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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Who Is Coming on Grain Rain

Plan the Grain Rain day with Auntie Ma on the phone: tell her the whole village is coming, hear her ask how many, say forty-odd, hear her take the cooking, ask if she can manage alone, hear that the more people the better, hear that the village head must be invited too, and say you will go and invite him.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Master Chen's house on an April evening, two weeks before Grain Rain, Lan's phone on the table with Auntie Ma's voice coming out of it, Missus Wang counting on her fingers.

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全 村 都 来。quán cūn dōu láithe whole village is coming
马 阿姨， 谷雨 那 天 全 村 都 来。mǎ āyí, gǔyǔ nà tiān quán cūn dōu láiAuntie Ma, on Grain Rain the whole village is coming.
多少 人？ 三十 个？duōshao rén? sānshí geHow many people? Thirty?
桌子 够 不 够？zhuōzi gòu bu gòuAre there enough tables?
四十 多 个 吧。sìshí duō ge baForty-odd, I'd say.
做 饭 的 事。zuò fàn de shìthe cooking, word for word the matter of making food
做 饭 的 事 交 给 我。zuò fàn de shì jiāo gěi wǒLeave the cooking to me.
菜 我 来 买。cài wǒ lái mǎiI'll buy the food.
马 阿姨， 您 一 个 人 行 吗？mǎ āyí, nín yí ge rén xíng maAuntie Ma, can you manage alone? Politely.
人 越 多 越 好！rén yuè duō yuè hǎoThe more people, the better!

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