HSK 1 ≈ CEFR A1 99 characters 10 sentences

Going to School （去学校）

A bus, a bicycle, and a decision made by the weather.

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去学校

我wǒ家jiā离lí学校xuéxiào不远bùyuǎn。
My home isn't far from school.
坐zuò车chē要yāo二十èrshí分钟fēnzhōng。
It takes twenty minutes by bus.
天气tiānqì好的hǎode时候shíhou，我wǒ不bù坐zuò车chē。
When the weather's nice, I don't take the bus.
我wǒ骑qí车chē去qù学校xuéxiào，要yāo三十sānshí分钟fēnzhōng。
I cycle to school; it takes thirty minutes.
路上lùshang我wǒ能néng看见kànjiàn很多hěnduō人rén和hé很多hěnduō商店shāngdiàn。
On the way I can see lots of people and lots of shops.
下雨xiàyǔ的de / dì时候shíhou，爸爸bàba开车kāichē送sòng我wǒ。
When it rains, dad drives me.
那时nàshí候hòu只要zhǐyào十分shífēn钟zhōng。
Then it only takes ten minutes.
今天jīntiān下雨xiàyǔ了le / liǎo / liào，可是kěshì爸爸bàba不在bùzài家jiā。
It rained today, but dad wasn't home.
我wǒ坐zuò车chē去qù，车chē上shàng人rén很多hěnduō。
I took the bus, and it was crowded.
我wǒ八bā点diǎn到dào学校xuéxiào，没有méiyǒu迟到chídào。
I got to school at eight and wasn't late.

Words to notice

学校xuéxiào
School
出租车chūzūchē
Taxi
车chē
Car (bus - vehicle - wheel - machine)
分钟fēnzhōng
Minute
远yuǎn
Far (distant - remote)
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