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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

You Decide

Missus Lin calls from Seattle on a video call. Ask how things are, ask what time it is in Seattle, ask if the hand is a little better, hear he's still like that, hear speak Chinese from today, hear you buy this year's tea, you decide, and I trust you.

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THE STORY

It's early morning in the Chen house, and Lan has propped her phone against the teapot. On the screen is Missus Lin, Owen's boss, in her tea shop in Seattle, where it's still the afternoon before.

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怎么样？zěnmeyànghow's it going?
欧文， 怎么样？ōuwén, zěnmeyàngOwen, how's it going?
林 阿姨。lín āyíMissus Lin
林 阿姨， 您好！lín āyí, nín hǎoHello, Missus Lin! Politely.
西雅图xīyǎtúSeattle
西雅图 现在 几 点 了？xīyǎtú xiànzài jǐ diǎn leWhat time is it in Seattle now?
下午xiàwǔin the afternoon
下午 五 点。xiàwǔ wǔ diǎnFive in the afternoon.
老陈， 你 的 手 好 一点 了 吗？lǎochén, nǐ de shǒu hǎo yìdiǎn le maOld Chen, is your hand a little better?
他 还是 这样。tā háishi zhèyàngHe's still like that.

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