HSK 1 ≈ CEFR A1 92 characters 10 sentences

Going Shopping (买东西)

One red shirt, one price question, one small negotiation.

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买东西

星期六xīngqīliù上午shàngwǔ,我wǒ和hé妈妈māma去qù商店shāngdiàn。
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
我wǒ想xiǎng买mǎi一件yíjiàn衣服yīfu。
I wanted to buy a piece of clothing.
商店shāngdiàn里lǐ的de / dì衣服yīfu很多hěnduō,很hěn漂亮piàoliang。
There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.
我wǒ看见kànjiàn一件yíjiàn红色hóngsè的de / dì衣服yīfu。
I saw a red one.
我wǒ问wèn:“这件zhèijiàn衣服yīfu多少duōshao钱qián?”
I asked, "How much is this?"
她tā说shuō:“三百sānbǎi块kuài。”
She said, "Three hundred yuan."
我wǒ说shuō:“太tài贵guì了le / liǎo / liào。”
I said, "That's too expensive."
妈妈māma说shuō:“便宜piányi一点yīdiǎn儿ér,可以kěyǐ吗ma?”
Mum said, "A bit cheaper, could you?"
最后zuìhòu我们wǒmen买了mǎile这件zhèijiàn衣服yīfu,二百èrbǎi块kuài。
In the end we bought it for two hundred yuan.
我wǒ很hěn喜欢xǐhuan我wǒ的de(possessive)新xīn衣服yīfu。
I really like my new clothes.

Words to notice

Store (shop)
Clothes
Lump (piece - measure word for things in chunks and sheets and slices)
Too (very - highest - great)
Expensive (honorable)
Cheap (inexpensive)
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