不知道在哪里
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不知道在哪里

Reading time
2 min
Total words
276
Unique words
148
Avg frequency
#95

Story

Today I went to see my friend Xiao Ming. We ate together and talked about a lot of things. Xiao Ming's mum was there too. She gave us things to eat. I was very happy.

Now I have to go home. Xiao Ming says: Walking on your own, is that all right? I say: Yes. I know this place.

But after I had walked for a bit, I started not knowing where I was. I looked here, I looked there. None of the places were ones I recognised.

I thought: I should phone Mum. I called. Mum said: Where are you? I said: I don't know. I don't recognise anything here.

Mum said: It's all right. Ask someone. Maybe somebody can tell you which way to go.

I saw a woman. She was walking. I said: Excuse me. I don't know where I am. I want to go home. She said to me: It's all right, I can tell you.

She walked with me. After we walked a little, I saw a place I knew. I was very happy. I said: Thank you. She said: You're welcome.

I walked on by myself. Now I knew the way home. Mum was there. She said: You're back! I said: Yes. Today I am happy too.

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Words in this story

63 words
#Word
1of, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)
6at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
8我们we, us
9not, no
10question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)
11good, well, OK
12什么what
15哪里where
16she, her
18知道to know (a fact)
19to say, to speak
20all, both, already
20to be (linking verb)
21to go
24to want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
27and; with
29to think; to want; to miss
30person, people
32一个one (with general measure word)
35correct, right; toward; pair
40to give; for (beneficiary marker)
41可以can, may (permission or possibility)
47现在now, at present
48这个this one, this (with general measure word)
50怎么how; why (in rhetorical questions)
56to walk; to leave, to go
60这里here, this place
63to look, to watch, to read, to see
64matter, affair, thing (abstract)
70告诉to tell, to inform
83谢谢thank you
87但是but, however (formal)
102东西thing, object, stuff
108一起together, with each other
109应该should, ought to, must
114看到to see, to catch sight of
115一下a moment, once, briefly
129开始to begin, to start, beginning
130to eat
138地方place, location, area
142朋友friend
143今天today
149所有all, every, all of
155回来to come back, to return
160没事it's fine, no matter, nothing wrong
173妈妈mom, mother (informal)