The Coffee Song

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  • Kāfēi,  kāfēi, wǒ zhēn ài hē Kāfēi Wǒ zǎoshang hē wǒ zhōngwǔ hē, wǎnshang yě hē
  • Kāfēi, kāfēi, kāfēi wǒ hē kāfēi bú lèi, kāfēi hěn hēi yě hěn měiwèi
  • Kāfēi,Kāfēi, kāfēi, kāfēi Wǒ juéde bù tài guì Rúguǒ nǐ kě nǐ yīnggāi hē
  • Kāfēi, kāfēi, kāfēi wǒ qǐng nǐ hē yì bēi Nǐ bié yǐwéi nǐ bù néng shuì Kāfēi, kāfēi, kāfēi!
  •   Coffee, coffee, I really love to drink Coffee I drink it morning, noon, and night
  • Coffee, coffee, coffee I drink it and am not tired Coffee is black and has a beautiful flavor
  •  Coffee, coffee, coffee I don’t feel it’s expensive If you are thirsty you should drink it
  • Kāfēi, Coffee, coffee, coffee I’ll treat you to a glass Don’t think you won’t be able to sleep. Coffee, coffee, coffee

Questions about the song.

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  •   Adjectives (words that are preceded by hěn, tài, zhēn, etc.) guì_expensive, kě_thirsty,  lèi_tired, měiwèi_beautiful, flavor
  • Nouns hēi_black/dark, bēi_glass, (a cup or class of coffee) kāfēi_coffee
  • Adjective modifiers (words followed by guì, kě, lèi, etc.) hěn_very, tài_too, zhēn_really
  • Time Words wǎnshang_night/evening,  zǎoshang_morning, zhōngwǔ_noon,
  • Auxiliaries néng_able to, bùnéng_unable to, yīnggāi _should
  •  Negatives (plus verb) bié_don’t, (bié plus verb) bú_no/not
  • Adverb (occurs before verb) yě_also
  • Verbs ai_love (love to drink coffee), hē_drink, juéde_feel (feel tired), qǐng_treat s.o.b. to (buy you a cup of coffee), shuì_ sleep
  • Numbers yì_one, a (a cup of coffee)
  • Pronouns nǐ_you wǒ_I, me
  • Other rúguǒ_if yǐwéi_think/thought (bie yiwei don’t think that…)