小刚终于回来了，还买回来很多东西。他给爷爷买了一瓶红酒，给奶奶买了一条丝巾。明天他和小丽一起送过去。小丽问小刚给她买了什么，小丽让小刚快点儿拿出来，小刚说他自己就是最好的礼物。

Usage of 终于

Meaning:

• finally / at last

Context:

• Use 终于 when someone has been waiting for something or someone, and now it happens. It often appears before a verb.

Examples:

• 小刚终于回来了。
• Xiao Gang finally came back.
• 雨终于停了，我们可以出去了。
• The rain finally stopped. We can go out.
• 她终于学会写这个汉字了。
• She finally learned how to write this Chinese character.

Usage of 一起

Meaning:

• together

Context:

• Used to say that two or more people do something together. Put 一起 before the verb. The subject must be more than one person, or you can say “A和B一起做某事”.

Examples:

• 明天他和小丽一起送过去。
• Tomorrow he and Xiaoli will together take (the gifts) over.
• 我们一起去公园吧。
• Let’s go to the park together.
• 我和朋友一起吃午饭。
• I have lunch together with my friend.

Pinyin

xiǎo gāng zhōng yú huí lái le , hái mǎi huí lái hěn duō dōng xī . tā gěi yé ye mǎi le yī píng hóng jiǔ , gěi nǎi nǎi mǎi le yī tiáo sī jīn . míng tiān tā hé xiǎo lì yì qǐ sòng guò qù . xiǎo lì wèn xiǎo gāng gěi tā mǎi le shén me , xiǎo lì ràng xiǎo gāng kuài diǎn ér ná chū lái , xiǎo gāng shuō tā zì jǐ jiù shì zuì hǎo de lǐ wù .

Translation

Xiaogang finally came back and bought a lot of things. He bought a bottle of red wine for Grandpa and a silk scarf for Grandma. Tomorrow he sends it with Xiao Li. Xiao Li asks Xiao Gang what he bought for her, Xiao Li tells Xiao Gang to hurry up and bring it out, Xiao Gang says he himself is the best gift.