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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Seventy-Five

Plan a seventy-fifth birthday with Missus Wang and Lan: hear that Missus Lin's big birthday is in January, ask the date, suggest a banquet, settle how many tables, and agree to keep it a surprise.

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THE STORY

Missus Wang's kitchen in Longjing village on a December evening, a calendar on the wall, Lan and Owen at the table with their tea.

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一月。yīyuèin January, word for word one month
七十五 大寿。qīshíwǔ dàshòua seventy-fifth big birthday
老林 一月 过 七十五 大寿。lǎo lín yīyuè guò qīshíwǔ dàshòuOld Lin turns seventy-five in January.
一月 几 号？yīyuè jǐ hàoWhat date in January?
十七 号，shíqī hàothe seventeenth, ten seven
一月 十七 号， 星期六。yīyuè shíqī hào, xīngqīliùThe seventeenth of January, a Saturday.
给 她 办 酒席。gěi tā bàn jiǔxíhold a banquet for her, word for word give her arrange wine seats
我们 给 她 办 酒席 吧！wǒmen gěi tā bàn jiǔxí baLet's hold a banquet for her!
在 哪里 办？zài nǎlǐ bànWhere do we hold it?
好！ 请 几 桌？hǎo, qǐng jǐ zhuōGood! How many tables shall we invite?

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