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I Had A Nightmare
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ID: 2794Elementary
In today's lesson, learn how to describe a nightmare to someone. You'll learn lots of useful ways to discuss dreams, including being chased by a zombie and running from a bear!
Photo by Jon Bunting
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED
PINYIN
ENGLISH
做梦(做...梦)
zuòmèng (zuǒ...mèng)
to have a dream
噩梦
èmèng
nightmare
真的
zhēn de
really
梦到
mèng dào
to dream of
我昨天做了一个噩梦
wǒ 我zuótiān 昨天zuò 做le 了yī 一gè 个èmèng 噩梦
Yesterday I had a nightmare!
真的吗你梦到什么
zhēn de ma 真的吗nǐ 你mèng dào 梦到shénme 什么
Really? What was it about?
我梦到僵尸和鳄鱼追我
wǒ 我mèng dào 梦到jiāngshī 僵尸hé 和èyú 鳄鱼zhuī 追wǒ 我
I dreamt that a zombie and an alligator were chasing me!
然后呢
ránhòu 然后ne 呢
Then?
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