Usages of

 yǒu  běn shū běn shū shì  dewǒ yǒu yì běn shū,nà běn shū shì wǒ de.
I have a book; that book is mine.
 yào  bēi shuǐ manǐ yào yì bēi shuǐ ma?
Do you want a cup of water?
  yào shuǐ yào  bēi cháwǒ bú yào shuǐ,wǒ yào yì bēi chá.
I don’t want water; I want a cup of tea.
 一共yígòng huán le liǎng běn shū, 明天míngtiān zài huán  běnTā yígòng huán le liǎng běn shū, míngtiān zài huán yì běn.
She returned two books in total; she’ll return one more tomorrow.
 刚才gāngcái gěi  huí le  fēng 邮件yóujiànwǒ gāngcái gěi tā huí le yì fēng yóujiàn.
I just replied to her email.
 mǎi le  jiàn 红色hóngsè de 衣服yīfutā mǎi le yí jiàn hóngsè de yīfu.
She bought a red piece of clothing.
 yǒu  jiàn 事情shìqíng yào 告诉gàosu wǒ yǒu yì jiàn shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ.
I have something to tell you.
我们Wǒmen 决定juédìng 明天míngtiān 一起yìqǐ 参加cānjiā  xiǎo 聚会jùhuìWǒmen juédìng míngtiān yìqǐ cānjiā yígè xiǎo jùhuì.
We decided to go to a small get-together together tomorrow.
 xiǎng mǎi  shuāng 蓝色lánsè de 鞋子xiézitā xiǎng mǎi yì shuāng lánsè de xiézi.
He wants to buy a pair of blue shoes.
 觉得juéde zǎo 睡觉shuìjiào shì   hǎo 习惯xíguànwǒ juéde zǎo shuìjiào shì yí gè hǎo xíguàn.
I think going to bed early is a good habit.
 zhù zài   xīn 公寓gōngyù , zài shí lóu, 每天měitiān dōu zuò 电梯diàntī 上去shàngqùwǒ zhù zài yí gè xīn gōngyù lǐ, zài shí lóu, měitiān dōu zuò diàntī shàngqù.
I live in a new apartment on the tenth floor and take the elevator up every day.
 de 公寓gōngyù yǒu   xiǎo 厨房chúfáng    客厅kètīng, 厨房chúfáng  yǒu   冰箱bīngxiāngwǒ de gōngyù yǒu yí gè xiǎo chúfáng hé yí gè kètīng, chúfáng lǐ yǒu yí gè bīngxiāng.
My apartment has a small kitchen and a living room, and there is a refrigerator in the kitchen.
 晚上wǎnshang   rén zǒu zài 马路mǎlù shàng 有点儿yǒudiǎnr 害怕hàipà, 但是dànshì zhè  地方dìfang hěn 安全ānquántā wǎnshang yí gè rén zǒu zài mǎlù shàng yǒudiǎnr hàipà, dànshì zhè gè dìfang hěn ānquán.
At night she feels a bit afraid walking alone on the road, but this place is very safe.
图书馆túshūguǎn běi bian yǒu   xiǎo 公园gōngyuán, nán bian shì 银行yínhángtúshūguǎn běi bian yǒu yí gè xiǎo gōngyuán, nán bian shì yínháng.
There is a small park to the north of the library, and to the south is a bank.
周末zhōumò 学校xuéxiào yǒu   xiǎo 比赛bǐsài, hěn duō 同学tóngxué dōu yào 参加cānjiāzhōumò xuéxiào yǒu yí gè xiǎo bǐsài, hěn duō tóngxué dōu yào cānjiā.
There is a small competition at school this weekend, and many classmates want to take part.
今天jīntiān 下班xiàbān 以后yǐhòu, 我们wǒmen méi 走错zǒucuò , 最后zuìhòu zài 公园gōngyuán  找到zhǎodào le   安静ānjìng de 地方dìfang zuò zài 椅子yǐzi shàngjīntiān xiàbān yǐhòu, wǒmen méi zǒucuò lù, zuìhòu zài gōngyuán lǐ zhǎodào le yí gè ānjìng de dìfang zuò zài yǐzi shàng.
