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Regional Accents Part I

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ID: 0859 Intermediate
So they say you've got a laowai accent? Who cares! So does everyone else. It would be nice to take comfort in this fact... if it weren't that it makes it so hard to understand. Be it northern, southern, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern... you get the idea... they're as partial to their accents as they are to their food. So don't resist--embrace the multi-varied sounds of Chinese and listen to this lesson to figure out what the heck everybody's saying.
Tue Apr 22 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
打算 dǎsuàn to plan
什么时候 shénme shíhou when
生小孩 shēng xiǎohái to give birth
来 lái to come
你打算什么时候生小孩？
nǐ dǎsuàn shénme shíhou shēng xiǎohái ？
When do you plan to have a child?
来了多少人？
lái le duōshao rén ？
How many people came?
我和哥哥都喜欢画画。
wǒ hé gēge dōu xǐhuan huàhuà 。
My brother and I like to paint.
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