Happy Father’s Day....

About

Blithely ignoring the fact it's nowhere near Father's Day, let us address a more pressing question several

of you have asked via email: yes, one of our male voice actors goes by the English name Bunny. We

did a double-take the first time we heard it too: such is life in China, and you'll just have to get used to it.

Moving on to more practical matters, we think you'll find this lesson fiendishly difficult, since it's probably

the most difficult lesson we've released at this level to date. We still think it's worth getting through for a

simple reason though: it will teach you how to answer a question with another question, a tremendously

useful stonewalling tactic for when you're dealing with the Entry/Exit bureau and have a visa that expired

several months ago.

Sentences

你给你爸爸买礼物了吗?

nǐ gěi nǐ bàba mǎi lǐwù le ma ?

Have you bought your father a present?

为什么?

wèishénme ?

Why?

因为父亲节!

yīnwèi Fùqinjié !

Because of Father's Day!

我买了一堆玫瑰花。

wǒ mǎi le yī duī méiguīhuār 。

I bought a pile of roses.

玫瑰花...?

méiguīhuār ...?

Roses...?

Vocabulary

你

nǐ

you

pronoun

我

wǒ

I

pronoun

妈妈

māma

mother

noun

爸爸

bàba

father

noun

买

mǎi

to buy

verb

给

gěi

to give

verb

礼物

lǐwù

gift

noun

吗

ma

question particle

particle

为什么

wèishénme

why

question