我想你 I Miss You in Chinese

我wǒ在zài北京Běijīng工作gōngzuò，妈妈māma在zài上海Shànghǎi，我wǒ很hěn想xiǎng她tā。

I work in Beijing and mom is in Shanghai; I miss her a lot.

晚上wǎnshang，我wǒ打电话dǎ diànhuà给gěi妈妈māma，说shuō：“妈妈māma，我wǒ想xiǎng你nǐ。”

In the evening I call mom and say: "Mom, I miss you."

妈妈māma说shuō：“我wǒ也yě想xiǎng你nǐ，你nǐ想xiǎng吃chī什么shénme？我wǒ给gěi你nǐ做zuò。”

Mom says: "I miss you too. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ想xiǎng吃chī面条miàntiáo，可是kěshì我wǒ不bú在zài家jiā。”

I say: "I want to eat noodles, but I'm not home."

妈妈māma说shuō：“下个月xià gè yuè你nǐ回家huí jiā，我wǒ给gěi你nǐ做zuò面条miàntiáo。”

Mom says: "Next month when you come home, I'll make you noodles."

我wǒ笑xiào了le，可是kěshì我wǒ还hái很hěn想xiǎng她tā，我wǒ知道zhīdào，她tā也yě一样yíyàng想xiǎng我wǒ。

I smile, but I still miss her a lot — I know she misses me the same way.

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Key words 生词

想xiǎngto miss / to want to

打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a phone call

给gěito (for); to give

也yěalso

还háistill

知道zhīdàoto know

想 + person（to miss someone）

想 followed directly by a person means 'to miss' them; followed by a verb it means 'want to'.

我想你。— I miss you. / 你想吃什么？— What do you want to eat?

也 + verb（me too）

也 goes right before the verb to agree with what someone just said.

我也想你。— I miss you too.

打电话给 + person（to call someone）

给 after 打电话 introduces who is being called.

我打电话给妈妈。— I call mom.

1. What does 想 mean in 我想你？

2. Where does the narrator work, and where is mom?

3. What does mom promise to make when the narrator comes home?