我饱了 I Am Full in Chinese

晚上wǎnshang，我wǒ在zài小美Xiǎoměi家jiā吃饭chīfàn，小美Xiǎoměi的de妈妈māma做zuò了le很多hěn duō菜cài。

In the evening I ate at Xiaomei's home, and Xiaomei's mom made a lot of dishes.

我们wǒmen吃chī了le很久hěnjiǔ，桌子zhuōzi上shang还hái有yǒu很多hěn duō菜cài。

We had been eating for a long time, and there was still a lot of food on the table.

小美Xiǎoměi的de妈妈māma又yòu给gěi我wǒ拿ná来lái一个yí ge菜cài，说shuō：“再zài吃chī一点儿yìdiǎnr！”

Xiaomei's mom brought me another dish and said: "Eat a little more!"

我wǒ说shuō：“谢谢xièxie，可是kěshì我wǒ真的zhēnde饱bǎo了le，吃不下chībuxià了le。”

I said: "Thank you, but I'm really full, I can't eat any more."

小美Xiǎoměi的de妈妈māma笑着xiàozhe说shuō：“再zài吃chī一点儿yìdiǎnr吧ba，这个zhège菜cài很hěn好吃hǎochī。”

Xiaomei's mom said with a smile: "Have a little more, this dish is delicious."

小美Xiǎoměi对duì妈妈māma说shuō：“妈妈māma，他tā真的zhēnde饱bǎo了le，别bié再zài让ràng他tā吃chī了le。”

Xiaomei said to her mom: "Mom, he's really full, don't make him eat any more."

妈妈māma笑xiào了le，说shuō：“好hǎo，那nà我wǒ去qù拿ná一些yìxiē水果shuǐguǒ。”

Mom laughed and said: "OK, then I'll go get some fruit."

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Key words 生词

饱bǎofull (from eating)

吃不下chībuxiàcan't eat any more

一点儿yìdiǎnra little

好吃hǎochītasty; delicious

让ràngto let; to allow

桌子zhuōzitable

饱了 / 吃不下了 (I'm full / I can't eat any more)

饱了 says you've become full; 吃不下了 says you physically can't fit any more in — both are polite ways to stop eating at a Chinese meal.

我真的饱了，吃不下了。— I'm really full, I can't eat any more.

再 + verb + 一点儿 (do a bit more)

再 + verb + 一点儿 is what a host says to encourage a guest to eat, drink, or do something a little more.

再吃一点儿，这个菜很好吃。— Have a little more, this dish is delicious.

别 + 让 + person + verb + 了 (don't make someone keep doing sth)

别让 + person + verb + 了 asks someone to stop making another person do something — here, stop making the guest eat more.

别再让他吃了。— Don't make him eat any more.

1. What does the narrator say when Xiaomei's mom offers more food?

2. What does Xiaomei's mom do when the narrator says he's full?

3. What does Xiaomei's mom decide to do at the end?

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