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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Regulars' Letter

Take the regulars' joint letter with Uncle Tang and the Deng family: hear it has been written, ask whom it is for, hear the old neighbours have all signed, ask how many, hear more than two hundred, hear Little Deng count himself in, hear Grandma ask if he is signing too, and hear him say he is there for her.

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THE STORY

The front room of Grandma Deng's teahouse in Chengdu early on a weekday morning, before the queue, Uncle Tang at the big table with a folded sheaf of paper.

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联名 信。liánmíng xìna joint letter, word for word joined names letter
我们 写 了 一 封 联名 信。wǒmen xiě le yì fēng liánmíng xìnWe've written a joint letter.
给 谁 的？gěi shéi deWhom is it for?
我 也 签。wǒ yě qiānI'll sign too.
老 街坊。lǎo jiēfangthe old neighbours, the people of the street, word for word street workshop
给 公园。 老 街坊 都 签 了。gěi gōngyuán. lǎo jiēfang dōu qiān leFor the park. The old neighbours have all signed.
签名。qiānmíngto sign, to put your name to it, word for word sign the name
多少 人 签名 了？duōshao rén qiānmíng leHow many people have signed?
明天 交 给 公园。míngtiān jiāo gěi gōngyuánTomorrow we hand it to the park.
请 在 这里 签名。qǐng zài zhèli qiānmíngPlease sign here.

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