Lesson 6

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Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises
Characters
Multiple choice

Question: Ask an elderly Chinese friend's age.

Hint 1   多 大 is used for asking people's ages
Hint 2   多 大 岁 数 is used for asking an older person's age
Answer  您 多 大 岁 数 了？ Listen
Comments  大 dà is used to describe ages, as in 我 们 俩 谁 大 wŏmen liă shuí dà who is older, you or me? 岁 数 suìshu is used for describing adult ages, especially those of the elderly. 多 duō is a question word like 多 少 duōshao, how many or how much.
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