Kilo Lingo

一起做饭

Reading time
3 min
Total words
173
Unique words
95
Avg frequency
#151

Story

Today my granddaughter Xiao Mei came to my home. She is a child, and I love her very much. I am old, but I know how to make food. I want to teach Xiao Mei to make it together with me.

I gave Xiao Mei some water. I said: use your hands, put in a little water. Xiao Mei laughed. She put in too much water! Water was on her hands, and on mine too.

We both laughed. I said: it is all right! When a child makes food, water on the hands is a good thing. We made it together, and I was very happy.

Afterwards, we finished. Xiao Mei said: I made it! She was very happy. I was very happy too. The food was really good. We ate together. I said: Xiao Mei, you did really well.

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Words in this story

Curriculum
47 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
11good, well, OK
13to have, there is/are
16she, her
19to say, to speak
20all, both, already
20to be (linking verb)
22very, quite
25also, too, as well
27and; with
29to think; to want; to miss
31can, to know how to; will; meeting
33to come
34to take, handle; disposal marker
37to do, to make, to work as
40to give; for (beneficiary marker)
57up, above, on; to go up; to attend
62general measure word for people and things
87但是but, however (formal)
101时候time, moment, period
102东西thing, object, stuff
108一起together, with each other
113孩子child, children
122to use, to need, using
130to eat
133really, truly, genuine
143今天today
145one, a single
160没事it's fine, no matter, nothing wrong
168too, excessively
175to love, love
178a bit, o'clock, point, dot
277高兴happy, glad, pleased
340to put, to place, to let go, to release
348home, family, household
419finished, done, complete
424hand; first, leading
443old, aged; always (prefix)
447以后after, from now on, in the future
464to laugh, to smile
699water
836teach