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Click the audio below and try to answer the following questions. (Preview vocabularies in Part 4 if necessary)

Part 1: Comprehension Questions

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A为什么送B东西?
A wèishéme sòng B dōngxi?
Why did A give B a gift?
因为今天是B的生日。
Yīnwèi jīntiān shì B de shēngrì.
Because today is B's birthday.
送的是什么礼物?
Sòng de shì shénme lǐwù?
What gift is being given?
送的是一本书。
Sòng de shì yì běn shū.
A book is being given.
这本书是谁写的?
Zhè běn shū shì shuí xiě de?
Who wrote this book?
是A写的。
Shì A xiě de.
A wrote it.

Part 2: Full Text

在教室
A:生日快乐!这是送给你的!
B:是什么?是一本书吗?
A:对,这本书是我写的。
B:太谢谢你了!

Part 3: Sentence Analysis

在教室
zài jiàoshì
在(at) 教室(classroom)
In the classroom
生日快乐!这是送你的!
Shēngrì kuàilè! Zhè shì sòng gěi nǐ de!
生日(birthday) 快乐(happy)! 这(this) 是(is) 送(send/give as a gift) 给(to) 你(you) 的(particle)!
Happy birthday! This is for you!
是什么?是一本书吗?
Shì shénme? Shì yì běn shū ma?
是(is) 什么(what)? 是(is) 一(one) 本(MW for books) 书(book) 吗(question particle)?
What is it? Is it a book?
对,这本书是我写的。
Duì, zhè běn shū shì wǒ xiě de.
对(correct) 这(this) 本(MW) 书(book) 是(is) 我(I) 写(write) 的(particle).
Correct, I wrote this book.
太谢谢你了!
Tài xièxie nǐ le!
太(too/so) 谢谢(thank) 你(you) 了(particle)!
Thank you so much!

Part 4: Vocabulary

Noun
Chinese Pinyin English
生日
shēngrì birthday
Adjective
Chinese Pinyin English
快乐
kuàilè happy
Preposition
Chinese Pinyin English
gěi to/for

Part 5: Practice

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生日快乐
1. 祝你生日(____)!
(Zhù nǐ shēngrì (____)!)
祝你生日快乐!
Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè!
I wish you a happy birthday!
2. 今天是我的 (____)。
(Jīntiān shì wǒ de (____).)
今天是我的生日。
Jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì.
Today is my birthday.
3. 这是送 (____) 老师的书。
(Zhè shì sòng (____) lǎoshī de shū.)
这是送给老师的书。
Zhè shì sòng gěi lǎoshī de shū.
This is the book for the teacher.

Dive deeper into the grammar structure with the lesson below!

Emphasizing the agent of an action with “是…的”