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title: Talking to the friend's grandparents — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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.
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# Talking to the friend's grandparents

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The 15 questions of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 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/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t1/) — «his nan said I got fat?! that's so rude» How should you take nǐ pàng le? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t2/) — «oi granny nǐ pàng le too lol» What's wrong here? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t3/) — «ming's grandad keeps saying study hard, every single time, so annoying» What's the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t4/) — What would happen if you started eating before Ming's grandad? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t5/) — You stay in your seat on the bus while an old lady stands. How does it look in a Chinese family? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t6/) — «he said tā lǎo de is coming, that's how you say grandad?» Is it OK? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t7/) — In a cartoon a boy offers to carry Granny's bags, she says «bú yòng!», and he shrugs and goes. What would a good guest do? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t8/) — «his granny said I got thin, then fed me like 4 bowls» Why? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t9/) — «just say nǐ hǎo to grandparents, it's fine innit» What makes grannies beam more? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t10/) — «why does granny keep saying I got taller? I'm the same lol» What's she doing? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/t11/) — Grandad says «chī ba, chī ba!» and picks up his chopsticks. What does it mean for you? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/e1/) — Identify the expression whereby a child invites an elder to commence a meal before others. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established usage of the remark nǐ pàng le when uttered by a Chinese grandparent. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/e3/) — Ascertain the appropriate conduct where an elder initially declines an offer of assistance. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/29-talking-to-the-friends-grandparents/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term guāi? — wrong ✗ · exam

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