Lesson 1 - Text 2

Lǐ Yán shì Zhōngguórén. Tā láizì Zhōngguó Shànghǎi. Tā shì Shànghǎirén, shuō Shànghǎihuà.

Dángran, tā yě shuō Pǔtōnghuà. Zhōngguórén dōu huì shuō Pǔtōnghuà. Lìshā (Liisa) shì Fēnlánrén, láizì Fēnlán Hè´ěrxīnjī. Tā shì Hè´ěrxīnjīrén. Fēnlánrén dōu shuō Fēnlánwén, yě shuō Ruìdiǎnwén.

Fēnlánrén de wàiwén dōu hěn bàng. Pǔtōng Fēnlánrén dōu huì sān, sì mén wàiwén.

Lìshā huì sì mén wàiwén. Tā huì Ruìdiǎnwén, Yīngwén, Déwén hé yìdiǎn Éwén. Tā de Ruìdiǎnwén bú tài hǎo, tā de Yīngwén hěn bàng, tā de Déwén mǎmǎhūhū, tā de Éwén hěn hǎo. Lìshā yě huì shuō yìdiǎndiǎn Zhōngwén.

Text 2 - New words
1 Zhōngguórén Chinese
2 láizì come from
3 Shànghǎi Shanghai
4 shànghǎirén Shanghai people
5 shànghǎi huà Shanghai dialect
6 dāngrán of course
7 dōu all, both
8 pǔtōnghuà Mandarin (common language)
9 Ruìdiǎn Sweden
10 pǔtōng ordinary
11 mén measure word for language, lessons, subjects, etc.
12 yīngwén English language
13 Éwén Russian language
14 tài very, extremely, too, much
15 mǎmahūhū careless, casual, vague, not so bad, so-so
16 yìdiǎndiǎn a little; same as “yìdiǎndiǎnr”
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