【HSK Standard Course 1 三、我会说汉语 I can speak Chinese】 五、我女儿今年二十岁
《在学校》
A：你家有几口³人？^➊
B：我家有三口³人。^➋
A：你女儿几岁了？^➌
B：她今年四岁了。

《在办公室》
A：李^★老师多大了？
B：她今年50岁了。
A：她女儿呢？
B：她女儿今年20岁。

六、我会说汉语
《在学校》
A：你会说汉语吗？^➍
B：我会说汉语。
A：你妈妈会说汉语吗？
B：她不会说。

《在厨房⁴》
A：中国菜好吃²吗？^➎
B：中国菜很好吃²。
A：你会做中国菜吗？
B：我不会做。

《在图书馆³》
A：你会写汉字^★吗？
B：我会写。
A：这个字怎么写？^➏
B：对不起， 这个字我会读，不会写。

生词 New Words：
口 kǒu : used for people and some animals ★ mouth
李 Lǐ : surname Li.
厨房 chúfáng : kitchen
好吃 hǎochī : tasty; delicious.
图书馆 túshūguǎn : library
汉字 Hànzì : Chinese character.

语法要点 Grammar Points:
➊你家有几口人？
(1) Location + 有 . It is like "there to be... in a location" in English.
    中国有十三亿人 Zhōngguó yǒu shísān yì rén. - There are 1.3 billion people in China.
    一年有12个月 Yī nián yǒu shí'èr gè yuè. - There are 12 months in a year.
(2)Owner + 有 . It is like "someone have/has ..." in English.
    我有一个弟弟 Wǒ yǒu yī gè dìdi.- I have a younger brother.

➋我家有三口人。
口(kǒu): [classifier] (1) for things with mouths (people, cannons, wells etc) before noun; (2) for bites or mouthfuls after verb .
    你家有几口人？ Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? - How many people are there in your family?
    院子里有一口井。 Yuànzi li yǒu yīkǒu jǐng. - There is a well in the yard.
    我咬了一口苹果。 Wǒ yǎole yīkǒu píngguǒ. - I took a bite of an apple.

➌你女儿几岁了？
几岁/多大 ask age. "How old...". For babies or kids, use "几岁" to ask age; otherwises use 多大.
    他几岁？他一岁。 Tā jǐ suì? Tā yī suì. - How old is he? He is one year old.
    你多大？我十七。 Nǐ duōdà? Wǒ shíqī. - How old are you? I am seventeen.

➍你会说汉语吗？
会 + Verb + Obj: (1) has ability to do something; (2) express the possibility of an action happening in the future .
(1) As an auxiliary word 会 can be used to express an ability that has been LEARNED. It could be cooking, language, driving etc.
    我会说中文 Wǒ huì shuō zhōngwén. - I can speak Chinese.
    你会开车吗？ Nǐ huì kāichē ma? - Can you drive a car?
(2) express the possibility of an action happening in the future
    明天会下雨吗？ Míngtiān huì xiàyǔ ma? - Will it rain tomorrow?
    我明天会打电话给你 Wǒ míngtiān huì dǎ diànhuà gěi nǐ. - I will call you tomorrow.

➎中国菜好吃吗？
Adjective as predicate. Adjective can serve as predicate. No verb is needed. But 很 is often used before adjective to modify it. In English, you don't need to translate it as "very".
    他很高 （Not 他高) Tā hěn gāo. - He is tall.
    爷爷身体不好 Yéye shēntǐ bù hǎo. - Grandpa is not in good health.

➏这个字怎么写？
个 gè. The most common measure word used with nouns.
    十个百 shí gè bǎi - ten hundreds
    一个学生 yīgè xuéshēng - one student