You're listening to Mandarin Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnik.

This is lesson 46.

Today's topic is talking to a child.

This lesson will be especially beneficial for those who is going to adopt a child in China.

So now as usual, let's learn some new words.

Quai, quai, which means a good boy, good girl, or little thing.

Quai, quai, quai, quai. Quay, quai, quai.

Quai, quai.

Quai, quai.

As a single word, quai means well-behaved or obedient.

When talking to children, especially to young ones, you can put guai-goy in the beginning of the sentence when you want to comfort a child.

For example,

guai-guai, you'll eat fan-fan-la.

Good boy or good girl, it's time to eat.

Gwai-goy, you'll-cifan-fan-la. good boy or good girl it's time to eat quai quai yao chish fan fan la one of the characteristics of talking to children in

Mandarin Chinese is that you can repeat certain words twice so they will sound

softer and more comforting instead Instead of guai, it's better to say

or let's say, ch'n'an to eat or to have a meal. When you talk to a child, it's better to say

eat, eat, fan, fan, ch' fan,

food,

food,

eat fan,

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