妈妈问儿子：“你今年几岁了？
”儿子回答：“我今年三岁了。
”妈妈又问：“那爸爸几岁了？
”儿子说：“爸爸也三岁。
”妈妈很奇怪：“爸爸为什么只有三岁呢？
”“因为爸爸是在我出生那一天才变成爸爸的！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 几 | jǐ | how much / how many |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |