Lessons 1-10

Lesson 23 我想去看长城。 I want to see the Great Wall.

看 kàn See / 长城 chángchéng Great Wall / 天坛 tiāntán Temple of Heaven /
电视 diànshì TV /
你 要 去 看 老师 吗? Are you going to go see the teacher?
Nǐ yào qù kàn lǎoshī ma?
You want go look old-master question?

我 要 去 看 电影。 I am going to see a movie.
Wǒ yào qù kàn diànyǐng.
I want go see electric-picture.

周 小姐 要 去 看 电影。 Ms. Zhou is going to see a movie.
Zhōu xiǎojie yào qù kàn diànyǐng.
Zhou little-big-sister want go see electric-picture.

我 想 去 看 电影。 I want to go see a movie.
Wǒ xiǎng qù kàn diànyǐng.
I like-want go see electric-picture.

我 想 去 看 长城。 I want to see the Great Wall.
Wǒ xiǎng qù kàn Chángchéng.
I like-want go see long-wall.

他 想 去 看 天坛。 He wants to see the Temple of Heaven.
Tā xiǎng qù kàn Tiāntán.
He like-want go see heaven-altar.

看 电视 没 有趣。 Watching TV is not interesting.
Kàn diànshì méi yǒuqù.
See electric-look not have interest.

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DIALOGUE

A 你想去看电影吗?
   Nĭ xiăng qù kàn diànyĭng ma?
   Do you want to go see a movie?

B 不想。看电影没有趣。
   Bù xiăng. Kàn diànyĭng méi yŏu qù.
   I don’t want to. Watching movies is not interesting.

A 那我们去茶馆吧?
   Nà wŏmen qù cháguăn ba?
   Then how about we go to a tea house?

B 好的。
   Hăo de.
   Alright.

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