课/課 kè — class, lesson

Meanings

1. 1

   class, lesson

   A class or lesson. The two verbs it lives with are 上课 "to have class, to attend a lesson" and 下课 "for class to end"; a single period is counted with 节.

   noun

Example sentences

• 今天没有课。/今天沒有課。Jīntiān (first tone, high and level) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) kè. (fourth tone, falling)···

  There are no classes today.

• 上课的时候不能说话。/上課的時候不能說話。Shàng (fourth tone, falling) kè (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) shíhou (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) shuōhuà. (first tone, high and level)···

  You mustn’t talk during class.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我去课。

  Correct我去上课。

  课 is a noun, not a place you go to. Attending a lesson is 上课, so the sentence needs that verb.

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