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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Day in the Garden

Lan asks how a day in the tea garden goes: say what time you get up, put the morning in order with first and then, say you sleep a little at noon, and say when you go to bed.

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THE STORY

Owen has moved into the room upstairs. In the evening, Lan sits on the courtyard step and asks what a day with Master Chen is like.

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起床?qǐchuángto get up, word for word rise bed
几 点 起床?jǐ diǎn qǐchuángwhat time do you get up
你 每 天 几 点 起床?nǐ měi tiān jǐ diǎn qǐchuángWhat time do you get up every day?
五 点 半 起床。wǔ diǎn bàn qǐchuángI get up at half past five.
我 每 天 喝 茶。wǒ měi tiān hē cháI drink tea every day.
这么 早!zhème zǎoso early
这么 早! 起床 以后 呢?zhème zǎo, qǐchuáng yǐhòu neSo early! And after you get up?
上 山。shàng shāngo up the mountain
先 喝 茶, 再 上 山。xiān hē chá, zài shàng shānFirst I drink tea, then I go up the mountain.
先 喝 茶, 再 工作。xiān hē chá, zài gōngzuòFirst tea, then work.

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