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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Pickers Are Back

Meet Little Wu and Auntie Liu at the gate for the harvest: hear that you're still here, say it's been a year, hear that your Chinese has improved, and dodge the question about a girlfriend.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

An early March morning at the Chens' gate in Longjing village, and the pickers from Anhui are climbing out of the minibus with their bags.

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还 在 啊！hái zài astill here, with the soft sound of surprise
老欧！ 你 还 在 啊！lǎo ōu! nǐ hái zài aOld Oh! You're still here! To a friend.
我 想 你们 了！wǒ xiǎng nǐmen leI've missed you all!
没 见 了！méi jiàn lenot seen, changed
一 年 没 见 了！yì nián méi jiàn leWe haven't seen each other for a year!
进步 了！jìnbù leimproved, word for word advanced a step, changed
你 中文 进步 了！nǐ zhōngwén jìnbù leYour Chinese has improved! To a friend.
我 进步 了 吗？wǒ jìnbù le maHave I improved?
哪里 哪里。 我 天天 学。nǎli nǎli, wǒ tiāntiān xuéOh, not at all. I study every day.
有 女朋友 了 吗？yǒu nǚpéngyou le maHave you got a girlfriend now?

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