我回来了 I Am Home in Chinese

下午xiàwǔ五wǔ点diǎn，我wǒ放学fàngxué回家huíjiā，走zǒu到dào门口ménkǒu。

At five in the afternoon, I finished school and headed home, walking to the door.

我wǒ到dào家jiā，说shuō：“妈妈māma，我wǒ回来huílai了le！”

I arrived home and said: "Mom, I'm back!"

妈妈māma正在zhèngzài做饭zuòfàn，她tā说shuō：“回来huílai了le，快kuài来lái吃饭chīfàn。”

Mom was cooking, and she said: "You're back, come eat."

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，爸爸bàba也yě下班xiàbān回来huílai了le，他tā说shuō：“我wǒ回来huílai了le，今天jīntiān很hěn忙máng。”

After a while, Dad also got off work and came home, and he said: "I'm back, today was busy."

妈妈māma说shuō：“你们nǐmen都dōu回来huílai了le，我们wǒmen一起yìqǐ吃饭chīfàn吧ba。”

Mom said: "You're both back, let's eat together."

桌子zhuōzi上shàng有yǒu鱼yú，我们wǒmen三sān个gè人rén坐下zuòxià，一起yìqǐ吃饭chīfàn。

There was fish on the table, and the three of us sat down and ate together.

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Key words 生词

回来huílaito come back

放学fàngxuéto finish school

下班xiàbānto get off work

做饭zuòfànto cook

一会儿yíhuìra little while

门口ménkǒudoorway

回来了（I'm back / you're back）

回来了 announces that someone has returned, and is also how you greet them when they walk in.

妈妈，我回来了！— Mom, I'm back!

过了 + 时间（after a period of time）

过了 followed by a length of time shows how much time passed before the next thing happened.

过了一会儿，爸爸也下班回来了。— After a while, Dad also got off work and came home.

都（all; both）

都 sums up everyone or everything just mentioned before it.

你们都回来了，我们一起吃饭吧。— You're both back, let's eat together.

1. What does the writer say when she gets home?

2. What is mom doing when the writer arrives?

3. Who else comes home later in the story?

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