Intermediate - Going to the Toy Store (C1467)

A: 妈妈,我们去玩具店吧!
māma, wǒmen qù wánjù diàn ba!
Mom, let’s go to the toy store!
B: 不行!家里玩具那么多,不能买了。
bùxíng! jiālǐ wánjù nàme duō, bùnéng mǎi le.
No way! There are so many toys in the house, we can’t buy any more.
A: 就进去看看,我保证不买。
jiù jìnqù kàn kan, wǒ bǎozhèng bù mǎi.
Let’s just go in and have a look. I promise we won’t buy anything.
B: 好吧!
hǎo ba!
OK...
A: 妈妈,这个芭比娃娃真漂亮!
māma, zhè ge Bābǐ wáwa zhēn piàoliang!
Mom, this Barbie doll is really pretty!
B: 你已经有两个了。
nǐ yǐjīng yǒu liǎng ge le.
You already have two.
A: 妈妈,你看这个拼图,小明哥哥也有一个,是他的儿童节礼物。
māma, nǐ kàn zhè ge pīntú, Xiǎomíng gēge yě yǒu yī ge, shì tā de Er2tóngjié lǐwù.
Mom, look at this puzzle. Xiao Ming has one too. It was his Children’s Day present.
B: 哦。那等明年儿童节,让爸爸送你一个。
ò. nà děng míngnián Er2tóngjié, ràng bàba sòng nǐ yī ge.
Oh. Well, wait until Children’s Day next year, and have your father buy you one.
A: 好吧!妈妈,我要买电子琴,我们幼儿园的小朋友都有。
hǎo ba! māma, wǒ yào mǎi diànzǐqín, wǒmen yòuéryuán de xiǎopéngyou dōu yǒu.
OK... Mom, I want to buy a keyboard. All of the kids at our kindergarten have one.
B: 等你生日的时候,妈妈给你买。
děng nǐ shēngrì de shíhou, māma gěi nǐ mǎi.
When it’s your birthday, and I’ll buy you one.
A: 好吧!
hǎo ba!
OK...
B: 贝贝,我们回家了!
Bèibei, wǒmen huíjiā le!
Beibei, we need to go home now!
A: 我要买一辆遥控车。
wǒ yào mǎi yī liàng yáokòngchē.
I want to buy a remote-controlled car.
B: 那是男孩子玩的,女孩子不能玩。
nà shì nánháizi wán de, nǚháizi bùnéng wán.
That’s something boys play with. Girls can’t play with those.
A: 可以玩。我要买,我就要买嘛!
kěyǐ wán. wǒ yào mǎi, wǒ jiù yào mǎi ma!
Yes they can. I want to buy one! I just want to buy one!
B: 你不听话了,是不是?快把玩具放下。
nǐ bù tīnghuà le, shì bu shì? kuài bǎ wánjù fàngxià.
So you're not going to behave, huh? Put down the toy now.
A: 妈妈坏!我让外婆给我买。
māma huài! wǒ ràng wàipó gěi wǒ mǎi.
Mom, you're mean! I’ll have grandma buy one for me.

Key Vocabulary

玩具 wánjù toy
jiù just, only
保证 bǎozhèng to guarantee
芭比娃娃 Bābǐ wáwa Barbie doll
已经 yǐjīng already
拼图 pīntú puzzle
儿童节 Er2tóngjié Children's Day
礼物 lǐwù gifts
děng after, to wait for
ràng to let
sòng to give as a gift
电子琴 diànzǐqín electric keyboard
幼儿园 yòuéryuán kindergarten
的时候 de shíhou when
liàng [measure word for vehicles]
遥控车 yáokòngchē remote control car
听话 tīnghuà obedient, to listen
放下 fàngxià to put down
huài bad, evil
外婆 wàipó grandmother [maternal]

Supplementary Vocabulary

外公 wàigōng grandfather [maternal]
独生子女 dúshēngzǐnǚ only child
chǒng to spoil, to pamper
积木 jīmù toy blocks
乐高 Lègāo Lego

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