Chinese–English parallel text
Leo的生日
Leo’s Birthday
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今天 jīntiān 是 shì 星期天 xīngqītiān 。Leo 十 shí 岁 suì 。
It is Sunday. Leo is ten.
今天 jīntiān 是 shì 他的 tāde 生日 shēngrì 。
It is his birthday.
“ 我 wǒ 能 néng 做 zuò 蛋糕 dàngāo ,”Nina 说 shuō 。
“I can make the cake,” Nina says.
Omar 看 kàn 她 tā 。Sara 看 kàn 她 tā 。
Omar looks at her. Sara looks at her.
Max 出去 chūqù 。
Max goes out.
Nina 在 zài 厨房 chúfáng 里 lǐ 很久 hěnjiǔ 。
Nina is in the kitchen for a long time.
她 tā 看 kàn 蛋糕 dàngāo 。 它 tā 不 bú 是 shì 黑色的 hēisède 。
She looks at the cake. It is not black.
她 tā 再 zài 看 kàn 。 它 tā 不 bú 是 shì 黑色的 hēisède 。
She looks again. It is not black.
“Omar,” 她 tā 说 shuō 。“ 这 zhè 是 shì 黑色的 hēisède 吗 ma ?”
“Omar,” she says. “Is this black?”
“ 不 bù ,”Omar 说 shuō 。“ 它 tā 很 hěn 不错 búcuò 。”
“No,” Omar says. “It is nice.”
晚上 wǎnshàng 店 diàn 关着 guānzhe 。
At night the shop is closed.
大家 dàjiā 来 lái 了 le 。
Everybody comes.
Omar 带 dài 来 lái 茶 chá , 杯子 bēizi 和 hé 盘子 pánzi 。
Omar brings tea, cups and plates.
蛋糕 dàngāo 上 shàng 有 yǒu 十 shí 盏 zhǎn 灯 dēng 。
There are ten lights on the cake.
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