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Switching Seats on a Plane

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ID: 1597 Elementary
Have you ever had that problem where you buy seats "together" (consecutive seat numbers), but it turns out they're actually not "together" (split across different rows rather than adjacent)? So have we! And we've decided to do something about this problem: create a Mandarin Chinese lesson about it.
Mon Jan 31 2011 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
先生 xiānsheng sir, Mr.
能 néng to be able to
跟 gēn with
您 nín you
先生，我能跟您换个位子吗？
xiānsheng ，wǒ néng gēn nín huàn ge wèizi ma ？
Sir, could I change seats with you?
我想坐在我老婆旁边。
wǒ xiǎng zuò zài wǒ lǎopó pángbiān 。
I'd like to sit next to my wife.
那你的位子在哪里？
nà nǐ de wèizi zài nǎli ？
Where is your seat then?
在前面。
zài qiánmiàn 。
Up front.
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