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Want To Lose Weight?
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ID: 2610 Newbie
It's that time of the year when you step on the scales and realise you have piled on the pounds. But don't worry. You have a whole year to drop that extra tire. Listen to this lesson and learn all about losing weight in Mandarin Chinese.
Mon Jan 05 2015 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
怎么 | zěnme | how/why | |
得 | de | particle used after verb: Linking it to the following phrase indicating degree of | |
这么 | zhème | this much | |
少 | shǎo | less/little |
佳佳,你怎么吃得这么少?
Jiājia ,nǐ zěnme chī de zhème shǎo ?
Jia Jia, why are you eating so little?
我男朋友说我太胖了,我好难过。
wǒ nán péngyou shuō wǒ tài pàng le ,wǒ hǎo nánguò 。
My boyfriend said I'm too fat. I'm so upset.
你想减肥吗?
nǐ xiǎng jiǎnféi ma ?
Do you want to lose weight?
想啊!可是减肥好难。
xiǎng ā !kěshì jiǎnféi hǎo nán 。
I do! But losing weight is so difficult.
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