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ID: 1805 Elementary
You may not be up to reading novels in Chinese just yet, but you can certainly express your opinion on whether or not a book is good. In this lesson, all your bookworms can learn how to express a little love for the printed word (the kind on dead trees).
John,Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
过 guo [to have prior experience of]
本 běn [measure word]
书 shū book
两 liǎng two
你看过这本书吗
nǐ 你kàn 看guo 过zhè 这běn 本shū 书ma 吗
Have you read this book?
没看过
méi 没kàn 看guo 过
No, I haven't.
我看过两遍挺好看的
wǒ 我kàn 看guo 过liǎng 两biàn 遍tǐng 挺hǎokàn 好看de 的
I've read it twice. It's quite good.
是吗那我买一本
shì 是ma 吗nà 那wǒ 我mǎi 买yī 一běn 本
Is that so? Then I'll go buy a copy.
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