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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Guest List

Draw up the guest list with Auntie Zhou and the village head: ask how many old classmates are left, hear that some are still here and some are gone, have the invitations written, and hear that the whole village is coming.

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THE STORY

Auntie Zhou's doorstep in Longjing village on a cold December morning, a list on her knee, the village head passing with his bicycle, Owen with a pen.

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周 阿姨。zhōu āyíAuntie Zhou
周 阿姨， 老 同学 还 有 几 个？zhōu āyí, lǎo tóngxué hái yǒu jǐ gèAuntie Zhou, how many old classmates are there still?
有的 还 在，yǒude hái zàisome are still here
有的 还 在， 有的 不 在 了。yǒude hái zài, yǒude bú zài leSome are still here, some are gone.
还 在 的， 都 请 来 吧。hái zài de, dōu qǐng lái baThose still here, invite them all.
我 写 请帖， 他们 一定 来。wǒ xiě qǐngtiě, tāmen yídìng láiI'll write the invitations, they'll certainly come.
欧文， 村里 的 人 也 要 请。ōuwén, cūnlǐ de rén yě yào qǐngOwen, the village people must be invited too.
坐 得 下 吗？zuò de xià macan they be seated, word for word sit, able, down
村长， 八 桌 坐 得 下 吗？cūnzhǎng, bā zhuō zuò de xià maVillage head, will eight tables seat them?
不 用 请帖， 全 村 都 来！bú yòng qǐngtiě, quán cūn dōu láiNo need for invitations, the whole village is coming!

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