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ID: 2853 Elementary
In today's elementary lesson we hear two friends try to decide what to eat. Moreover, one of them can't actually remember what they had just recently.
Learn how to use 才 cái to express that something happened earlier than you expected, which can be translated as "just now" or "a moment ago."
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Wed Mar 09 2016 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
晚餐 | wǎncān | evening meal | |
牛肉面 | niúròumiàn | beef noodles | |
才 | cái | just recently;only | |
好久 | hǎo jiǔ | quite a while |
今天晚餐吃牛肉面好不好?
jīntiān wǎncān chī niúròumiàn hǎo bù hǎo ?
Can we eat beef noodles tonight?
不是昨天才吃了吗?
bùshì zuótiān cái chī le ma ?
Didn't we just eat them yesterday?
咦,不是好久没吃了吗?
yí ,bùshì hǎo jiǔ méi chī le ma ?
Huh, we have not had them for ages, no?
我确定,昨天才吃的牛肉面。
wǒ quèdìng ,zuótiān cái chī de niúròumiàn 。
I'm certain that yesterday we ate beef noodles.
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