--- title: At the friend's home: what to say to the parents — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / At the friend's home: what to say to t… # At the friend's home: what to say to the parents The 15 questions of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 83 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t1/) — «didn't say hi to his parents, went straight to the PlayStation, it's fine right?» Is it fine? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t2/) — «nobody said take shoes off so I kept 'em on» What would have been better? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t3/) — Ming's mum asks once, lightly, if you want to stay for dinner, and doesn't ask again. What's the likely meaning? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t4/) — «his dad said walk slowly?? I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t5/) — You say «wǒ gāi zǒu le» and Ming's mum says «zài wánr yíhuìr ba». Do you have to stay? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t6/) — What would happen if you said «dǎrǎo le» to Ming's parents on leaving? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t7/) — «bié kèqi she said, so I ate the whole plate of dumplings lol» What went wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t8/) — In a cartoon a boy hands Ming's mum a gift with one hand, she says «tài kèqi le» and he takes it back. What should he have done? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t9/) — «it's freezing out, ming's mum gave me WARM water, weird??» What's going on? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t10/) — The parents say «xià cì zài lái wánr!» and you answer in silence. What's a lovely reply? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/t11/) — «can you stay for tea?» «dunno, gotta check» — how do you say «I'll ask my mum» at Ming's? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/e1/) — Identify the greeting customarily addressed by a visiting child to the parents of a friend. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning footwear in a Chinese household. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/e3/) — Ascertain the signification of the valediction màn zǒu, as uttered by a host. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression dǎrǎo le, as uttered by a departing child? — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [27. Lanterns, dragon boats, mooncakes and birthdays](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/) - next →: [29. Talking to the friend's grandparents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/) - ↑ back to [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/)