Mummy and Daddy's mandarin has taken a back seat as life takes over - but Alex has still injected some mandarin into our everyday lives.
Here is a smattering of vocabulary we have learnt over the past few months:
come here - go lai (have to find this somewhere)
there - nar (narr) 那儿
hold (my) hand - tens wo (have to find this somewhere)
careful! - xiao xin! (she-ow shin) 小心
adorable - ke ai (ker-eye) 可爱
doll - wawa (wah-wah) 娃娃
candy - tang guo (tang gewoh) 糖果
I don't have -mei you (may-oh) 没有
a little - you dian ( )有点
yes - shi (shuh) 是 in answer to a question say shi de (shuh de) 是的
no - bu shi (boo shuh) 不 是
left -zuo ce (dzwoh chuh) 左侧
right - you bian (yo been) 右边
now - xian zai (shi-en z-eye) 现在
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