M: And learn how to say ‘get married', and a few other things.

M: Remember what we learnt in the last lesson?

S: Like, 怎么 zěn me, as in 'why are you crying?' 你怎么哭了

M: nǐ zěn me kū  le?

S: The ‘day before yesterday'. 前天 qián tiān.

M: ‘Male' and ‘female', 男女nán nǚ. Boyfriend 男朋友 nán péng you.

S: And ‘girlfriend', 女朋友 nǚ  péng you.

M: ‘A new girfriend', 一个新的女朋友 yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you.

S: 新的XIN DE xīn de, means ‘new', xīn de. So how do you say ‘a new boyfriend'?

M: Duì le. 一个新的男朋友 yí gè xīn de nán péng you.

S: Now it's crying time again! Don't forget to repeat everything with us out loud.

S: ML, 你怎么哭了 nǐ zěn me kū le?

M: 因为，前天我的男朋友离开了我 yīn wèi qián tiān wǒ de nán péng you lí kāi le wǒ.

S: 前天你的男朋友离开了你。为什么? Qián tiān nǐ de nán péng you lí kāi le nǐ. Wèi shén me?

M: 他有了一个新的女朋友 tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you.

S: 一个新的女朋友 yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you!

M: 对， 他有了一个新的女朋友 tā yǒu yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you. And the day after tomorrow, they will get
married! 他们后天结婚 tā men hòu tiān jié hūn.

S: 他们后天结婚 They the day after tomorrow marry, tā men hòu tiān jié hūn. Never mind.

S: Right, let's go over the new stuff, and ML has recovered wonderfully.

M: 当然 of course dāng rán. We heard 后天 hòu tiān, meaning ‘the day after tomorrow'. tiān we remember, means ‘day', like in ‘one day' 一天yì tiān, ‘two days', 两天 liǎng  tiān, or ‘the day before yesterday' 前天qián tiān. So, the day after tomorrow, hòu tiān.

S: And ‘to marry' is 结婚 JIE HUN jié hūn, 2nd tone 1st tone, jié hūn. So, now say, ‘they marry the day after tomorrow'.

M: Duì le, 他们后天结婚 tā men hòu tiān jié hūn.

S: So how would you say, ‘are you married?'

M: Duì le. 你结婚了吗Nǐ jié hūn le ma?

S: If yes, you could say-

M: 是的，我结婚了 shì de, wǒ jié hūn le.

S: A simple ‘no' would be 没呢 méi ne.

M: Méi ne, méi ne. That's simple enough. Nope, méi ne.

M: Let's finish with the dialogue again.

S: ML, nǐ zěn me kū le?

M: yīn wèi qián tiān wǒ de nán péng you lí kāi le wǒ.

S: Qián tiān nǐ de nán péng you lí kāi le nǐ. Wèi shén me?

M: Yīn wèi, tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you.

S: yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you!

M: Duì, tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you. tā men hòu tiān jié hūn.

S: tā men hòu tiān jié hūn. Never mind. It's only a story.

M: And time to xià kè.

S: Zài jiàn