Chinese Lesson 30: I'm returning home.

Sentence Pattern

我要回国了。（Wǒ yào huí guó le.）：
I'm returning home.
Words
1.告别（gàobié）：to say goodbye
2.国（guó）：[n]country
3.哪天（nǎ tiān）：which day
4.送（sòng）：[v]to see somebody off
5.忙（máng）：[adj]busy
6.护照（hùzhào）：[n]passport
7.联系（liánxì）：[v]to contact
8.问候（wènhòu）：[v]to greet
9.一路顺风（yílù-shùnfēng）：happy travels

Background
At a restaurant Dachuan invites Gao Qiang to eat "huoguo (hot pot)" and to say goodbye to him.

Dialogue One

Jīntiān wèishénme qǐng wǒ chī fàn？
今天为什么请我吃饭?
Why do you invite me to dinner today?
Xiàng nǐ gàobié a！
向你告别啊！
To see goodbye to you!
Nǐ yào qù nǎr？
你要去哪儿？
wher are you going?
Wǒ yào huí guó le.
我要回国了。
I'm to go back to my homeland.
Nǎ tiān zǒu？Wǒ qù sòng nǐ.
哪天走？我去送你。
When will you leave? I'll see you off.
Xièxie，bú yòng sòng le，nǐ nàme máng.
谢谢，不用送了，你那么忙。
Thanks. You needn't see me off since you are so busy.
Background
At the airport Hu Man, Li Mei, Wang Jun and Sun Dawei see Dachuan off.

Dialogue Two

Nǐ dài hùzhào le ma？
你带护照了吗?
Do you bring your passport with you?
Dài le.
带了。
Yes.
Duō gēn wǒmen liánxì！
多跟我们联系!
Keep in touch with us.
Wènhòu nǐ de jiārén！
问候你的家人！
Please give your family my regards.
Zhù nǐ yílù-shùnfēng？
祝你一路顺风！
Happy travels!
Xièxie dàjiā，zàijiàn le！
谢谢大家，再见了！
Thanks! Bye!
Zàijiàn！
再见！
Bye!