After work today, we didn’t go the wrong way and finally found a quiet place in the park to sit on a chair.
公园gōngyuán 南边nánbian yǒu   安静ānjìng de 图书馆túshūguǎngōngyuán nánbian yǒu yí gè ānjìng de túshūguǎn.
To the south of the park, there is a quiet library.
 jiā yǒu  zhī māo, 常常chángcháng gēn  wántā jiā yǒu yì zhī māo, chángcháng gēn tā wán.
He has a cat at home that often plays with him.
下雨xiàyǔ de 周末zhōumò    rén zài jiā huì 觉得juéde hěn 无聊wúliáoxiàyǔ de zhōumò tā yí gè rén zài jiā huì juéde hěn wúliáo.
On rainy weekends she feels very bored when she is at home alone.
 zài 办公室bàngōngshì děng 老板lǎobǎn děng le   小时xiǎoshí lewǒ zài bàngōngshì děng lǎobǎn děng le yí gè xiǎoshí le.
I’ve been waiting for the boss in the office for an hour.
公交站gōngjiāozhàn 旁边pángbiān yǒu  jiā 超市chāoshì, hěn duō rén zài 那里nàli mǎi 饮料yǐnliàogōngjiāozhàn pángbiān yǒu yí jiā chāoshì, hěn duō rén zài nàli mǎi yǐnliào.
There’s a supermarket next to the bus stop, and many people buy drinks there.
máng le   小时xiǎoshí 以后yǐhòu,  有点儿yǒudiǎnr 饿è, xiǎng  chī 点儿diǎnr 东西dōngximáng le yí gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu, wǒ yǒudiǎnr è, xiǎng qù chī diǎnr dōngxi.
After being busy for an hour, I felt a bit hungry and wanted to eat something.
今天jīntiān 办公室bàngōngshì  méi yǒu 别人biérén,    rén 安静ānjìng de  作业zuòyè dōu 做完zuòwán lejīntiān bàngōngshì lǐ méi yǒu biérén, wǒ yí gè rén ānjìng de bǎ zuòyè dōu zuòwán le.
There was no one else in the office today; I quietly finished all the homework by myself.
父母fùmǔ zài 公园gōngyuán 散步sànbù le   小时xiǎoshí, 觉得juéde 身体shēntǐ hěn 舒服shūfufùmǔ zài gōngyuán sànbù le yí gè xiǎoshí, juéde shēntǐ hěn shūfu.
My parents walked in the park for an hour and felt very comfortable physically.
 shì   hěn 努力nǔlì de 学生xuéshēngtā shì yí gè hěn nǔlì de xuéshēng.
He is a very hardworking student.
 duì 中国zhōngguó 文化wénhuà hěn yǒu 兴趣xìngqù, 所以suǒyǐ  de 计划jìhuà shì 每天měitiān huā   小时xiǎoshí 提高tígāo 自己zìjǐ de 中文zhōngwén 水平shuǐpíngtā duì zhōngguó wénhuà hěn yǒu xìngqù, suǒyǐ tā de jìhuà shì měitiān huā yí gè xiǎoshí tígāo zìjǐ de zhōngwén shuǐpíng.
She is very interested in Chinese culture, so her plan is to spend an hour every day improving her Chinese level.
shēng de 时候shíhou, 父母fùmǔ sòng gěi   jiàn xiǎo 礼物lǐwù, 虽然suīrán  guì, 但是dànshì  hěn 高兴gāoxìngshēngrì de shíhou, fùmǔ sòng gěi tā yí jiàn xiǎo lǐwù, suīrán bù guì, dànshì tā hěn gāoxìng.
On her birthday, her parents gave her a small gift; although it wasn’t expensive, she was very happy.
周末zhōumò  xiǎng sòng gěi 妈妈māma  jiàn 礼物lǐwùzhōumò wǒ xiǎng sòng gěi māma yí jiàn lǐwù.
On the weekend I want to give my mom a gift.
zhè kuài 蛋糕dàngāo 看起来kànqǐlái hěn tián,   rén chī de wán mazhè kuài dàngāo kànqǐlái hěn tián, nǐ yígè rén chī de wán ma?
