M: Ni hao! 来学汉语。Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi ML. S: Woshi Stuart. It's 复习 revision fùxí time. Lots to listen to and repeat. We're going to move fast. kaishi! M: The car's come, 车来了,chē láile. S:I'll get my luggage. My luggage is very heavy. 我的行李很沉。Wo de xingli hen chen. Driver, can you help me? 司机,你能帮我吗? Siji, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma? TD: Mei wenti. S: Xiexie. M: Ni neng bang wo ma? Can you help me? Stuart could also have asked… S: 你能帮忙吗? M: Bāngmáng, add the máng MANG. bangmang, also means ‘help'. Please help, 请帮忙,qing bangmang. M: We will sit in the front. 我们坐前面. Women zuò qiánmian. S: The front, qiánmiàn. So far, so good! S: Break over! A quick reminder. ‘Open' – 开 KAI kai. ‘Shut – 关GUAN guan. Door – 门 MEN mén. M: Get in the car – 上车 SHANG CHE shàng chē. Now the dialogue. Please open the door. 请开门。Qǐng kāimén. S: Ok, I'll open the door. Hao, wo lai kai men. Wo lai kai men. M: We get in the car. 我们上车, women shàng chē. M: Please close the car door. 请关车门。Qǐng guān chē mén. S: Ok, I'll close it. 好,我来关。Wo lai guan. M: The door's closed,门关了. Remember the little ‘le' after the verb – it indicates completion. Men guan le. S: Now we leave the jichang. 现在我们离开机场, xianzai women likai jichang. S: And we're in the taxi going to my bin'guan. M: Now we'll fùxí revise things like, ‘use your mobile phone – shǒujī. And ‘to have' – yǒu, yǒu; ‘to use'- yòng, yòng; and ‘give' – gěi, gěi. S: Not forgetting, kěyǐ – can do, or Ok. Hao, women kaishi. M: Stuart wants to make a phone call. 他要打个电话. Ta yao da ge dianhua. S: ML, do you have a mobile phone? 你有手机吗?nǐ yǒu shǒuji ma? M: 有,我有手机. Yǒu, wǒ yǒu shǒujī. Want to use it? 你要用吗?ni yao yong ma? S: 是的,我要用你的手机。可以吗? Wo yao yong ni de xhou ji. Kěyǐ ma. M: 可以。Of course. Keyi. 给你。Gei ni. S: Xiexie. M: 非常好. Stuart is making a phone call. Stuart 在打电话。Ta zài dǎ diànhuà. S: Dui, wo zai da dianhua. I'm using ML's mobile phone. Wo zai yong ML de shouji. M: So maybe I should keep quiet. S: Hao zhǔyì. Hao zhuyi! M: So we'll see you next time. Zaijian. S: Zaijian.
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