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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dawn on the Slope

Pick with Auntie Liu at six in the morning, hear that it's only six and you're here already, say you've only picked one jin, hear she's already picked three, and fend off the question about a girlfriend.

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THE STORY

Six in the morning on the tea slope above Longjing village, the third spring, mist on the rows, Auntie Liu already halfway along hers.

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现在 才 六 点，xiànzài cái liù diǎnit's only six, with the rising word for only, so early
你 就 来 了？nǐ jiù lái leand you're here already, with the falling word for already, so soon
小欧！ 现在 才 六 点， 你 就 来 了？xiǎo ōu! xiànzài cái liù diǎn, nǐ jiù lái leLittle Oh! It's only six, and you're here already?
刘 阿姨， 早！ 比赛 快 到 了。liú āyí, zǎo! bǐsài kuài dào leAuntie Liu, morning! The contest is nearly here.
出 得 早。chū de zǎocame out early, word for word come out, the linking word, early
今年 的 芽 出 得 早。jīnnián de yá chū de zǎoThis year's buds came out early.
你 来 得 真 早！nǐ lái de zhēn zǎoYou've come really early! To a friend.
我 才 摘 了 一 斤。wǒ cái zhāi le yì jīnI've only picked one jin.
我 都 摘 了 三 斤 了！wǒ dōu zhāi le sān jīn lealready picked three jin, with all for already
一 斤？ 我 都 摘 了 三 斤 了！yì jīn? wǒ dōu zhāi le sān jīn leOne jin? I've already picked three!

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