Wǒ è le!
Join Harry in his quest to satisfy his hunger.
Harry: I’m hungry! (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Wǒ è le!)
Fatima: What do you want to eat? (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Nǐ xiǎng chī shén me?)
Green pasta with sausages
Fatima: Here’s some green pasta (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.yì miàn) with sausages (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.xiāng cháng).
I don't like that
Harry: I don’t like (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Wǒ bù xǐ huān) green pasta or sausages.
Fried eggs with pink potatoes
Zavi: Ok, here’s fried eggs (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.jiān dàn) with pink potatoes (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.tǔ dòu).
Delicious!
Harry: Delicious (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Hǎo chī)!
There’s nothing left
Fatima: Very good (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Hěn hǎo).
Harry: Thank you (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.Xiè xiè) my friends (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.péng yǒu). Oh, would you like some?
Zavi: There’s nothing left!
Key Mandarin words
| Mandarin | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | hǎo chī | delicious |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | hěn hǎo | very good |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | jiān dàn | fried eggs |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Nǐ xiǎng chī shén me? | What do you want to eat? |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | tǔ dòu | potatoes |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Wǒ è le | I’m hungry |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Wǒ bù xǐ huān | I don’t like |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | xiāng cháng | sausages |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | xiè xiè | thank you |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | yì miàn | pasta |
Did you know?
Sometimes in Mandarin, translations are very literal, for example pasta (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.yì miàn) translates as ‘Italian noodles’.
Other food examples include:
yoghurt (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.suān nǎi) translates as ‘sour milk’
doughnut (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.tián tián quān) translates as ‘sweet sweet circle’
Quiz
Play Dash and Blink: Missing Mandarin! game
Construct simple phrases and develop an understanding of vocabulary and grammar with this KS2 Mandarin game.
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