亲爱的王贝：好久不见！
你最近怎么样？
这个春天我很忙，除了工作以外，还要上汉语课。
我们的汉语课有点儿难，因为这个汉语老师只说汉语，不说英语。
开始我们以为她不会说英语，后来发现她的英语非常好，但是她不说。
不过，上了两个月的汉语课，我发现我的汉语进步得非常快，尤其是听力和口语。
现在我开始喜欢这个汉语老师了，因为她，我们不得不每天练习汉语。
听说你开始学法语了，你的法语怎么样了？
老师教得好吗？
你有多少个同学？
你们有法语作业吗？
一个星期上几节课？
贵不贵？
我的问题太多了，请别笑我。
期待你的回信！
祝一切顺利！
你的朋友，林达2025年6月30日
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 亲爱的 | qīn ài de | dear; beloved; darling; a polite or affectionate way to address someone |
| 王贝 | Wáng Bèi | a personal name, Wang Bei |
| 好久不见 | hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn | long time no see |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 春天 | chūn tiān | spring (season) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 以外 | yǐ wài | apart from / other than / except for |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 上 | shàng | to attend (class or university) |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 英语 | Yīng yǔ | English (language) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | initial |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think; to believe |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 不会 | bù huì | not having learned to do sth |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 她的 | tā de | her; hers |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 进步 | jìn bù | to improve; to progress |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 尤其 | yóu qí | especially; particularly |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 听力 | tīng lì | hearing / listening ability |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 口语 | kǒu yǔ | colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 练习 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 法语 | Fǎ yǔ | French (language) |
| 你的 | nǐ de | your; yours |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 同学 | tóng xué | fellow student / classmate |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment / homework |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 几 | jǐ | how much / how many |
| 节 | jié | classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc |
| 贵 | guì | expensive |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh at |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to / to await |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 信 | xìn | letter / mail |
| 祝 | zhù | to pray for / to wish |
| 一切 | yī qiè | everything |
| 顺利 | shùn lì | smoothly; without a hitch |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 林达 | Lín Dá | Linda; a personal name transliterated from English. |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |