再见，老师 Goodbye, Teacher

我wǒ在zài学校xuéxiào学习xuéxí汉语Hànyǔ。

I study Chinese at school.

老师lǎoshī很hěn好hǎo，我wǒ很hěn喜欢xǐhuan老师lǎoshī。

The teacher is very good, and I like the teacher a lot.

认识rènshi老师lǎoshī，我wǒ很hěn高兴gāoxìng。

I'm very happy to have met the teacher.

今天jīntiān我们wǒmen说shuō再见zàijiàn。

Today we say goodbye.

谢谢xièxie老师lǎoshī，再见zàijiàn。

Thank you, teacher, goodbye.

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Key words 生词

学校xuéxiàoschool

汉语HànyǔChinese (language)

老师lǎoshīteacher

认识rènshito know; to meet

高兴gāoxìnghappy

再见zàijiàngoodbye

在 + place + verb — where an action happens

在 plus a place goes before the verb to say where something happens.

我在学校学习汉语。 — I study Chinese at school.

很 + adjective — adjective predicate

很 plus an adjective forms the predicate directly, with no separate word for "is".

老师很好。 — The teacher is very good.

认识 + person — to know / to have met someone

认识 describes knowing or having met a person, often followed by 很高兴 to express how glad you are.

认识老师，我很高兴。 — I'm very happy to have met the teacher.

1. What does the narrator study at school?

2. How does the narrator feel about the teacher?

3. What do they say at the end of the text?

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