Key vocab
下雨 – xià yǔ – to rain
饭店 – fàn diàn – restaurant
伞 – sǎn – umbrella
拿错 – ná cuò – to take by mistake
旧 – jiù – old (of objects)
新 – xīn – new
别人 – bié rén – other people, someone else
还 – huán – to return (something)
对方 – duì fāng – the other party, each other
对不起 – duì bu qǐ – sorry, excuse me
饭店 – fàn diàn – restaurant
伞 – sǎn – umbrella
拿错 – ná cuò – to take by mistake
旧 – jiù – old (of objects)
新 – xīn – new
别人 – bié rén – other people, someone else
还 – huán – to return (something)
对方 – duì fāng – the other party, each other
对不起 – duì bu qǐ – sorry, excuse me
谁的伞
昨天下雨了。
张伟在饭店吃饭。饭店门口有很多伞。
张伟吃完饭，拿了一把伞就走了。
回到家，他看了看伞。
啊，这不是他的伞！
他的伞很旧。这把伞是新的。
张伟想：我拿错了。这是别人的伞。
第二天，张伟拿着新伞，回到饭店。他想还伞。
饭店门口，站着一个人。
那个人手里，拿着一把很旧的伞。
是张伟的伞！
两个人看看伞，看看对方，都笑了。
“对不起！”
“对不起！”
2 replies on “Short story: 谁的伞 – The Wrong Umbrella”
I really love your short stories .. always been confused about how to learn Chinese but you make it so easy literally want to cry out of happiness thanks so much.
It’s a nice story, it shows a lot of gramatical structures that are new to me:
饭店门口，站着一个人。(place, action + subject): used to introduce a new subject.
那个人手里，拿着一把很旧的伞。: Same here, I had never seen this order before “in his hand, he was holding a very old umbrella”.
Maybe I’m a little deprived of texts, but this was really fun to read, and I got a lot of new vocabulary on the way.