Practice how to talk about check-in times, opening hours, and more
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| Do you know how to talk about policies at a hotel in Chinese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Chinese Practice by ChineseClass101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice how to talk about check-in times, opening hours, and more. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| 入住下午3点开始。(Rùzhù xiàwǔ sān diǎn kāishǐ.) |
| "Check-in starts at 3 p.m." |
| 我们还有三十分钟。这是酒店的大堂。你想要一点咖啡吗？(Wǒmen hái yǒu sānshí fēnzhōng. Zhè shì jiǔdiàn de dàtáng. Nǐ xiǎng yào yīdiǎn kāfēi ma?) |
| "We still have 30 minutes. This is the hotel lobby. Do you want some coffee?" |
| In this dialogue, we learned a very useful pattern for talking about when something begins. |
| This sentence follows the pattern: Noun + (从) + [starting time] + 开始, meaning "something starts at [time]." |
| The verb 开始 (kāishǐ) means "to start," and 从 (cóng), meaning "from," is optional in simple statements. |
| For example: |
| 入住下午3点开始 (Rùzhù xiàwǔ sān diǎn kāishǐ) — "Check-in starts at 3 p.m." |
| To talk about how long something lasts, you can use: |
| 从 + [starting time] + 到 + [ending time], meaning "from [start] to [end]." |
| Here, 到 (dào) means "to" or "until." |
| This is a handy pattern for talking about hours, schedules, or event times. |
| Let's practice talking about time and schedules in this episode! |
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