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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Uncle and Auntie

It's Sunday, and Owen is going to lunch at the flat where Lan lives with her parents. Auntie Ma has a rule about visiting a family, and a fruit stall in the lane. Buy fruit by the jin and ask if it's sweet, greet a friend's parents and give a little gift, say someone is too kind, ask what someone does and say where you work, say how old someone is and that he still does something, and tell a guest to eat some more.

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THE STORY

It's Sunday. Owen is going to lunch at the flat where Lan lives with her parents, and Auntie Ma has a rule. You never visit a family with empty hands. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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礼物。lǐwùa gift
一点 小 礼物yìdiǎn xiǎo lǐwùa little gift, word for word a bit, small, gift
你 要 买 一点 小 礼物!nǐ yào mǎi yìdiǎn xiǎo lǐwùYou have to buy a little gift!
草莓。cǎoméistrawberries
二十 块 一 斤èrshí kuài yì jīntwenty a jin, word for word twenty yuan, one jin
草莓 甜 吗?cǎoméi tián maAre the strawberries sweet?
很 甜!hěn tiánvery sweet
给 我 两 斤 草莓。gěi wǒ liǎng jīn cǎoméiGive me two jin of strawberries.
爸爸。bàbadad
叔叔。shūshuuncle, for a man of your parents' age

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