Mandarin transcript (in pinyin and characters) for Peppa Pig S01E51 “Daddy’s Movie Camera” Part 6:

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Show Notes for Learn Chinese with Peppa Pig Season 01 Episode 51 Part 6

wǒmen lái kànkàn pèiqí de yǐngpiàn
我们来看看佩奇的影片
Let’s watch Peppa’s video.

nǐ nèiyàng shì zài mófǎng shéi ne
你那样是在模仿谁呢
By acting like that, who are you imitating?

你 = nǐ, you
那样 = nèiyàng, like that
person + 那样 is a colloquial way of describing somebody is acting or looking a certain way
是 = shì, are/is/am
在 = zài, currently doing something
模仿 = mófǎng, to imitate

dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì zhū bàba
大家好，我是猪爸爸
Hello everybody, I am Daddy Pig.

yuánlái shì zhèiyàng ā
原来是这样啊
Oh I see.

原来 = yuánlái, usually means “it turned out” by itself, see S01E09 Part 6
这样 = zhèiyàng, like this
You can also use 原来是这样 or 原来如此 = yuánlái rúcǐ, to express you initially didn’t understand but now you do. They are both set expressions.

nǐmen kàn ya, wǒde dùzi fēicháng dà
你们看呀，我的肚子非常大
You guys look, my tummy is very big

nàshi yīnwèi wǒ píngshí chī le tàiduō de bǐnggān le
那是因为我平时吃了太多的饼干了
That is because I normally ate too many cookies.

那是 = nàshi, that is
因为 = yīnwèi, because
平时 = píngshí, in everyday life, commonly, normally
吃 = chī, to eat
了 = le, past tense
太多的 = tàiduō de, too many
饼干 = bǐnggān, cookies
了 = le, if you omit this the sentence still means the same thing but it’s natural to add the 了 in the end. To be honest I can’t come up with a reason why there is a second 了 here. I’d say don’t worry too much about it here.

wǒde dùzi kě yìdiǎnr yěbú dà
我的肚子可一点儿也不大
My tummy is not big at all

一点儿 = a little bit. Read about how to use er-coloring in my focused article.
(可)一点儿也不 + adjective, not adjective at all, a set phrase. The 可 is used for emphasize but it is not necessary.

dàn wǒ xǐhuān bǐnggān shì zhēnde
但我喜欢饼干是真的
But it’s true that I like cookies

但 = dàn, however, but
喜欢 = xǐhuān, to like
真的 = zhēnde, true
但… 是真的 used at the end of the sentence is a common way to express “but it’s true that…” or “indeed” used for emphasis, often used after the speaker negates another thing. In this case, Daddy Pig first rejects the claims that his belly is big but admits that he does like cookies.
- Another example I could come up with: 他不聪明，但他努力是真的 = tā bù cōngmíng, dàn tā nǔlì shì zhēn de, He’s not smart, but he’s indeed very hardworking.
- Note that you can’t use ”不是真的” in the same way.

érqiě nǐ yuè chī yuè duō, nǐde dùzi jiù yuè biàn yuè dà
而且你越吃越多，你的肚子就越变越大
Moreover, the more you eat, the bigger your tummy will get

而且 = érqiě, moreover
就 = jiù, then
变 = biàn, to turn into, to change into
越…越…= yuè…yuè…, is a colloquial expression for “the more verb, the more adjective“. For example, 我越跑越累 = wǒ yuè pǎo yuè lèi, the more I run the more I get tired.
This sentence is unique that it has two 越…越… expressions. 越吃（得）多，肚子越变（得）大 would make more sense grammatically, however it does not sound natural. It’s because the 越…越…expression is usually applied to a single character word rather than a phrase. Therefore, you’d turn 越吃（得）多 into 越吃越大 and 越变（得）大 into 越变越大.

hǎo le, xiàmiàn shì shénme
好了，下面是什么
Okay, what’s next?

zhèige shì wǒ kěài de xiǎo dìdi qiáozhì
这个是我可爱的小弟弟乔治
This is my cute little brother George

这个 = zhèige,this
可爱的 = kěài de, cute
小 = xiǎo, little
弟弟 = dìdi, brother
乔治 = qiáozhì, George Pig
Note you often drop the 的 if you’re referring to a person related to you such as 我妈妈, 我爸爸, 我弟弟, 我朋友, however it’s not wrong to include 的

zhèige shì wǒde māma
这个是我的妈妈
This is my mom

zhèige jiùshì wǒ
这个就是我
This is ME

ér zhèige, jiùshì zhēnzhèng de zhū bàba
而这个，就是真正的猪爸爸
And this is the real Daddy Pig

而 = ér, and, yet, used in specific contexts. Don’t use it interchangeably with 和.
真正的 = zhēnzhèng de, real

Learn Mandarin: Peppa Pig S01E51 Part 6