Beginner Grammar Clinic HSK 1-2 必須 10 語

Modals and Requests

Use 要, 想, 可以, 能, 会, and 一下 without flattening every “can.”

目標

Learners can make wants, permissions, abilities, and soft requests distinct.

Make three new sentences with this module’s grammar pattern and support words.

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

我想问一下。

Wǒ xiǎng wèn yíxià.

I would like to ask briefly.

这里可以坐吗？

Zhèlǐ kěyǐ zuò ma?

May I sit here?

Make practical requests, wants, and permission sentences with three starter modal verbs.

我要一杯水。

I want a cup of water.

Use 要 to say you want or need something.

我想喝茶。

I want to drink tea.

Use 想 before a verb to say what you want to do.

这里可以坐吗？

May I sit here?

可以 asks whether something is allowed.

今天我不能去。

Today I cannot go.

能 can depend on circumstances.

要

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意味

to want; to need; to ask for will; shall; about to