Lesson 102 I Think Him the Tallest

M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Remember? 记得吗? jìde ma? We're still in the Yíhéyuán. Wǒmen hái zài Yíhéyuán. But, before we position ourselves to take photos, zhào xiàng, we have to sort out who is taller and fatter etc. First, can you say ‘I am very tall'?

M: Right. 我很高 wǒ hěn gāo.

S: And, ‘But he is taller'. M: Duì le. 但是，他更高 dànshì, tā gèng gāo.

S: And, ‘I reckon he is the tallest'.

M: Hěn hǎo. 我认为，他是最高的 wǒ rènwéi, tā shì zuì gāo de.

S: And, remembering that ‘all' is 都 DOU dōu, can you say ‘we are all very tall'?

M: Méi cuò. 我们都很高 wǒmen dōu hěn gāo.

S: And now say, ‘she is very short'.

M: Hěn hǎo. 她很矮 tā hěn ǎi.

S: And, ‘but I am shorter'.

M: Yes! 但是，我更矮 dàn shì, wǒ gèng ǎi.

S: ‘But you are the shortest'.

M: 不过，你是最矮的 búguò, nǐ shì zuì ǎi de.

S: And, ‘they are all very short'.

M: Fēi cháng hǎo. 他们都很矮 tāmen dōu hěn ǎi.

S: And now to fat and thin. Everybody say, ‘I am very fat'.

M: Hěn hǎo! 我很胖 wǒ hěn pàng.

S: ‘But she is fatter'.

M: 但是，她更胖 dàn shì, tā gèng pàng

S: And, ‘I am the fattest'. M: Duìle, 我是最胖的 wǒ shì zuì pàng de.

S: And, ‘We are all very fat'. M: Too good! 太好了! 我们都很胖 wǒmen dōu hěn pàng.

S: And, now, ‘I am very thin'.

M: Méicuò! 我很瘦 wǒ hěn shòu.

S: ‘But he is thinner.'

M: 但是，他更瘦 dàn shì, tā gèng shòu.

S: Finally, ‘we are all very thin'.

M: Congratulations! 恭喜 gōngxǐ! 我们都很瘦 wǒmen dóu hěn shòu.

S: Wow, we need to rest 我们要休息 wǒmen yào xiūxi.

M: Last lesson we learned how to say, ‘you are taller than him', which is?

S: Duì le! 你你比他高 nǐ bǐ tā gāo.

M: And ‘you're shorter than me', which is?

S: Méi cuò. 你比我矮 nǐ bǐ wǒ ǎi.

M: And ‘I'm fatter than you', which is?

S: Hěnhǎo. 我比你胖 wǒ bǐ nǐ pàng.

M: And, ‘I'm thinner than him', which is?

S: Duì le! 我比他瘦 wǒ bǐ tā shòu. And to finish our lesson. ‘We are all thinner than you.'

M: Méicuò. 我们都比你们瘦 wǒmen dōu bǐ nǐmen shòu.

S: So, we'll go eat! 所以，我们吃饭去。 再见.

M: Zàijiàn.