat
Model sentence
What to notice
Follows 请 + person in this lesson's main pattern.
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Add 了 after 吃 when the meal is already finished.
Vocabulary 04 / 06
04 
了
completed action marker
Model sentence
What to notice
Placed after the verb to show the action is done.
Try it
Compare 请我们吃 (will treat) with 请我们吃了 (already treated).
Vocabulary 05 / 06
05 
北京
Beijing
Model sentence
What to notice
China's capital, and home of the dish in this lesson.
Try it
It often comes right before 烤鸭 as a set phrase.
Vocabulary 06 / 06
06 
烤鸭
roast duck; Peking duck
Model sentence
What to notice
A famous Beijing dish, and the heart of this lesson's story.
Try it
Say the full name 北京烤鸭 when ordering or describing it.
Vocabulary match
Connect word, pinyin, and meaning.
Pick one item from each column. When all three belong together, they lock in as a match.
Word
Pinyin
Meaning
Grammar
Two patterns hold the lesson together.
Put the guest after 请, then add 了 after the verb when the action is finished.
Grammar 01 / 02
请 + person + verb (+ object)
Treating someone with 请
Use 请 to say someone treats or invites another person to do something, often to eat. The person receiving the treat comes right after 请.
Grammar 02 / 02
verb + 了
Completed actions with 了
Add 了 after a verb to show the action is finished. In this lesson it turns 请我们吃 into 请我们吃了, so the meal already happened.
Writing drill
Type your answer.
Translate: She treated us to Peking duck.
Pattern: 请 + person + verb (+ food).
Writing drill 02 / 02
Type your answer.
Write the Chinese word for "roast duck".
A famous Beijing dish, and the heart of this lesson's story.
Reading practice
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Reading check
Did you follow the story?
Choose the best answer for each question.
Writing practice
Write a full sentence.
Write one sentence saying she treated us to Peking duck.
Review
Quick recall check.
Type your answer in Chinese or English where it fits.
Which new word means "to treat"?
Review 02 / 02
Quick recall check.
Type your answer in Chinese or English where it fits.
Which new word means "roast duck"?
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