HSK 2 • Lesson 9她出去了
HSK 2 • 入门篇(下册)Lesson 9 / 15

她出去了

Tā chūqu le
She Went Out
Pattern 1

动词 + 来 / 去

Dòngcí + lái / qù
Meaning:Verb + 来 (towards speaker) / 去 (away from speaker)

Shows the direction of an action: '来' for movement toward the speaker, '去' for movement away from the speaker.

Pattern 2

动词 + 处所宾语 + 来 / 去

Dòngcí + chùsuǒ bīnyǔ + lái / qù
Meaning:Verb + Place Object + 来 / 去 (Place noun must precede 来/去)

When the object is a place word (家, 屋, 楼, 书店), it must come before '来/去': 进屋来, 上楼去, 回家去.

Pattern 3

要是……,就……

Yàoshi..., jiù...
Meaning:If..., then...

Condition and consequence: '要是' states the hypothesis, and '就' before the predicate of the second clause gives the judgment or suggestion.

Pattern 4

主语 + 请 / 叫 / 让 + 兼语 + 动词短语

Zhǔyǔ + qǐng / jiào / ràng + jiānyǔ + dòngcí duǎnyǔ
Meaning:Pivotal sentence: Subject + ask/let/have + Person + to do something

The object of the first verb (请/叫/让) is also the subject of the second action: 老师让我们预习 (The teacher had us prepare the lesson).

Pattern 5

真抱歉,让你久等了

Zhēn bàoqiàn, ràng nǐ jiǔ děng le
Meaning:I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

The standard polite phrase when you're late or have kept someone waiting.

Pattern 6

……,是吗? / 是不是?

..., shì ma? / shì bu shì?
Meaning:..., right? / isn't it?

Used at the end of a sentence to check a guess you're not completely sure of.