我和我的好朋友都有孩子，我有一个女儿，她有一个儿子。
我的女儿在2017年2月16日星期四出生。
朋友的儿子生日是6月30日。
他的生日快到了，不知道他想要什么礼物呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 好 | hǎo | (of two people) close; on intimate terms |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 星期四 | Xīng qī sì | Thursday |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 快 | kuài | soon / almost |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 礼物 | lǐ wù | gift; present |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |