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@ 31572 A Visit to the In
A: 小蔣，來看你老丈入啦！
Xiaˇo Jiaˇng, la´i ka`n nˇı laˇozha`ngre´n la!
Xiao Jiang, you’re here to see your father-in-law!
B: 是啊，週末了，來看看岳父岳母。
sh`ı a, zho¯ umo`
le, la´i ka`n kan yue`fu`
yue`muˇ.
Yeah. It’s the weekend. I’m here to see my wife’s parents.
A: 好女婿，你丈母孃老誇你呢！
haˇo nuˇ¨ xu, nˇı zha`ngmunia´ng laˇo kua¯
nˇı ne!
You’re a good son-in-law. Your mother-in-law is always speaking highly of you!
B: 哪裡哪裡，工作忙，很少回來。
naˇli naˇli, go¯ ngzuo` ma´ng, heˇn shaˇo hu´ılai.
No way. I’ve been busy with work and haven’t come very often.
A: 小敏怎麼沒一起回來？
Xiaˇomˇın zeˇnme me´i y¯ıqˇı hu´ılai?
How come Xiaomin didn’t come with you?
B: 小敏昨天就回來了。
Xiaˇomˇın zuo´tia¯ n jiu` hu´ılai le.
Xiaomin just came yesterday.
A: 哦。你們能抽空回來看看老入，老入就滿意了。
o. nˇımen ne´ng cho¯ uko`ng hu´ılai ka`n kan laˇore´n, laˇore´n jiu` maˇny`ı le.
Oh. As long as you guys can find the time to see your el- ders, they’ll be happy.
B: 是是是。
sh`ı sh`ı sh`ı.
Yeah, that’s right.
A: 哎，我女兒女婿離得遠，一年能回來一趟就不錯
了。
a`i, woˇ bu`cuo`
nuˇ¨ ’e´r nuˇ¨ xu l´ı de yuaˇn, y¯ı nia´n ne´ng hu´ılai y¯ı ta`ng jiu` le.
Agh, my daughter and son-in-law are really far away. If they can get here once a year, that’s pretty good.
B: 你兒子媳婦也在上海吧？
nˇı e´rzi x´ıfu yeˇ za`i Sha`nghaˇi ba?
Your son and daughter-in-law are in Shanghai as well, right?
A: 別提了，我兒子只知道去丈母孃家！
bie´
t´ı le, woˇ
e´rzi zhˇı zh¯ıda`o qu`
zha`ngmunia´ng jia¯ !
Don’t bring it up. My son only ever thinks about going to his mother-in-law’s!
---Key Vocabulary---
老丈入 laˇozha`ngre´n wife’s father
丈母孃 zha`ngmunia´ng wife’s mother
岳父 yue`fu` wife’s father
岳母 yue`muˇ wife’s mother
女婿 nuˇ¨ xu son-in-law
老 laˇo always
誇 kua¯ to speak highly of, praise to
抽空 cho¯ uko`ng to find time
老入 laˇore´n elderly person
滿意 maˇny`ı content, satisfied
離得遠 l´ı de yuaˇn to be far away from
趟 ta`ng [measure word trips] for
媳婦 x´ıfu daughter-in-law, wife
別提了 bie´ t´ı le ’don’t bring it up’
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
稱呼 che¯ nghu term of address
正式 zhe`ngsh`ı formal
尊敬 zu¯ nj`ıng respectful
孝順 xia`oshu`n to show filial obedi- ence
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