My strange uncle
Today, my mom tell me,we have a distant relatives will to my grandmother's home.Therefore, I and my sister to visit my grandmother.
When we get there,I saw a boy sitting on the sofa.
"He is your uncle"my mother said.
"What!? this boy??? "I can't bilived that "How old are you,boy"I asked the boy.
'21"He answered me"But I'm your uncle"He added.
"Why? You are only3 years older than me!"I said.
"Year, but I'm your mother's brother" he said .
In China, status of a generation in the family is very important, so I had to call a three years old than me boy " uncle"...
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我们家族对辈分要求很严，小辈不能直呼长辈姓名...不服啊
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My strange uncle
Today, my mom tell told me, we have a distant relatives relative will go to my grandmother's home. Therefore, I Me and my sister will also go to visit my grandmother. (Your grandmother isn't your sister's? I'm curious to know. Maybe it's better to use "our" instead of "my".)
When we get got there, I saw a boy sitting on the sofa.
"He is your uncle." my mother said.
"What!? This boy??" I couln't believe that.
"How old are you, boy?" I asked the boy.
"21." He answered me. "But I'm your uncle." He added.
"Why? How? You are only 3 years older than me!" I said.
"Yeah, but I'm your mother's brother.". He said.
In China, status of a generation in the family is very important, we must make it clear that seniority in the family, young and old, etc. , or else will be considered non-Business Planning. (It's a better saying.)
so Therefore, I have to call a three years old than me older boy "uncle"...
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My strange uncle
Today, my mom tell me,we have a distant relatives will to my grandmother's home.Therefore, I and my sister to visit my grandmother.
When we get there,I saw a boy sitting on the sofa.
"He is your uncle"my mother said.
"What!? this boy??? "I can't bilived that "How old are you,boy"I asked the boy.
'21"He answered me"But I'm your uncle"He added.
"Why? You are only3 years older than me!"I said.
"Year, but I'm your mother's brother" he said .
In China, status of a generation in the family is very important, so I had to call a three years old than me boy " uncle"...
Today, my mom told me that she and some of our distant relatives will visit my grandmother at her home. So, my sister and I decided to visit my grandmother also. When we arrived, I saw a boy sitting on the sofa.
"He is your uncle" my mom said.
"What? this boy??" i asked. I couldn't believe it!
I asked the boy, "How old are you, boy?"
"Twenty one" He said, "But I am your uncle" He added.
"Why?" I asked. "You are only three years older than I am" I said.
To which he replied, "Yea, but I am your mother's brother."
In China, the status of a generation in the family is very important; so I had to call a boy who is three years older than me, "uncle"...
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I have an over 30 years old nephew. It's really weird when I call him just the name but not brother every time.
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that's pretty funny haha :)
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