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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Homework at the Kitchen Table

Do your homework at the Chen kitchen table with Lan looking over your shoulder: say you're writing characters, say whether you can read one, say it's too hard, say you can't remember it, and agree to write ten a day.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The kitchen table in the Chen house after dinner, a page of characters under the lamp, and Lan drying the cups beside it.

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你 在 做 什么？nǐ zài zuò shénmeWhat are you doing?
写 作业。xiě zuòyèwriting homework
很 多 字！hěn duō zìso many characters
写 作业。 很 多 字！xiě zuòyè, hěn duō zìHomework. So many characters!
作业 写 完 了 吗？zuòyè xiě wán le maHave you finished your homework?
这个 字 怎么 写？zhège zì zěnme xiěHow do you write this character?
看 得 懂 吗？kàn de dǒng macan you read it, word for word look able understand
这个 字 你 看 得 懂 吗？zhège zì nǐ kàn de dǒng maCan you read this character?
太 难 了！tài nán letoo hard
看 不 懂。 太 难 了！kàn bu dǒng, tài nán leI can't read it. It's too hard!

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