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ID: 0153 Elementary
The fact that ChinesePod’s size 12 foot gets laughed out of every shop in town should clue you into something…you’re big, they are not. Realizing that, we couldn’t pass on doing a lesson on a domicile being diminutive. In this podcast, learn how to talk about housing and the size thereof in Mandarin Chinese.
Fri Jun 02 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
同学 tóngxué classmate
刚刚 gānggāng just recently
搬家 bānjiā to move
新 xīn new
上个礼拜，我去看我的同学。他刚刚搬家。
shàng ge lǐbài ，wǒ qù kàn wǒ de tóngxué 。tā gānggāng bānjiā 。
Last week I went to see my classmate. He just moved to a new house.
是吗？他的新房子怎么样？
shì ma ？tā de xīn fángzi zěnmeyàng ？
Really? How is his new house?
马马虎虎。但是我不喜欢。
mǎmǎhūhū 。dànshì wǒ bù xǐhuan 。
So-so. But I don’t like it.
为什么？
wèishénme ？
Why?
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