New words and language points
New words
衣服 yīfu clothes. 买衣服 to buy clothes.
the measure word for 衣服 is 件 jiàn，一件衣服、两件衣服
漂亮 piàoliang beautiful, pretty
啊 a a modal particle at the end of a sentence indicating confirmation
少 shǎo little, few.
不少 bùshǎo quite a few, many, something like 多, for example 不少东西。
这些 zhèxiē these
都 dōu all or both .
It should be placed before the verb. For example: 我们都是学生。
Language points
the modal particle 啊 a
啊 is often used at the end of a declarative sentence to set a mood. But its pronunciation varies with the finals of the word before it.
The detailed rules are in the following form
| The final of the syllable before it | the pronunciation of 啊 |
| a e i o ü | a——ia |
| u ao ou | a——ua |
| -n | a——na |
| -ng | a——nga |
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