Chinese vocabulary

图书馆

túshūguǎn

library

In a sentence

我明天要去图书馆。

Wǒ míngtiān yào qù túshūguǎn.

I am going to the library tomorrow.

明天 gives the plan a future time.

State a plan with 要

图书馆里很安静。

Túshūguǎn lǐ hěn ānjìng.

It is quiet in the library.

The book by the window

Grammar & reading

State a plan with 要

Say what you plan or intend to do.

The book by the window

A reader looks for a missing book in the library. Practise describing where things are.

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