Meet the parents
Jeffrey is meeting my parents tonight for dinner. At lunch, I got a fortune cookie message that said “Today it’s up to you to create the peacefulness you long for.” Hrmmm….
So my Dad said that there are five phrases Jeff has to learn in Chinese before he meets them tonight. They are:
1. Jin1 shu3 shu3 ni3 hao3. “Hello Mr. King”
2. Lai2 yi1 bei1 jiu3. “Have a drink” (alcoholic)
3. Wan3 shang4 wo3 qing3 ke(4). “Dinner tonight is on me”
4. Wo3 ai4 ni3 nuu3 er2 “I love your daughter”
5. Ni3 de tai4 tai4 hen3 piao4 liang4 “Your wife is very pretty.”
In the meantime, my Dad has been picking good English phrases too. After watching an episode of Grey’s anatomy, he picked up the phrases:
1. “She’s my only daughter, take care of her”
and
2. “Close the door on your way out.”
So Jeff has been working hard. He gets the tones, but keeps getting the words mixed up. When he gets lost in the middle of a phrases, he says “pigu” and starts giggling. For non Chinese speakers out there, pigu means “butt”, and for some reason he never forgets that one.
It should be an interesting evening.
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