The Little Tadpoles in Search of Their Mother
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ID: 1682
Intermediate
It's a story that all Chinese children know: the story of the little tadpoles looking for their mother. Follow along on this epic journey and pick up a nice stack of measure words while you're at it. (For extra credit, you'll also be asked to make "the frog noise" the Chinese way.)
Dilu,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring | |
| 池塘 | chítáng | pond | |
| 蝌蚪 | kēdǒu | tadpole | |
| 从来没 | cónglái méi | never before |
春天来了
chūntiān 春天lái 来le 了
Spring had arrived.
池塘里有很多可爱的小蝌蚪
chítáng 池塘lǐ 里yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多kě\'ài 可爱de 的xiǎokēdǒu 小蝌蚪
and there were lots of cute little tadpoles in a pond.
小蝌蚪从来没见过自己的妈妈所以它们想去找妈妈
xiǎokēdǒu 小蝌蚪cónglái méi 从来没jiàn 见guo 过zìjǐ de 自己的māma 妈妈suǒyǐ 所以tāmen 它们xiǎng 想qù 去zhǎo 找māma 妈妈
The tadpoles had never met their mother before, and so they wanted to go out and find her.
鸭妈妈告诉它们你们的妈妈有两只大眼睛一张大嘴巴
yā 鸭māma 妈妈gàosu 告诉tāmen 它们nǐmen de 你们的māma 妈妈yǒu 有liǎng 两zhī 只dà 大yǎnjing 眼睛yī 一zhāng 张dà 大zuǐba 嘴巴
A mother duck said to them, "Your mother has two eyes and one big mouth."
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