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ID: 0223 Elementary
With your “I Climbered The Grate Well” t-shirt and dual-fisted approach to chopsticks, it should come as no shock that you’re not blending in as much as you’d like…so perhaps you could tell them which faraway land you come from that uses forks. In this podcast, learn how to tell someone in Mandarin Chinese which country you come from.
Tue Aug 22 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
哪里 nǎlǐ where
美国 Měiguó American
国家 guójiā country
澳大利亚 Àodàlìyà Australia
你是哪里人？
nǐ shì nǎli rén ？
Where are you from?
我是美国人。你是哪个国家的？
wǒ shì Měiguórén 。nǐ shì nǎge guójiā de ？
I’m American. What country are you from?
我是澳大利亚的。
wǒ shì Àodàlìyà de 。
I’m from Australia.
澳大利亚很美。
Àodàlìyà hěn měi 。
Australia is beautiful.
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