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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Tea Is Ready

It's Sunday evening in Auntie Ma's courtyard, and Owen's new phone rings. It's Master Chen, and this time Owen understands every word. Then a farewell dinner of Dongpo pork, Auntie Ma's answer to his jin of tea, and a car at six in the morning. Say something is ready, ask and tell the time, say when something happens in the morning or the evening, say you've understood, ask when someone is leaving, and ask someone to come and see you.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It's Sunday evening, back in Auntie Ma's courtyard. Owen's new phone rings, and the voice on the line is one he has heard only once before. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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茶 好 了。 明天 来!chá hǎo le. míngtiān láiThe tea is ready. Come tomorrow!
几 点jǐ diǎnwhat time, word for word how many dots
明天 几 点?míngtiān jǐ diǎnWhat time tomorrow?
早上 六 点zǎoshang liù diǎnsix in the morning
一 点、 两 点、 三 点yì diǎn, liǎng diǎn, sān diǎnone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock
开 车kāi chēto drive, word for word open car
来 接 你lái jiē nǐto come and pick you up, word for word come meet you
早上 六 点, 兰兰 开 车 来 接 你。zǎoshang liù diǎn, lánlán kāi chē lái jiē nǐAt six in the morning, Lan Lan will drive over and pick you up.
懂 了 吗?dǒng le magot it?, word for word understand, changed, question
我 懂 了!wǒ dǒng leI've got it!

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