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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Late New Year Visit

Call on Auntie Ma in the first week of the year: answer have you eaten, wish her a late happy New Year, bring tea, call her your first friend in China, hear that you're more and more like a Chinese, and say when the wedding is.

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THE STORY

The courtyard of Auntie Ma's guesthouse in the city on the fifth day of the New Year, a tin of tea under Owen's arm, and Auntie Ma at the gate.

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欧文！ 吃 了 吗？ōuwén! chī le maOwen! Have you eaten?
给 您 拜 个 晚 年！gěi nín bài ge wǎn niánpay you a late New Year visit, word for word bow a late year
吃 了。 给 您 拜 个 晚 年！chī le. gěi nín bài ge wǎn niánI have. A late happy New Year to you! Politely.
您 越来越 年轻 了！nín yuèláiyuè niánqīng leYou look younger and younger! Politely.
不 晚， 不 晚！ 快 进 来 坐！bù wǎn, bù wǎn! kuài jìn lái zuòNot late, not late! Come in and sit down!
这 是 村里 的 茶， 给 您 的。zhè shì cūnli de chá, gěi nín deThis is tea from the village, for you. Politely.
老 朋友 了， 太 客气 了！lǎo péngyou le, tài kèqi leWe're old friends, you're too polite!
您 是 我 在 中国 的 第 一 个 朋友。nín shì wǒ zài zhōngguó de dì yī ge péngyouYou're my first friend in China. Politely.
你 越来越 像 中国人 了！nǐ yuèláiyuè xiàng zhōngguórén leYou're more and more like a Chinese!
十月！ 您 一定 要 来！shíyuè! nín yídìng yào láiOctober! You must come! Politely.