Chinese–English parallel text
一个房间
A Room
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一个房间
A Room
Nina 有 yǒu 一把 yìbǎ 钥匙 yàoshi , 一个 yígè 包 bāo , 没有 méiyǒu 床 chuáng 。
Nina has a key, a bag and no bed.
她 tā 需要 xūyào 一张 yìzhāng 床 chuáng 。
She needs a bed.
她 tā 去 qù Omar 的 de 店 diàn 。
She goes in Omar’s shop.
“ 哪里 nǎlǐ 有 yǒu 床 chuáng ?” 她 tā 说 shuō 。
“Where is a bed?” she says.
Omar 看 kàn 她 tā 。 然后 ránhòu 他 tā 看 kàn 包 bāo 。
Omar looks at her. Then he looks at the bag.
“ 我的 wǒde 妈妈 māmā 有 yǒu 一个 yígè 房间 fángjiān ,” 他 tā 说 shuō 。“ 她 tā 说 shuō 不 bù 。”
“My mother has a room,” he says. “She says no.”
这 zhè 是 shì Sara。 她 tā 是 shì Omar 的 de 妈妈 māmā 。
This is Sara. She is Omar’s mother.
Sara 看 kàn Nina。 她 tā 看 kàn 包 bāo 。 她 tā 看 kàn 狗 gǒu 。
Sara looks at Nina. She looks at the bag. She looks at the dog.
“ 这 zhè 是 shì 什么 shénme ?” 她 tā 说 shuō 。
“What is this?” she says.
“ 这 zhè 是 shì 我的 wǒde 包 bāo ,”Nina 说 shuō 。
“This is my bag,” Nina says.
“ 这个 zhège 呢 ne ?”
“And this?”
“ 这 zhè 不 bú 是 shì 我的 wǒde 狗 gǒu 。”
“This is not my dog.”
“ 不 bù ,”Sara 说 shuō 。
“No,” Sara says.
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