Section 2 Unit 13 - Talk about your childhood
a lot of / lots/tons of hěn duō 很多
before qián 前
Beijing person běi jīng rén 北京人
boardgame zhuō yóu 桌游
cartoon dòng huà piàn 动画片
childhood, during / as a child xiǎo shí hòu 小时候
eight bā 八8️⃣
elementary/primary school xiǎo xué 小学🏫
Hong Kong xiāng gǎng 香港🇭🇰
zero líng 零0️⃣
match bǐ sài 比赛🆚
middle/secondary school zhōng xué 中学🏫
nine jiǔ 九9️⃣
popular/pop liú xíng 流行
seven qī 七7️⃣
Shanghai shàng hǎi 上海
Shanghai person shàng hǎi rén 上海人
year nián 年
X years old suì X岁
before the age of X suì qián X岁前
X years ago nián qián X年前
to be born (in) chū shēng 出生
to grow up (in/with) zhǎng dà 长大
to live (in) shēng huó 生活
to return / go back (to) huí 回
to travel lǔü xíng 旅行✈️
to travel/go abroad chū guó 出国
to work gōng zuò 工作💼
bā nián qián wǒ chángcháng yóuyǒng 八年前我常常游泳。Eight years ago I often swam.
èrlínglíngqī nián wǒ bàba zài hánguó gōngzuò 二零零七年我爸爸在韩国工作。My dad worked in South Korea in 2007.
èrlíngyīqī nián nǐ zài hánguó shēnghuó ma? 二零一七年你在韩国生活吗？Did you live in South Korea in 2017?
èrlíngyīsì nián wǒ zài měiguó gōngzuò 二零一四年我在美国工作。I worked in America in 2014.
sān nián qián zhège zhuōyóu bǐjiào liúxíng 三年前这个桌游比较流行。Three years ago this board game was rather popular.
shí nián qián yáogǔn yīnyuè hěn liúxíng 十年前摇滚音乐很流行。Rock music was very popular ten years ago.
shísuì qián wǒ chángcháng huí běijīng 十岁前我常常回北京。Before I was ten I frequently returned to Beijing.
shísuì qián wǒmen bùcháng huí lǎojiā 十岁前我们不常回老家。Before the age of ten we did not return to our hometown often.
tā zài hánguó chūshēng 他在韩国出生。He was born in South Korea.
wǒ hé bàba chángcháng chūguó 我和爸爸常常出国。Dad and I frequently go abroad.
wǒ hé jiějie dōu xǐhuan wán zhuōyóu 我和姐姐都喜欢玩桌游。My sister and I both like to play boardgames.
wǒ hé péngyǒu yìqǐ zhǎngdà 我和朋友一起长大。My friend and I grew up together.
wǒ shì shànghǎirén 我是上海人。I'm from Shanghai.
wǒ zài běijīng chūshēng, wǒ shì zhōngguórén 我在北京出生，我是中国人。I was born in Beijing, I am Chinese.
wǒ zài rìběn chūshēng 我在日本出生。/ wǒ chūshēng zài rìběn 我出生在日本。
wǒ zài rìběn zhǎngdà 我在日本长大。I grew up in Japan.
wǒ zài shànghǎi chūshēng 我在上海出生。I was born in Shanghai.
wǒmen xǐhuan lǔüxíng, wǒmen chángcháng qù rìběn 我们喜欢旅行，我们常常去日本。We like to travel, we frequently go to Japan.
wǔsuì de shíhòu wǒ chángcháng huí lǎojiā 五岁的时候我常常回老家。When I was five years old I frequently returned to my hometown.
xiānggǎng de xiàtiān fēicháng rè 香港的夏天非常热。Hong Kong's summers are extremely hot.
xiànzài bàba chángcháng huí běijīng 现在爸爸常常回北京。Now dad frequently returns to Beijing.
xiànzài nǐ māma zài xiānggǎng gōngzuò ma? 现在你妈妈在香港工作吗？Is you mother working in Hong Kong now?
xiànzài nǐ xǐhuan chūguó ma? 现在你喜欢出国吗？Do you like to go abroad now?
xiànzài nǐ zài tàiguó shēnghuó ma? 现在你在泰国生活吗？Are you living in Thailand now?
xiànzài tā bù xǐhuan shàng xiǎoxué 现在她不喜欢上小学。She doesn't like to attend elementary school now.
xiànzài tā jiārén chángcháng lǔüxíng 现在他家人常常旅行。His family travels frequently now.
xiànzài tā zài hánguó gōngzuò 现在他在韩国工作。He's working in South Korea now.
xiànzài wǒ yěye bù gōngzuò 现在我爷爷不工作。My grandfather doesn't work now.
xiǎo shíhòu tā bùcháng shàngwǎng 小时候她不常上网。When he was young he didn't go online often.
xiǎo shíhòu wángmíng chángcháng tī zúqiú 小时候王明常常踢足球。Wang Ming often played soccer as a kid.
xiǎo shíhòu wǒ bùcháng kàn dònghuàpiàn 小时候我不常看动画片。I didn't watch cartoons often as a kid.
xiǎoxué de shíhòu nǐ chángcháng lǔüxíng ma? 小学的时候你常常旅行吗？Did you travel frequently during elementary school?
xiǎoxué de shíhòu wǒ zhǐ yǒu shíge tóngxué 小学的时候我只有十个同学。I only had ten classmates in elementary school.
yìjiǔjiǔjiǔ nián tā zài rìběn chūshēng 一九九九年他在日本出生。He was born in Japan in 1999.
yìjiǔjiǔjiǔ nián wǒ māma zài xuéxiào gōngzuò 一九九九年我妈妈在学校工作。My mother worked at the school in 1999.
yìjiǔjiǔjiǔ nián yéye chángcháng chūguó 一九九九年爷爷常常出国。In 1999 grandfather frequently went abroad.
yìjiǔjiǔliù nián wǒmen shàng zhōngxué 一九九六年我们上中学。We attended middle school in 1996.
yìjiǔjiǔyì nián wǒ shàng xiǎoxué 一九九一年我上小学。I attended elementary school in 1991.
yìjiǔsìjiǔ nián yéye shàng zhōngxué 一九四九年爷爷上中学。Grandfather went to middle school in 1949.
zhōngxué de shíhòu wǒ yǒu sānge tóngxué 中学的时候我有三个同学。I had three classmates in middle school.