This piece of cake looks very sweet; can you finish it by yourself?
  rén chī  wán zhè kuài 蛋糕dàngāo,  gēn  一起yìqǐ chī bawǒ yígè rén chī bù wán zhè kuài dàngāo, nǐ gēn wǒ yìqǐ chī ba.
I can’t finish this piece of cake by myself; eat it together with me.
jīntiān  穿chuān le tiáo 蓝色lánsè de 裙子qúnzi, 看起来kànqǐlái hěn 漂亮piàoliangjīntiān tā chuān le yìtiáo lánsè de qúnzi, kànqǐlái hěn piàoliang.
Today she is wearing a blue skirt; she looks very pretty.
 mǎi le shuāng xīn 运动鞋yùndòngxié, shuō zài 公园gōngyuán 跑步pǎobù de 时候shíhou  穿chuān 平时píngshí de 鞋子xiézi 舒服shūfu duōtā mǎi le yìshuāng xīn yùndòngxié, shuō zài gōngyuán pǎobù de shíhou bǐ chuān píngshí de xiézi shūfu duō.
She bought a pair of new sneakers, saying that running in the park in them is much more comfortable than wearing her usual shoes.
 专门zhuānmén  书店shūdiàn gěi 妈妈māma mǎi  běn shūtā zhuānmén qù shūdiàn gěi māma mǎi yì běn shū.
She is going especially to the bookstore to buy a book for her mom.
下个xìage 星期xīngqī  打算dǎsuàn  tīng   音乐会yīnyuèhuìxìage xīngqī tā dǎsuàn qù tīng yí gè yīnyuèhuì.
Next week she plans to go to a concert.
 专门zhuānmén zuò le   网站wǎngzhàn, yòng lái fàng 自己zìjǐ de huà  照片zhàopiàntā zhuānmén zuò le yí gè wǎngzhàn, yòng lái fàng zìjǐ de huà hé zhàopiàn.
She specially made a website to put her paintings and photos on.
楼下lóuxià de 咖啡馆kāfēiguǎn rén tài duō, 我们wǒmen jiù  楼上lóushàng zhǎo   地方dìfang zuòxiàlóuxià de kāfēiguǎn rén tài duō, wǒmen jiù qù lóushàng zhǎo yí gè dìfang zuòxià.
There are too many people in the café downstairs, so we go upstairs to find a place to sit.
我们wǒmen de 邻居línjū zhù zài  jiā 对面duìmiàn, shì  wèi hěn 热情rèqíng de 阿姨āyíwǒmen de línjū zhù zài wǒ jiā duìmiàn, shì yí wèi hěn rèqíng de āyí.
Our neighbor lives across from my home; she is a very warm auntie.
 奶奶nǎinai shuō,  年轻niánqīng de 时候shíhou 交通jiāotōng  发达fādá,    市中心shìzhōngxīn 或许huòxǔ yào  tiānwǒ nǎinai shuō, tā niánqīng de shíhou jiāotōng bù fādá, qù yí cì shìzhōngxīn huòxǔ yào yì tiān.
My grandma says that when she was young, transportation wasn’t developed, and going downtown once might take a whole day.
  年轻niánqīng de 画家huàjiā 第一次dìyīcì kāi 展览zhǎnlǎn de 时候shíhou yòu 兴奋xīngfèn yòu 紧张jǐnzhāng, 竟然jìngrán  晚上wǎnshang dōu méi shuìnà gè niánqīng de huàjiā dìyīcì kāi zhǎnlǎn de shíhou yòu xīngfèn yòu jǐnzhāng, jìngrán yí wǎnshang dōu méi shuì.
That young painter was both excited and nervous at her first exhibition and unexpectedly didn’t sleep the whole night.
咖啡馆kāfēiguǎn 对面duìmiàn yǒu  jiā 书店shūdiàn,  常常chángcháng 下班xiàbān 以后yǐhòu  那里nàli 看书kànshūkāfēiguǎn duìmiàn yǒu yì jiā shūdiàn, wǒ chángcháng xiàbān yǐhòu qù nàli kànshū.
There is a bookstore across from the café; I often go there to read after work.
