妈妈 我想吃苹果
“Mom, I want apples.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看看想吃什么
“See what you want to eat.”
妈妈 我 想吃苹果
“Mom, I want apples.”
苹果啊
“Apples? Okay, you pick.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Within the Chinese nuclear family, children typically address parents directly without ceremonial pleasantries when making simple everyday requests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
want to eat / crave
A fundamental verbal collocation used in everyday Chinese to express a craving or food preference.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to save it for my sister.”
“OK. Have a meal with my mother and spend some time with her. Have you friended her on WeChat?”
“Well.. I'll eat it. I... I like eating this. I like it.”
“Does Mom not want me anymore?”
“Let me make you some good food. I want to eat meat.”
“You, too.”