妈妈：给你一块蛋糕，吃吧！
孩子：妈妈，我想吃两块蛋糕，可以吗？
妈妈：当然可以！
妈妈拿走孩子的这块蛋糕，切成两半，说：给你，两块。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 切 | qiē | to cut; to slice; to carve |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 半 | bàn | half / semi- |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |