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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Telling Lan's Father

Tell Lan's father at Sunday lunch: say you have something to say, hear go on, say you and Lan are together, hear how long, say half a year, hear why not sooner, say you were afraid he wouldn't agree, and hear that he needs to think.

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THE STORY

Sunday lunch at Lan's parents' flat in Hangzhou, the dishes on the table, Lan's father at the head of it and nobody eating much.

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一 件 事 要 说。yí jiàn shì yào shuōsomething to say, word for word one piece of matter must say
爸， 我们 有 一 件 事 要 说。bà, wǒmen yǒu yí jiàn shì yào shuōDad, we have something to say.
什么 事？ 说 吧。shénme shì? shuō baWhat is it? Go on.
爸， 你 别 生气。bà, nǐ bié shēngqìDad, don't be angry. To a friend.
跟 陈兰 在 一起。gēn chénlán zài yìqǐbe together with Lan
叔叔， 我 跟 陈兰 在 一起 了。shūshu, wǒ gēn chénlán zài yìqǐ leUncle, Lan and I are together.
爸， 他 对 我 很 好。bà, tā duì wǒ hěn hǎoDad, he's very good to me.
叔叔， 您 同意 吗？shūshu, nín tóngyì maUncle, do you agree? Politely.
多久 了？duōjiǔ leHow long?
半 年 了。bàn nián leHalf a year.

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