Grandfather Makes Regular Trips to Visit Family in Thailand
Simplified Traditional
Keywords
来 - lái - to come / to arrive
看 - kàn - to see / to look at / to read / to watch
女儿 - nǚ'ér - daughter
一家人 - yījiārén - household / the whole family
先生 - Xiānsheng - Mister (Mr.)
住 - zhù - to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside
次 - cì - time (i.e. number of times) / measure word for enumerated events: time
外孙女 - wàisūnnǚ - granddaughter (daughter's daughter)
这里 - zhèlǐ - here
上学 - shàngxué - to go to school / to attend school
Grammar
每 + 天 / 周 / 年 / 次 - Expressing "every day / every week / every year / every time" with "měi + Time Word" (天, 周, 年 and 次 act as their own measure words)
每年来泰国看女儿一家人
现在,杜先生每年都来泰国两三次,每次住两个月。
Measure Word - Expressing the number of sth with an object specific measure word in the form of "Number + Measure Word + Noun" (if the number is one, you can omit it and use the measure word by itself)
每年来泰国看女儿一家人
他的女儿一家人住在泰国。
现在,杜先生每年都来泰国两三次,每次住两个月。
他有一个外孙女在这里上学
Subject + Number + 岁 - Expressing the age of the subject with "Subject + Number + suì"
杜先生(Mr. Du)今年63岁
Noun / Pronoun + 的 + Noun - Expressing a possessive particle with "Noun / Pronoun + de + Noun" (indicate a relationship of possessor / possession)
他的女儿一家人住在泰国。
在 + Place - Expressing to be located in or at a certain place with "zài + Place"
他的女儿一家人住在泰国。
他有一个外孙女在这里上学
Subject + 都 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "all / every" to emphasise the quantity with "Subject + 都 + Verb / Verb Phrase" (都 emphasises the quantity or frequent occurrence)
现在,杜先生每年都来泰国两三次,每次住两个月。
两 (+ Measure Word) - Expressing the number "two" when specifying quantities with "liǎng (+ Measure Word)"
现在,杜先生每年都来泰国两三次,每次住两个月。
Number 1 + Number 2 - Expressing approximation between two sequential numbers with "Number 1 + Number 2"
现在,杜先生每年都来泰国两三次,每次住两个月。
Subject + 有 + Object - Expressing that the subject "has" an object with "Subject + yǒu + Object"
他有一个外孙女在这里上学
(在)...里 - Expressing "in / inside…" with "(zài)...lǐ"
外孙女在学校里说英语,在家里说汉语。
Proper Nouns
泰国 - Tàiguó - Thailand英语 - Yīngyǔ - English (language)
汉语 - Hànyǔ - Chinese (language)
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