儿子第一次去上游泳课，上了三十分钟，他就对老师说：“老师，我今天不想游泳了。
”老师问：“为什么呢？
”儿子说：“我真的不想再喝水了，今天喝得太多了。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 上 | shàng | to attend (class or university) |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 三十 | sān shí | thirty / 30 |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |