Learning : I Am Very Tired
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Abstract : How are you feeling today? If you are tired and would like to express yourself in Mandarin. This one is for you. Maybe you can even tell your boss what you have learned in this micro-class.

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I am very tired, but I must work.

我很累,但是我必须工作。

Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.

 

lèi

tired

dànshì

但是

but

bìxū

必须

must

gōngzuò

工作

work

 

SCRIPT

Hello everyone, welcome to Micro-Class. I am Benny, your Mandarin teacher. In today's micro-class we will learn a very important word which is “but”, in Chinese we say “dànshì”, “dànshì”.

 

For example:
“Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.”
“Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.”

 

It means: “I am very tired, but I must work.”

 

Tired” is lèi

 

Must” is “bìxū”, “bìxū”

 

while, “to work” is “gōngzuò”.

 

So, the whole sentence is “Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.”

 

All right, guys, did you get it? Don't worry, come with me, let's see how we use it!

 

SCENE 1:

A: Benny, nǐ hǎo ma?

B: Er...Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.

A: Kělián de Benny.

 

 

 

SCENE 2:

A: Benny, nǐ hǎo ma?

B: Er...Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.

A: Kělián de Benny.

 

 

 

SCENE 3:

A: Benny, nǐ hǎo ma?

B: Er...Wǒ hěn lèi, dànshì wǒ bìxū gōngzuò.

A: Kělián de Benny.

 

 

It's easy as ABC!

 

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