An Inclination to Casual Looting

About

John was the school's most popular thief. Sifting through a bag left unattended for a moment, he'd strike

up conversation with the owner as they returned, hardly pausing from his single-minded plunder of their

personal electronics. Yet while the boy had been repeatedly disciplined by the relevant authorities, his

crimes never seemed to come to a head: there remained something almost charming about his childish

enthusiasm for theft that disarmed even his most outspoken victims.

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Sentences

你还有多少钱?

nǐ hái yǒu duōshǎo qián ?

How much money do you have?

五十。

wǔshí 。

Fifty bucks.

那是我的钱!给我。

nà shì wǒ de qián ! gěi wǒ 。

That's my money! Give it to me.

Vocabulary

你

nǐ

you

pronoun

我

wǒ

my

pronoun

还

hái

still

adverb

有

yǒu

to have

verb

多少

duōshǎo

how much

question

钱

qián

money

noun

五

wǔ

five number 十 shí ten number 那 nà that determiner 给 gěi to give

verb

时间

shíjiān

time

noun