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Did It Rain Yesterday?
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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 4036 Elementary
Learn how to ask about the weather, as well as describe when you went to bed and fell asleep.
Tue Sep 19 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
下雨 | xiàyǔ | to rain | |
快 | kuài | almost | |
开始 | kāishǐ | to begin | |
大概 | dàgài | probably |
昨天有没有下雨?
zuótiān yǒumeiyǒu xiàyǔ ?
Did it rain yesterday?
有!下好大。
yǒu !xià hǎo dà 。
Yes! There was very heavy rain.
什么时候下的?我都不知道。
shénme shíhou xià de ?wǒ dōu bù zhīdào 。
When did it rain? I didn't even know.
晚上快十一点开始下的,你大概已经睡着了,你昨天不是很累?
wǎnshang kuài shíyī diǎn kāishǐ xià de ,nǐ dàgài yǐjīng shuìzháo le ,nǐ zuótiān bùshì hěn lèi ?
It started just before 11 at night, you were probably already asleep by then. Weren't you very tired yesterday?
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