猫和狗

The Cat and the Dog

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我家有一只猫和一只狗。

Wǒ jiā yǒu yī zhī māo hé yī zhī gǒu.

There is a cat and a dog in my home.

猫叫小雪,狗叫大水。

Māo jiào xiǎo xuě, gǒu jiào dà shuǐ.

The cat is called Xiaoxue and the dog is called Dashui.

小雪很小,大水很大。

Xiǎo xuě hěn xiǎo, dà shuǐ hěn dà.

Xiaoxue is very small and Dashui is very big.

小雪白天爱睡觉。

Xiǎo xuě báitiān ài shuìjiào.

Xiaoxue loves to sleep in the daytime.

大水爱玩,也爱叫。

Dà shuǐ ài wán, yě ài jiào.

Dashui loves to play and also loves to bark.

晚上小雪不睡觉。

Wǎnshang xiǎo xuě bú shuìjiào.

At night Xiaoxue does not sleep.

它在家里看东西。

Tā zài jiā lǐ kàn dōngxi.

It watches things in the house.

大水睡在桌子下。

Dà shuǐ shuì zài zhuōzi xià.

Dashui sleeps under the table.

它们都很爱我。

Tāmen dōu hěn ài wǒ.

They both love me very much.

我也很爱它们。

Wǒ yě hěn ài tāmen.

I love them very much too.

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