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What does your father do?

This Mandarin dialogue contains key sentence structures you’ll repeatedly hear in Chinese conversations.

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你nǐ爸爸bà ba是shì干gān什shén么má的de?

小xiǎo明Míng:我wǒ爸爸bà ba昨天zuó tiān才cái回到huí dào家jiā,他tā从cóng新加坡Xīn jiā pō给gěi我wǒ带dài了le礼物lǐ wù。

小xiǎo红Hóng:为wéi什shén么má你nǐ爸爸bà ba前几天qián jǐ tiān不bù在zài家jiā?

小xiǎo明Míng:因为yīn wèi他tā出差chū chāi了le。

小xiǎo红Hóng:你nǐ爸爸bà ba是shì干gān什shén么má的de?

小xiǎo明Míng:他tā是shì一个yī ge公gōng司Sī的de经理jīng lǐ,经常jīng cháng不bù在zài家jiā。

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出差

你知道我爸爸去哪里出差了吗? Do you know where my dad went on a business trip?

我爸爸出差去了另一个城市。 My dad went on a business trip to another city.

经理

我爸爸是一家公司的经理。 My dad is a manager in a company

你认为当经理是一份好工作吗? Do you think being a manager is a good job?