HSK 1 · Lesson 11你怎么去？ How will you get there?
Transport: 坐/开, 怎么 “how”, 从…到… “from … to …”, 远 “far”.
Speed:Male voice:
Dialogues
To the airport
A
明天你怎么去机场？
Míngtiān nǐ zěnme qù jīchǎng?
How are you getting to the airport tomorrow?
B
我打车去。
Wǒ dǎchē qù.
By taxi.
A
从你家到机场远吗？
Cóng nǐ jiā dào jīchǎng yuǎn ma?
Is it far from your home to the airport?
B
很远，开车要一个小时。
Hěn yuǎn, kāichē yào yí ge xiǎoshí.
Very far — an hour by car.
A
你坐飞机去哪儿？
Nǐ zuò fēijī qù nǎr?
Where are you flying to?
B
去北京。我的朋友在那儿。
Qù Běijīng. Wǒ de péngyou zài nàr.
To Beijing. My friend is there.
New words
- 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
- 来láito come; used as a substitute for a more specific verb
- 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- 开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc)
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
- 走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 飞机fēijīairplane
- 汽车qìchēcar; automobile; bus
- 车站chēzhànrail station; bus stop
- 机场jīchǎngairport; airfield
- 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
- 从cóngfrom; through; via
- 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to
- 怎么zěnmehow?; what?; why?
- 路lùroad (CL:條); journey; route
- 北京BěijīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京)
- 朋友péngyoufriend
- 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
- 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)
- 上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty; to start work
- 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around
Grammar
1. How you travel: 坐 / 开 + vehicle + 去
Subject + 坐/开 + vehicle + 去 + place
坐 “sit, ride as a passenger”: 坐火车, 坐飞机. 开 “drive”: 开车. On foot — 走路去. The manner always comes before the motion verb: 我坐飞机去北京.
我坐火车去学校。
Wǒ zuò huǒchē qù xuéxiào.
I go to school by train.
他走路来。
Tā zǒulù lái.
He is coming on foot.
2. 怎么 — “how”
怎么 + verb asks about manner: 你怎么去？ “how will you go?”, 这个字怎么写？ “how is this character written?”.
去车站怎么走？
Qù chēzhàn zěnme zǒu?
How do I get to the station?
3. 从…到… — “from … to …”
Works for both place and time: 从家到学校 “from home to school”, 从八点到十点 “from eight to ten”.
我从九点到十二点上课。
Wǒ cóng jiǔ diǎn dào shí’èr diǎn shàngkè.
I have class from nine to twelve.
Exercises
1. 坐 or 开?
- 我___飞机去北京。
Answer
坐 - 爸爸___车去上班。
Answer
开
2. Translate
- How do you go home?
Answer
你怎么回家？ - It isn’t far from school to the station.
Answer
从学校到车站不远。 - I walk to school.
Answer
我走路去学校。
💡 Did you know?: High-speed trains
China’s high-speed trains, 高铁 gāotiě, run at up to 350 km/h; Beijing to Shanghai takes about 4.5 hours. Tickets are bought with your passport, usually on the phone.
Phrase audio — Microsoft speech synthesis (voices Xiaoxiao, Yunyang, Yunxi); syllables and some words — native recordings (audio-cmn, CC BY-SA).