 M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng shōutīng Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Jīn tiān shì fùxí kè.
M: Listen out for 安排 ‘organize' ānpái, 生日宴会 ‘birthday party'，shēngrì yànhuì.
S: 打算 ‘intend', dǎsuàn, and ‘first', which is 先. Now for our chat. Tīng, and chóngfù.
M: Now we want to organize a birthday party. 现在我们想安排一个生日宴会， xiànzài wǒmén xiǎng ānpái yíge shēngrì yànhuì.
S: 谁的生日宴会 shuí de shēngrì yànhuì?
M: 我的生日宴会 wǒ de shēngrì yànhuì.
S: 你的生日是哪一天？Nǐ de shēngrì shì nǎyìtiān?
M: 下周末，星期六 xià zhōumò, xīngqī lìu.
S: 你打算干什么 nǐ dǎsuàn gàn shénme?
M: 我们先吃晚饭 wǒmen xiān chī wǎn fàn.吃完饭之后，我们去唱卡拉OK。 chì wán fàn zhīhòu, wǒmen qùchàng kǎlāOK.
S: 你请客吗 nǐqǐngkèma?
M: We'll go Dutch. 我们AA制。
S: Now, using xian1 and ran2hou4, everybody say, First we'll go to the zoo, then go to a karaoke bar.
M: Hěn hǎo. 我们先去动物园，然后去唱卡拉OK. Wǒmen xiān qù dòngwu yuán, ránhòu qù chàng kǎlāOK.
S: And finally, zui4hou, finally, I intend to go home.
M: Méi cuò. 最后我打算回家。Zuìhòu wǒ dǎsuàn huíjiā.
S: And in the previous lesson we talked about huǒchēpiào, train tickets, huǒchēpiào.
M: Like, Hard seat, yìngzuò, and hard sleeper, yìngwò.
S: And ‘comfortable' shūfú. ML asked …
M: What kind of ticket shall we buy? 咱们买哪种票? Zánmen mài něi zhǒng piào?
S: The cheapest! 最便宜的 zuì piányi de.
M: 最便宜的火车票是硬座 zuì piányi de huǒchē piào shì yìngzuò.
S: 但是我要睡觉 dàn shì, wǒ yào shuìjiào.
M: 好，那就买硬卧车票 hǎo, nàjiù mǎi yìngwò chēpiào.
S: 硬卧舒服吗 yìngwò shūfú ma?
M: 马马虎虎 mǎma huhu.
S: Horse horse tiger tiger, mǎma hǔhu!
S: We hope you understood everything. Like, what does this mean:
M: 咱们买哪种票? zánmen mǎi něi zhǒng piào?
S: Méicuò. We buy what kind of ticket? 种 ZHONG zhǒng, remember, here means ‘kind' or ‘type'.
M: But, usage is everything. If I say, What kind of animal is that? I would usually say, 那是什么动物 that is what animal? nàshì shénme dòngwù? I wouldn't use zhǒng.
S: But to say, I can speak several languages 语言 ‘language' yǔyán, I say, 我会说几种语言 ‘I know a few kinds language'. Note that I can leave out ‘speak'. So I can also say, wǒ huì jǐ zhǒng yǔyán. This is more colloquial.
M: But his English is terrible.
S: Huh! Time to xià kè. Zài jiàn. |
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