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2.3 Vocab – Talking about Families

Your Task

The interns are making small talk with their teams about their families back home! Please go through the following words to better understand them.

Vocabulary Set 1

  1. 但是 dàn shì - but
  2. 今年 jīn nián - this year
  3. 多大 duō dà - how old?
  4. 岁 suì - classifier for eyars (of age)
  5. 弟弟 dì di - younger brother
  6. 个 gè - a measure word for general object
  7. 兄弟 xiōng dì - brothers
  8. 姐妹 jiě mèi - sisters
  9. 哥哥 gē ge - older brother
  10. 妹妹 mèi mei - younger siser


Practice

Vocabulary Set 2

  1. 双胞胎 shuāng bāo tāi - twin
  2. 姐姐 jiě jie - older sister
  3. 生日 shēng rì - birthday
  4. 鸡 jī - chicken
  5. 月 yuè - moon
  6. 号 hào - ordinal number; day of the month
  7. 过生日 guò shēng rì - to celebrate a birthday
  8. 口 kǒu - mouth
  9. 爸爸 bà ba - (informal) father
  10. 妈妈 mā ma - mama


Practice

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Unit 2.1.2.1 Talking about families vocab study sheet

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