周末zhōumò 我们wǒmen xiǎng  郊区jiāoqū 参观cānguān   xiǎo 博物馆bówùguǎnzhōumò wǒmen xiǎng qù jiāoqū cānguān yí gè xiǎo bówùguǎn.
On the weekend we want to go to the suburbs to visit a small museum.
教学楼jiàoxuélóu 旁边pángbiān yǒu   安静ānjìng de 地方dìfang, 校园xiàoyuán  de 学生xuéshēng 喜欢xǐhuan  那儿nàr 休息xiūxijiàoxuélóu pángbiān yǒu yì gè ānjìng de dìfang, xiàoyuán lǐ de xuéshēng xǐhuan qù nàr xiūxi.
Next to the classroom building there is a quiet place; students on campus like to go there to rest.
Zài 校园xiàoyuán ,  喜欢xǐhuan zhǎo   安静ānjìng de 地方dìfang 专心zhuānxīn 看书kànshūZài xiàoyuán lǐ, wǒ xǐhuan zhǎo yì gè ānjìng de dìfang zhuānxīn kànshū.
On campus I like to look for a quiet place to concentrate on reading.
老师Lǎoshī ràng 我们wǒmen xiě  piān 介绍jièshào 自己zìjǐ 理想lǐxiǎng de 作文zuòwénLǎoshī ràng wǒmen xiě yì piān jièshào zìjǐ lǐxiǎng de zuòwén.
The teacher asked us to write a composition introducing our own ideals.
 jiā de 经济jīngjì  tài hǎo, 学费xuéfèi duì 他们tāmen 来说láishuō shì    问题wèntíTā jiā de jīngjì bú tài hǎo, xuéfèi duì tāmen láishuō shì yì gè dà wèntí.
His family’s finances aren’t very good; tuition is a big problem for them.
 yǒu    同学tóngxué,     sān suìWǒ yǒu yì gè nǚ tóngxué, tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
I have a female classmate who is three years older than me.
Zài 外国wàiguó 留学liúxué  nián de 学费xuéfèi  zài zhè  城市chéngshì shàng 大学dàxué guì 很多hěn duōZài wàiguó liúxué yí nián de xuéfèi bǐ zài zhè gè chéngshì shàng dàxué guì hěn duō.
A year of tuition for studying abroad is much more expensive than going to university in this city.
虽然Suīrán  xiān 申请shēnqǐng 失败shībài le, 但是dànshì 后来hòulái yòu 申请shēnqǐng le  , 终 zhōngyú 成功chénggōng leSuīrán tā xiān shēnqǐng shībài le, dànshì hòulái yòu shēnqǐng le yì cì, zhōngyú chénggōng le.
Although her first application failed, later she applied again and finally succeeded.
空气kōngqì 污染wūrǎn 这么zhème 严重yánzhòng,   原因yuányīn shì 塑料sùliào 垃圾lājī tài duōkōngqì wūrǎn zhème yánzhòng, yì gè yuányīn shì sùliào lājī tài duō.
For air pollution to be this serious, one reason is that there is too much plastic trash.
  食堂shítáng 吃饭chīfàn de 时候shíhou, 顺便shùnbiàn bāng 室友shìyǒu dài le  bēi 咖啡kāfēiwǒ qù shítáng chīfàn de shíhou, shùnbiàn bāng shìyǒu dài le yì bēi kāfēi.
When I went to the cafeteria to eat, I also brought a cup of coffee for my roommate.
学校xuéxiào yǒu   活动huódòng, ràng 学生xuéshēng 学习xuéxí 怎么zěnme 减少jiǎnshǎo 垃圾lājīxuéxiào yǒu yì cì huódòng, ràng xuéshēng xuéxí zěnme jiǎnshǎo lājī.
The school has an activity that lets students learn how to reduce trash.
  公园gōngyuán 散步sànbù de 时候shíhou, 顺便shùnbiàn mǎi  bēi 咖啡kāfēiwǒ qù gōngyuán sànbù de shíhou, shùnbiàn mǎi yì bēi kāfēi.
When I go to the park for a walk, I also buy a cup of coffee while I’m at it.
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