Tag: Dialogue

 M: Dajia hao. Huan ying nimen dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Dajia hao, wo shi Stuart.

 S: 朋友们,你们好! Wo shi Stuart.
M: Wo shi ML. And let’s not waste time. 我们不要浪费时间 women bu yao langfei shijian.
S: Because we’re in the bar. Yinwei women zai jiuba. You’ll never find me wasting time in a bar. And the most important thing here is probably to get a drink. Now listen carefully.
M: Stuart, what do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? ni xiang he shenme?
S: I want a glass of beer. 我想喝一杯啤酒. Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. ML, 你想喝什么? Ni xiang he shenme?
M: I want some iced water. 我想喝冰水。 Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: 好. 小姐, 请来一杯冰水. Xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bingshui.
S: Back again. We hope you were trying to repeat the Putonghua with us, including the new words, the louder the better.
M: And now to learn the new words.
S: Try to catch the words for ‘to want’ or ‘to think of’, and ‘to drink’.
M: Stuart? 你想喝什么? ni xiang he shenme?
S: Dui le. To ‘think of’ or ‘want’, is xiang XIANG xiang. And ‘to drink’, right, he HE he, 1st tone. And ‘beer’ is pijiu, PI JIU, pi jiu. Another very important word, pijiu. Now say ‘I want to drink beer’…..
M: Dui le, 我想喝啤酒, wo xiang he pijiu.
S: Now catch the words for ‘a glass’. 我想喝一杯啤酒.
M: Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. Get it? Dui le, yi bei, bei BEI bei, meaning ‘glass’ or ‘cup’.
S: Now say, no help from us, ‘He wants to drink beer’. ….
M: Dui le, 他想喝啤酒, ta xiang he pijiu.
S: Now, He wants to drink a glass of beer. ……
M: Feichang hao. 他想喝一杯啤酒, ta xiang he yi bei pijiu.
S: Now it’s time for me to be keqi, polite. ML, 你想喝什么? Ni xiang he shenme?
M: 我想喝冰水. Wo xiang he bing shui. Bing, BING bing, is ‘ice’. Shui SHUI shui, is ‘water’. Bing shui, iced water, say it, bing shui. Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: 小姐, 请来一杯冰水.
M: Xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bingshui. Xiaojie XIAO JIE xiaojie is a ‘miss’, a young woman, and how we address, for example, waitresses.
S: xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bing shui.
M: Qing lai, lai LAI, here means ‘to bring’, Xiao jie qing lai yi bei bing shui, Miss, please bring a glass of iced water.
WAITRESS: 一杯冰水, 没问题
S: Good, before we finish, the dialogue again, full speed.
M: Stuart? ni xiang he shenme?
S: Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. ML, Ni xiang he shenme?
M: Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: Xiaojie, qing lai yi bai bingshui.
WAITRESS: 一杯冰水, 没问题
M: Follow it ok? 那很好.
S: So ‘til next time, zaijian.
M: Zaijian.

 M: 朋友们,你们好! 我是曼丽. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. ML, 我们在哪儿?
M: We’re in the hotel bar. Women zai bin’guan de jiuba.
S: Waiting for a few friends. Women zai deng ji ge peng you.
M: And maybe some strangers, so we might have to learn how to make introductions.
S: Right.
M: Ah, 玛丽来了. Mali lai le.
S: With a pengyou. Now, try to pick out how we say ‘to recognize’ or ‘know’ someone, ‘let me’, and to ‘introduce’. ML, do you recognize her friend? 你认识她的朋友吗? Ni renshi ta de peng you ma?
M: 不, 我不认识, wo bu renshi ta de pengyou.
MARY: Stuart, Manli, 你们好吗?
M/S: hen hao, 你呢, ni ne?
MARY: Wo ye hen hao. Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友,李建国. Rang wo jieshao wo de peng you, Li Jianguo.
M: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, li xiansheng, hen gao xing renshi ni. 我姓赵,赵曼丽. Wo xing Zhao, Zhao Manli.
LJG: 赵小姐, 很高兴认识你, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: 让我介绍白君士, rang wo jie shao Bai Junshi.
LJG: 白先生,很高兴认识你, Bai xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
S: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, Li xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Now for the new stuff. Did you hear the word for ‘recognize’, or ‘know’ someone. Listen.
S: Do you know her friend? 你认识她的朋友吗?
M: Dui le. It’s renshi RENSHI renshi. Can you say ‘I know him’? …. Right, 我认识他, wo renshi ta.
S: Henhao. And what about ‘let me introduce’. Listen again.
MARY: Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友.
M: Dui le. Rang wo, let me, rang RANG rang, to let, or permit. Jieshao JIESHAO jieshao, ‘to introduce’. Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友.
S: The usual reply is, 很高兴认识你, very happy to know you, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Finally, who is 白先生, Bai xiansheng? It’s Stuart, Mr. Bai. Xiansheng XIAN SHENG xiansheng, means Mr., and, like xiaojie, Miss, comes after the name.
S: Now the dialogue again. Full speed. ML, ni renshi ta de peng you ma?
M: Bu, wo bu renshi ta de pengyou.
S: Wo ye bu renshi ta.
MARY: Stuart, Manli, nimen hao ma?
M/S: Hen hao, ni ne?
MARY: Wo ye hen hao. Rang wo jieshao wo de peng you, Li Jianguo.
M: Li xiansheng, hen gao xing renshi ni. Wo xing Zhao, Zhao Manli.
LJG: Zhao xiaojie, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Rang wo jieshao Bai Junshi.
LJG: Bai xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
S: Li xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: And we’re all so gaoxing we can finish the lesson.
S: Ming tian jian.

