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Distribute Watermelon

爸爸bà ba买mǎi了le一yī个gè西瓜xī guā,儿子ér zi叫jiào来lái了le两liǎng个gè小朋友xiǎo péng yǒu一起yī qǐ吃chī,一yī个gè说shuō:”我wǒ要yào二èr分fēn之zhī一yī。

”另lìng一yī个gè说shuō:”我wǒ要yào三sān分fēn之zhī一yī。

”儿子ér zi最后zuì hòu说shuō:”这zhè个gè西瓜xī guā是shì我wǒ爸爸bà ba买mǎi的de,我wǒ就jiù多duō吃chī一点儿yī diǎn r,我wǒ要yào百bǎi分fēn之zhī一yī!

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Vocabulary 29 words

ChinesePinyinEnglish
爸爸 bà ba(coll.) father; dad
买 mǎito buy / to purchase
了 le(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
一 yīone / single / a (article)
个 gèclassifier for people or objects in general
西瓜 xī guāwatermelon
儿子 ér zison
叫 jiàoto call
来 láihither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker)
两 liǎngtwo / both / some / a few
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
一起 yī qǐtogether; in company (with)
吃 chīto eat; to consume / to eat at
说 shuōto speak; to talk; to say
我 wǒI; me; my
要 yàoto want; to need; to ask for
二 èrtwo / 2
分 fēnfraction
之 zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
另 lìngother / another / separate
三 sānthree / 3
最后 zuì hòufinally; in the end
这 zhèthis; these
是 shìto be (followed by substantives only)
的 deemphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
就 jiùmerely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
多 duōmany; much; more; a lot of
一点儿 yī diǎn rerhua
百 bǎihundred