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Don't Spank the Kid

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ID: 2115 Elementary
In this lesson, a grandmother reacts to her grandson being spanked by his father. Then she has a few words to say to the father... Learn how to give negative commands and one useful onomatopoeia. Be sure to take advantage of the new Task feature on ChinesePod, where you can upload pictures, video and audio to get feedback on your Chinese!
Fri Feb 01 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
呜 wū crying sound
奶奶 nǎinai grandmother
打 dǎ to hit
为什么 wèishénme why
呜呜呜呜呜！
wū wū wū wū wū ！
Whaa!
小龙，怎么了？
Xiǎo Lóng ，zěnmele ？
Xiao Long, what's wrong?
奶奶，爸爸打我。
nǎinai ，bàba dǎ wǒ 。
Grandma, Dad spanked me.
爸爸为什么打你？
bàba wèishénme dǎ nǐ ？
Why did Dad spank you?
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