In this quick dialogue, a little girl asks her dad for swimming lessons.
Key vocab
游泳 – yóu yǒng – to swim
女儿 – nǚ ér – daughter
爸爸 – bà bà – father, dad
朋友 – péng yǒu – friend
明天 – míng tiān – tomorrow
冷 – lěng – cold
怕 – pà – to be afraid
教 – jiāo – to teach
一起 – yì qǐ – together
女儿 – nǚ ér – daughter
爸爸 – bà bà – father, dad
朋友 – péng yǒu – friend
明天 – míng tiān – tomorrow
冷 – lěng – cold
怕 – pà – to be afraid
教 – jiāo – to teach
一起 – yì qǐ – together
我想学游泳
女儿：爸爸，我想学游泳！
爸爸：好啊！你为什么想学？
女儿：因为我的朋友们都会游泳。
爸爸：那我们明天去游泳吧。
女儿：可是，爸爸，水很冷吗？
爸爸：不冷，水很好。你不要怕。
女儿：好的！爸爸会教我吗？
爸爸：会的。我们一起学，很快你就会了！
女儿：太好了！谢谢爸爸！
2 replies on “Dialogue: 我想学游泳 – I want to learn to swim”
When I first read this “我们一起学” I thought, how odd. They are going to learn together? Does this mean he doesn’t know how yet, either? Or is this an idiomatic way of saying he’s going to be together with her as she learns?
The latter – basically just means “we’ll study together”, or “I’ll be at your side as you learn.”