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我有女朋友了

How to say friend in Chinese

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星期五xīngqīwǔ下午xiàwǔ，儿子érzi回家huíjiā了le，他tā很hěn高兴gāoxìng：“妈妈māma，我wǒ有yǒu女朋友nǚpéngyou了le！”

妈妈māma看kàn着zhe他tā：“女朋友nǚpéngyou？你nǐ几jǐ岁suì？”

“六liù岁suì。她tā叫jiào姚果儿，是shì我wǒ的de同学tóngxué。她tā是shì女nǚ的de，也yě是shì我wǒ的de朋友péngyǒu，那nà她tā是shì我wǒ的de女朋友nǚpéngyou！”

妈妈māma笑xiào了le：“不bú对duì，不bú对duì。她tā是shì你nǐ的de朋友péngyǒu，是shì你nǐ的de好hǎo朋友péngyǒu。”

“女朋友nǚpéngyou是shì什么shénme？”

“女朋友nǚpéngyou和hé男朋友nánpéngyǒu，是shì两liǎng个gè人rén，他tā爱ài她tā，她tā也yě爱ài他tā。上shàng大学dàxué的de时候shíhou，你nǐ爸爸bàba是shì妈妈māma的de男朋友nánpéngyǒu。”

儿子érzi想xiǎng了le想xiǎng：“小朋友xiǎopéngyou呢ne？是shì很hěn小xiǎo的de朋友péngyǒu吗ma？”

“不是búshì。小朋友xiǎopéngyou是shì孩子háizi。你nǐ是shì小朋友xiǎopéngyou，姚果儿也yě是shì小朋友xiǎopéngyou。”

“我wǒ知道zhīdào了le！姚果儿是shì我wǒ的de好hǎo朋友péngyǒu，我们wǒmen都dōu是shì小朋友xiǎopéngyou。”

妈妈māma很hěn高兴gāoxìng。

儿子érzi又yòu说shuō：“妈妈māma，我wǒ爱ài潘pān老师lǎoshī。潘pān老师lǎoshī是shì我wǒ的de女朋友nǚpéngyou！”

“潘pān老师lǎoshī有yǒu男朋友nánpéngyǒu了le。”

儿子érzi想xiǎng了le想xiǎng：“没关系méiguānxi。那nà我wǒ的de女朋友nǚpéngyou是shì姚果儿！”

Key words

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!”