 大家好！我是S. 欢迎到LCN.
M: dajia hao! Wo shi ML.
S: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请，Please, qǐng, please say the Chinese out loud with us.
M: And we’ll be really happy – feichang gaoxing.
S: feichang gaoxing.
M: And finally,车来了, the car (actually it’s a taxi) has come, chē láile. 现在，我们离开机场，now we leave the jichang. Xianzai, women likai jichang.
S: So I’ll get my luggage. 哎呀，我的行李很沉。Whew, my luggage is very heavy! Wo de xingli hen chen. 司机,你能帮我吗? Sīji, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
TD: Mei wenti.
S: Xiexie.
M: Guess what Stuart asked the siji, the driver? Listen.
S: 司机,你能帮我吗? Siji, ni neng bang wo ma?
TD: Mei wenti.
S: Xiexie.
M: Can you guess? Right he asked the driver to help him. Ni neng bang wo ma? Néng NENG NENG néng, means ‘able’ or ‘can’. Bāng BANG bāng, means ‘help’. Ni neng bang wo ma? Can you help me? Ni neng bang wo ma? Ni neng bang wo ma? Stuart could also have asked…
S: 你能帮忙吗？
M: nǐ néng bāngmáng ma? nǐ néng bāngmáng ma? Bangmang BANG MANG bangmang, also means ‘help’. Please help, 请帮忙，qing bangmang.
S: Mei wenti. 让我来. Let me do it. Ràng wǒ lái.
M: Wonderful, let’s put the luggage in and get going. Stuart 和我坐前面。Stuart and I will sit in the front. 我们坐前面. Women zuò qiánmian.
S: Wo tongyi.
(break)
S: Now let’s look at the new words.
S: ML和我坐前面。ML and I will sit in the front. Women zuò qiánmian.
M: zuò qiánmiàn. zuò ZUO ZUO zuò, to ‘sit’, zuò.
S: qiánmian QIAN MIAN qián mian, the ‘front’, qiánmian.
M: Women zuò qiánmian. We’ll sit in the front. Women zuò qiánmian. We can also say, women zuo zai qianmian. The same, yíyàng, yiyang. women zuo zai qianmian.
S: Women zai qianmian. Na henhao!
(break)
M: Wow, we’ve just learnt a lot of Chinese.
S: Try and practice it before the next lesson, when we’ll start with the whole dialogue, our longest yet.
M: It includes, zuo zai qianmian – sit in the front – zuo zai qianmian.
S: And bāngmáng, to help, bangmang.
M: So, 好好学习 – study hard.
S: hǎo hǎo xuéxí.
M: And we’ll see you tomorrow.
S: Zaijian!
M: Zaijian!

