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Grab Some Veggies From the Store

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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 1231 Pre Intermediate
You can't cook dinner without a big pile of ingredients. In today's Chinese podcast, you'll learn how to tell someone to pick up a load of fresh vegetables from the market in Mandarin Chinese. You can almost smell dinner cooking, eh?
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
大概 dàgài roughly
决定 juédìng to decide
冰箱 bīngxiāng refrigerator
土豆 tǔdòu potato
喂老公下班了
wéi 喂lǎogōng 老公xiàbān 下班le 了
Hey, dear, have you gotten off work?
嗯在路上你什么时候回来
ng 嗯zài 在lù 路shàng 上nǐ 你shénme shíhou 什么时候huílai 回来
Yeah, I'm on my way. When will you get back?
大概六点半到家晚上吃什么呀
dàgài 大概liù diǎn bàn 六点半dào 到jiā 家wǎnshang 晚上chī 吃shénme 什么ya 呀
I'll get home around six-thirty. What do you want to have for dinner tonight?
我什么都爱吃你决定吧
wǒ 我shénme 什么dōu 都ài 爱chī 吃nǐ 你juédìng 决定ba 吧
I like everything. You decide!
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