HSK 2 ≈ CEFR A2 152 characters 11 sentences

My Chinese Teacher (我的中文老师)

She never gives the answer. Two years later, you understand why.

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我的中文老师

de(possessive)中文zhōngwén老师lǎoshīxìng我们wǒmendōujiào老师lǎoshī
My Chinese teacher's surname is Li; we all call her Teacher Li.
jiāo中文zhōngwén已经yǐjīngjiāole / liǎo / liào二十èrshíniánle / liǎo / liào
She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.
老师lǎoshīshàng非常fēicháng认真rènzhēn
Teacher Li is extremely conscientious in class.
说话shuōhuà不快bùkuài可是kěshìměidōuhěn清楚qīngchu
She doesn't speak fast, but every word is clear.
我们wǒmenwèn问题wèntíde / dì时候shíhou从来cónglái马上mǎshàng回答huídá
When we ask her a question, she never answers straight away.
总是zǒngshìxiānwèn:“觉得juédene / ní?”
She always asks first, "What do you think?"
gāng开始kāishǐde / dì时候shíhou觉得juéde有点yǒudiǎnérlèi / léi / lěi
At first I found that a bit tiring.
后来hòulái发现fāxiàn自己zìjǐ想出xiǎngchūláide / dì东西dōngxī记得jìdezuìjiǔ
Later I realised that what you work out yourself is what you remember longest.
去年qùnián考试kǎoshìméikǎohǎo / hàohěn难过nán'guò
Last year I did badly in an exam and felt terrible.
老师lǎoshīgēnshuō:“màn一点yīdiǎnér没关系méiguānxibié停下来tíngxìalái。”
Teacher Li said to me, "Slower is fine — just don't stop."
现在xiànzàide(possessive)中文zhōngwén以前yǐqián好多hǎoduōle / liǎo / liàohěn感谢gǎnxiè
My Chinese is much better than before now, and I'm grateful to her.

Words to notice

老师lǎoshī
Teacher
问题wèntí
Question (problem - issue - topic)
回答huídá
Answer (reply)
认真rènzhēn
Serious (take seriously - take to heart)
帮助bāngzhù
Help (aid - assistance)
进步jìnbù
Progress (improve)
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