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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Finding the Cause

Walk over to Auntie Zhang's with Missus Wang to find the cause: ask whether she sprayed this year, hear once in April, check that the fifty jin were hers, tell her that her tea got mixed in, and say that now you know the reason.

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THE STORY

The yard of Auntie Zhang's house, two doors down the lane in Longjing village, Missus Wang and Owen at her gate in the late afternoon.

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张 阿姨， 在 家 吗？zhāng āyí, zài jiā maAuntie Zhang, are you home?
在， 进 来 坐 吧。zài, jìn lái zuò baI am. Come in and sit.
打 过 药 吗？dǎ guo yào mahave you sprayed, word for word hit medicine, with the experience word
张 阿姨， 您 打 过 药 吗？zhāng āyí, nín dǎ guo yào maAuntie Zhang, have you sprayed? Politely.
四月 的 时候。sìyuè de shíhouat the time of April, in April
打 过 一 次， 四月 的 时候。dǎ guo yí cì, sìyuè de shíhouOnce, in April.
那 五十 斤 是 你 家 的 吧？nà wǔshí jīn shì nǐ jiā de baThose fifty jin were from your house, right?
是 我 家 的。 怎么 了？shì wǒ jiā de. zěnme leThey were. What's wrong?
混 进 去 了。hùn jìn qù legot mixed in, word for word mix enter go
您 的 茶 混 进 去 了。nín de chá hùn jìn qù leYour tea got mixed in. Politely.

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