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那两分呢?

nà liǎng fēn ne

What About the Other Two Points?

Reading time
5 min
Total words
545
Unique words
222
Typical word
#480

Story

梁liáng欣xīn妍yán盛shèng。 ,。 ,,,。 ,欣xīn妍yán,。 ,,。 ,欣xīn妍yán,。

,欣xīn妍yán。 ,:“,。 ,,。” :“,。” 。

,欣xīn妍yán。 ,。 ,。

,。 欣xīn妍yán,。 ,,、。 ,。

A school cafeteria at half past ten: at a long table, seven grandmothers sit with a plate of steamed buns, oranges, bananas and cups of tea in front of them; in the middle of the row one folding chair is empty, with a red sweater draped over its back; a sixteen-year-old girl with a backpack stands at the end of the table, surprised, as the nearest grandmother holds out a bun to her.

袁yuán:“欣xīn妍yán! ? ?”

“,。”

“?” 袁yuán宋sòng,“。”

宋sòng欣xīn妍yán:“。 ,,。 ,。”

袁yuán:“,,。”

欣xīn妍yán。 ,。 ,。

“,。” 宋sòng。

,欣xīn妍yán。 ,,。 ,。 。 ,:“。” :“。”

,欣xīn妍yán。 “,…… 。”

:“?”

“…… ,。”

。 ,。 “。”

,。 ,。

。 ,欣xīn妍yán,:“,。” ,:“?”

,欣xīn妍yán。 ,:“! 欣xīn妍yán!”

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Curriculum
217 words
# Freq Word
11的deof, possessive and modifier particle
22我wǒI, me
33你nǐyou (singular)
44了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state
55是shìto be (linking verb)
66在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
78我们wǒ menwe, us
89不bùnot, no
910吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)
1011好hǎogood, well, OK
1112什么shén mewhat
1213有yǒuto have, there is/are
1314就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
1415吧basuggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)
1516她tāshe, her
1617这zhèthis
1719说shuōto say, to speak
1820都dōuall, both, already
1921去qùto go
2024要yàoto want; will; need to
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