我有女朋友了
How to say friend in Chinese
Name: ________________ Date: ________
星期五下午，儿子回家了，他很高兴：“妈妈，我有女朋友了！”
妈妈看着他：“女朋友？你几岁？”
“六岁。她叫姚果儿，是我的同学。她是女的，也是我的朋友，那她是我的女朋友！”
妈妈笑了：“不对，不对。她是你的朋友，是你的好朋友。”
“女朋友是什么？”
“女朋友和男朋友，是两个人，他爱她，她也爱他。上大学的时候，你爸爸是妈妈的男朋友。”
儿子想了想：“小朋友呢？是很小的朋友吗？”
“不是。小朋友是孩子。你是小朋友，姚果儿也是小朋友。”
“我知道了！姚果儿是我的好朋友，我们都是小朋友。”
妈妈很高兴。
儿子又说：“妈妈，我爱潘老师。潘老师是我的女朋友！”
“潘老师有男朋友了。”
儿子想了想：“没关系。那我的女朋友是姚果儿！”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad; pleased |
| 妈妈 | māma | mom; mother |
| 女朋友 | nǚpéngyou | girlfriend |
| 看 | kàn | to look at; to see; to watch |
| 几 | jǐ | how many; a few; several |
| 岁 | suì | years old; year (of age) |
| 六 | liù | six |
| 同学 | tóngxué | classmate; fellow student |
| 女 | nǚ | woman; female |
| 朋友 | péngyǒu | friend |
English (for the teacher)
On Friday afternoon, the little boy comes home very happy: “Mum, I’ve got a girlfriend!”
Mum looks at him: “A girlfriend? How old are you?”
“Six. Her name is Yao Guo’er, she’s in my class. She’s a girl and she’s my friend, so she’s my girlfriend!”
Mum laughs: “No, no. She’s your friend, your good friend.”
“So what’s a girlfriend?”
“A girlfriend and a boyfriend are two people: he loves her, and she loves him too. When we were at university, your dad was my boyfriend.”
The boy thinks for a moment: “What about 小朋友? Is that a very small friend?”
“No. 小朋友 means a child. You’re a 小朋友, and Yao Guo’er is a 小朋友 too.”
“I get it! Yao Guo’er is my good friend, and we’re both little kids.”
Mum is very pleased.
Then the boy says: “Mum, I love Miss Pan. Miss Pan is my girlfriend!”
“Miss Pan already has a boyfriend.”
The boy thinks for a moment: “Never mind. Then my girlfriend is Yao Guo’er!”