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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Car Full of Food

Meet Auntie Ma at the gate on Grain Rain: be asked whether you have eaten, say not yet, hear she has brought a carful of food, say there are thirty people, hear she will manage it alone, hear Missus Wang offer to help, hear the old rule that keeps her out of the kitchen, and hear her give in for the day.

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THE STORY

The gate of Master Chen's courtyard at ten in the morning on Grain Rain, Auntie Ma's little car backed up to it with its boot open, bags and pots on every seat, Missus Wang coming out drying her hands.

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欧文！ 吃 了 吗？ōuwén! chī le maOwen! Have you eaten?
还 没 呢， 马 阿姨。hái méi ne, mǎ āyíNot yet, Auntie Ma.
门口。ménkǒuthe gate, the doorway, word for word door mouth
车 在 门口。chē zài ménkǒuThe car's at the gate.
一 车 菜！yì chē càia carful of food, word for word one car dishes
我 带 了 一 车 菜！wǒ dài le yì chē càiI've brought a carful of food!
三十 个 人 呢！sānshí ge rén neThere are thirty people!
搞定！gǎodìngget it sorted, get it done, word for word do settled: low and dipping, then falling
我 一 个 人 搞定！wǒ yí ge rén gǎodìngI'll manage it all by myself!
我 帮 您 搬。wǒ bāng nín bānI'll help you carry it. Politely.

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