Pimsleur’s Mandarin Chinese 1 Unit 21 transcript by thydzik

who is it?
shéi
please come in
qĭng jìn
now, please say
xiànzài qĭng shuō
he is very big
tā hěn dà le
the son is very big
érzi hěn dà le
the older son
dà érzi
the older daughter
dà nǚér
we have one older daughter
wǒ men yǒu yī gè dà nǚér
how many children do you [plural] have?
nǐ men yǒu jì gè xiǎo háir
my wife and I have an older daughter
wǒ de tàitai hé wǒ yǒu yī gè dà nǚér
wait one moment
děng yìhuĭr
can you wait one moment?
nǐ kěyǐ děng yìhuĭr ma
nǐ kě bù kěyǐ děng yìhuĭr
we live in America
wǒ men zhù zài Měiguó
located along with the children
gēn xiǎo háir zài yìqǐ
how many children do you [plural] have?
nǐ men yǒu jì gè xiǎo háir
my wife and I have three children
wǒ de tàitai hé wǒ yǒu sān gè xiǎo háir
the children are located in America
xiǎo háir zài Měiguó
they are in America
tāmen zài Měiguó
where are they?
tāmen zài nǎr
the daughters are here
nǚér zài zhèr
the daughters are very grown up
nǚér hěn dà le
the older daughter is here
dà nǚér zài zhèr
the older sons are here
dà érzi zài zhèr
what about the youngest daughter?
ne shăo nǚér
the younger son
shăo érzi
my son is very young
wǒ de érzi hěn shăo
our son is very young
wǒmen de érzi hěn shăo
our son is not very grown up
wǒmen de érzi bùshì hěn dà
he’s very young
tā hěn shăo
he’s really very young
tā zhēn de hěn shăo
where is your [plural] daughter
nǐmen de nǚér zài nǎr
my wife and I have two daughters
wǒ de tàitai hé wǒ yǒu liǎng gè nǚér
the older daughter or the younger daughter?
dà nǚér háishì shăo nǚér
it isn’t the younger daughter
bùshì shăo nǚér
really?
zhēn dē
where are the children?
xiǎo háir zài nǎr
wait one moment
děng yìhuĭr
where is the bathroom?
xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr
she isn’t very grown up
tā bùshì hěn dà
our older daughter
wǒmen de dà nǚér
your [plural] older daughter
nǐmen de dà nǚér
the younger daughters
shăo nǚér
my family
wǒ de jiārén
where are your family?
nǐ de jiārén zài nǎr
where are they?
tāmen zài nǎr
the younger daughters are in America
shăo nǚér zài Měiguó
the older son is in Beijing
dà érzi zài Běijīng
the oldest son with us is located together
dà érzi gēn wǒmen zài yìqǐ
the oldest son is here, with us
dà érzi gēn wǒmen zài zhèr
you [plural] have a very big family
(your [plural] home people very many)

nǐmen de jiā rén hěn duō
your [plural] family is really very big
nǐmen de jiā rén zhēn de hěn duō