Ch 1 · Lesson 13Mandarin · Chapter 1 · Lesson 13 · Conversation
Outside a restaurant
Eight lines with Xiao Fang, outside a busy restaurant.
The scene
You get talking to Xiao Fang in the queue outside a busy restaurant. Notice 你叫什么名字？: the question word sits where the answer goes, so the reply is simply 我叫小芳.
Tap any word to look it up.
- You
！？
Good evening! What's your name?
- 小芳 Xiǎo Fāng
芳。
I'm Xiao Fang.
Literally: I am called Xiao Fang.
- You
，？
Sorry, what did you say?
- 小芳 Xiǎo Fāng
：芳！
I said: I'm Xiao Fang!
- 小芳 Xiǎo Fāng
？
Are you eating here too?
- You
。，！
Yes. I was here yesterday, and I'll be here tomorrow too!
Literally: Yes. Yesterday also at here, tomorrow also at here!
- 小芳 Xiǎo Fāng
！，。
Me too! Look, my teacher's here as well.
- You
！。
Hello! We're all eating here, then.
Literally: Teacher good! We all at here eat.
Pick the right one
0/3Your turn: pick what you said back.
小芳: 我叫小芳。
xiǎo fāng : wǒ jiào xiǎo fāng 。
小芳: 你也在这里吃饭？
xiǎo fāng : nǐ yě zài zhè lǐ chī fàn ？
小芳: 我也是！你看，我老师也在这里。
xiǎo fāng : wǒ yě shì ！ nǐ kàn ， wǒ lǎo shī yě zài zhè lǐ 。
Matching
0/8Match each line to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/8Put the missing word back.
晚上好！你叫什么？ (Good evening! What's your name?)
wǎn shang hǎo ！ nǐ jiào shén me ___？
我小芳。 (I'm Xiao Fang.)
wǒ ___ xiǎo fāng 。
不好意思，你说？ (Sorry, what did you say?)
bù hǎo yì si ， nǐ shuō ___？
我：我叫小芳！ (I said: I'm Xiao Fang!)
wǒ ___： wǒ jiào xiǎo fāng ！
你也在这里？ (Are you eating here too?)
nǐ yě zài zhè lǐ ___？
是。昨天也在这里，也在这里！ (Yes. I was here yesterday, and I'll be here tomorrow too!)
shì 。 zuó tiān yě zài zhè lǐ ，___ yě zài zhè lǐ ！
我也是！你，我老师也在这里。 (Me too! Look, my teacher's here as well.)
wǒ yě shì ！ nǐ ___， wǒ lǎo shī yě zài zhè lǐ 。
老师好！我们都在吃饭。 (Hello! We're all eating here, then.)
lǎo shī hǎo ！ wǒ men dōu zài ___ chī fàn 。
Lesson 13 of 15 in this chapter