Dad’s work

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老师lǎo shī问wèn五wǔ岁suì的de小xiǎo女孩nǚ hái：你的nǐ de爸爸bà ba是shì做zuò什么shén me的de？

小xiǎo女孩nǚ hái说shuō：我的wǒ de妈妈mā ma让ràng他tā做zuò什么shén me，他tā就jiù做zuò什么shén me。

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Vocabulary 18 words

Chinese	Pinyin	English
老师	lǎo shī	teacher
问	wèn	to ask; to inquire
五	wǔ	five / 5
岁	suì	classifier for years (of age)
的	de	possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression)
小	xiǎo	young
女孩	nǚ hái	girl; lass
你的	nǐ de	your; yours
爸爸	bà ba	(coll.) father; dad
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)
做	zuò	to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
什么	shén me	what?
说	shuō	to speak; to talk; to say
我的	wǒ de	my; mine
妈妈	mā ma	mama / mommy / mother
让	ràng	to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc)
他	tā	he; him; his
就	jiù	merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly