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Conversation 1: Telling Time        

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A1 r;dg9QkIPo9ad3,' L phu@ak ca@w hJ#an ca#k mo#oG What time do you begin class ?
B1 r;d0hvpIPogdQk3,' phu@ak khO^j hJ#an ka@w mo#oG We begin at 9 o'clock.
A2 r;dg9Qkg]ud9ad3,' L phu@ak ca@w lA@Ak ca#k mo#oG What time do you finish class ?
B2 r;d0hvpg]ydlk,3,' phu@ak khO^j lA@Ak sa%am mo#oG We finish at 3 o'clock.
                   
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Conversation 2: Telling Time

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A1 g9Qkdyog0Qkg-Qk9ad3,' L ca@w kJ%n kha^w sa@w ca#k mo#oG What time do you eat breakfast ?
B1 g9af3,' ce#t mo#oG Seven o'clock.
A2 g0QkmjP'gfJ L kha^w thJ&aG de+e And lunch ?
B2 0hvpdyog0QkmjP'ly[lv'3,'g7yj' khO^j kJ%n kha^w thJ&aG sJ#p-sO%OG mo#oG khA&G I eat lunch at 12:30.
                    
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Conversation 3: Telling Time

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A1 g9Qk1kdwxg[yj'g8t[ko[= L ca@w ja^ak pa%j bA&G te#-ba%an bO%O Would you like to go watch the soccer game ?
B1 1kdwxF g9Qk-ywx9ad3,' L ja%ak pa%j, ca@w sJ& pa%j ca#k mo#oG Yes, what time are you going ?
A2 g8t[kos^Yoluj3,' te#-ba%an lJ^n sJ&J mo#oG The game starts at 4 o'clock.
B2 7ao-AoF r=hdaolk,3,'g7yj'gokt kha#n sa@n, phO@O ka%n sa%am mo#oG khA&G nO&Q Then, let's meet at 3:30, OK ?
                   
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Vocabulary

   

Vbj' nu#N one
lv' sO4ON two
lk, sa4am three
luj si#i four
shk ha3a five
Iqd ho2k six
g9af ce2t seven
cxf pE3Et eight
gdQk ka1w nine
ly[ si2p ten
ly[ gvaf si2p-e2t eleven
ly[ lv' si2p-sO4ON twelve
9ad ca2k how many
fP;oU di4aw-ni1i now
1kd ya3ak to want
g0Qk kha3w rice, food
g0Qkg-Qk kha3w-sa1w breakfast
g0Qkl;kp kha3w-su4ay lunch
g0Qkc]' kha3w-lE2EN dinner
g-Qk sa1w morning
l;kp su4ay midday
mjP' thi#aN noon
c]' lE2EN evening,afternoon
g7jy' khe#N half
dyo ki4n to eat
g]ud le1ek to end
gokt nO# all right? OK ?
ovo nO2On to recline, sleep
7ao-Ao kha2n sa1n then, in that case
g8t[ko te2-ba4an to play soccer, football
8njo tu#un to wake up