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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What Seattle Said

Tell Lan what your parents said on the phone: that you told them her father wants no bride price, that your father asked whether it was true, that your mother told you to thank her parents, and that they're coming in October.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Auntie Ma's courtyard in Hangzhou late on a Sunday evening, the phone still warm from a call to Seattle, where it is Sunday morning.

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你 跟 你 爸妈 说 了 吗？nǐ gēn nǐ bàmā shuō le maDid you tell your parents?
不 要 彩礼。bú yào cǎilǐdoesn't want a bride price
说 了。 我 说 你 爸爸 不 要 彩礼。shuō le. wǒ shuō nǐ bàba bú yào cǎilǐI did. I said your dad doesn't want a bride price.
我 妈 问 你 好。wǒ mā wèn nǐ hǎoMy mum asks after you.
他们 怎么 说？tāmen zěnme shuōWhat did they say?
是不是 真 的。shìbushì zhēn dewhether it's true, word for word is not is real
我 爸 问 我 是不是 真 的。wǒ bà wèn wǒ shìbushì zhēn deMy dad asked me whether it was true.
那 你 妈 呢？nà nǐ mā neAnd your mum?
谢谢 你 爸妈。xièxie nǐ bàmāthank your parents
我 妈 让 我 谢谢 你 爸妈。wǒ mā ràng wǒ xièxie nǐ bàmāMy mum told me to thank your parents.

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