 S: 大家好！我是S.
M: dajia hao! Wo shi ML.
S: Remember, 请，please, qǐng, please say the Chinese out loud with us.
M: And we’ll be feichang gaoxing. Hao, now for last lesson’s dialogue. Try to mimic us. We’ll say most things twice. Ready? The taxi’s here. Now we’ll leave the airport. 车来了, chē láile. 现在，我们离开机场，xianzai, women likai jichang.
S: 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? Sīji, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
TD: Mei wenti.
S: Xiexie.
M: Stuart and I will sit in the front. Stuart 和我坐前面。我们坐在前面. Women zuò zòi qiánmian.
S: Did you get most of it?
M: Including how to say ‘leave’, as in ‘leave the airport’? Right, it’s líkāi LI KAI likai.
S: Lí Kāi. Good. So it’s break time.
(break)
S: Break over! Now repeat the following with us.
M: Stuart, please open the door. 请开门。Qǐng kāimén.
S: Hao, wo lai kai men. Wo lai kai men.
M: Xiexie. Now we get in the cab. 现在，我们上车, women shàng chē.
S: We’re in. 我们上车了。Women shang che le.
M: Stuart, please close the door. 请关门。Qǐng guān mén.
S: 好，我来关门。Wo lai guan men. The door’s closed, Mén guān le, men guan le, and …..
M: We’ve left the jichang. 我们离开了机场, women líkāi le jīchǎng.
S: At last! I’m so happy. 我非常高兴. wo feichang gaoxing.
M: So am I, wo ye shi, wo ye shi. So am I. So happy, that now we’ll explain the new stuff.
(break)
M: 请开门. qǐng kāi mén. qǐng QING qing, ‘please’. Kāi KAI kāi, to ‘open’.
S: and mén MEN mén, is ‘door’ mén.
M: So, you people at home, try to say ‘please open the door’. … No no, not in Chinese, but in English… dui le, qing kai men, qing kai men.
S: Women shàng chē. chē CHE CHE chē, literally, means ‘vehicle’. Here, shàng chē, means ‘get in the car’.
M: Now say, ‘please get in the car’ in Chinese …… Dui le, qǐng shàng chē, qing shang che.
S: And guān GUAN guān, means ‘shut’, guan. Now say, ‘please shut the door’. …… Right, qing guan men, qing guan men.
M: And remember the little ‘le’ after the verb – it indicates completion. Listen.
S: .wo lai guan men. Let me close the door. Men guan le, the door’s closed. So can you say ‘I’ve closed the door’? Try …… Hen hao! Wo guan le men. Wo guan le men.
S: And I’m so happy! Wo feichang gaoxing. ML, ni ye gaoxing ma?
M: shi de, wo ye hen gaoxing. And all you people listening, nimen gaoxing ma?
S: I can hear them shouting, Shi de, women ye feichang gaoxing.
M: So now we can have a rest. Until the next lesson, zaijian.
S: Zaijian!

 M: 大家好！我是ML!
S: dajia hao! Wo shi Stuart.
M: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请，Please, qǐng, say the Chinese out loud with us. We’ll repeat most things.
S: First, let’s hear the dialogue of the last lesson. But we’ll change one or two words. Listen carefully.
M: Stuart, 你的行李太多了. Ni de xingli tai duo le.
S: Wo tongyi. 我的行李太多了. Wode xingli tài duo le.
M: 你的行李也太重了。 Ni de xingli yě tai zhòng le.
S: Shide, wo de xingli ye tai zhòng le. Wo de xingli ye tai zhòng le.
M: Tin a, oh dear, his luggage is too heavy. ta de xingli tai zhòng le.
S: But last lesson my xingli was tài chén, too heavy. Xianzai it’s tài zhòng. Zhòng shi shenme yisi? What does zhòng mean？ Zhòng shi shenme yisi?
M: Xingli tài zhòng, hé xingli tài chén. 一样，yíyàng, the same, yíyàng, YI YANG, yíyàng, 2nd tone, 4th tone, yíyàng.
S: Ah, so chén and zhòng both mean ‘heavy’, but chén is a bit more colloquial. Now the dialogue again, no repetition, and faster.
M: Ready. Stuart, ni de xingli tai duo le.
S: Wo tongyi. Wode xingli tài duo le.
M: Ni de xingli yě tai zhong le.
S: Shide, wo de xingli tai chen le. Wo de xingli tai chen le.
M: 很好!
S: We’re STILL at the airport. Women hai zai jichang. Now mimic this short chat.
M: 我们走吧。我打车, wo da che.
S: 好，你打车。Ni da che, 我打电话, wo da dianhua.
M: wo da che. Wo da che. Dǎ DA DA dǎ, means to ‘hit’, dǎ. Chē CHE CHE chē chē. Say it chē, chē, 1st tone, che, means ‘vehicle’. But when we say “da che”, it doesn’t mean “hit a vehicle”, it means ‘get a taxi’. Wo da che, I’ll get a cab.
S: This is very common in Chinese. One word, like dǎ, can have several different meanings. For example, I also said, Wo da dian hua. Wo da dianhua. Diàn DIAN DIAN diàn, electricity, or electric. Diàn. Huà HUA HUA, hua, words. Guess what electric words means. Yes, telephone, dianhua. Another compound word. Da dianhua. Hit the phone? Well, kind of, it means ‘make a telephone call’. Da dianhua.
M: And usually we put the common classifier gè GE gè in front of it. Dǎ ge dianhua. Listen and repeat. Stuart, 我去打车。Wo qu da che. 你去哪儿？ni qu na’er?
S: Wo qu da ge dianhua. Wo qu da ge dianhua.
M: Hao, ni qu da ge dianhua. Ni qu da ge dianhua.
S: Follow everything? 非常好。
M: Stuart’s finished phoning. 车来了, chē lái le. The taxi’s here. Che lai le.
S: Na hen hao. Che lai le. And here’s the driver.
Taxi Driver: 你们去哪儿？nimen qu na’er?
M: 我们去友谊宾馆, wo men qu youyi binguan. We’re going to the Friendship Hotel. Youyi bin’guan.
TD: 没问题。No problem. Méi wèntí.
S: Maybe we’re finally leaving the jichang!
M: We’ll see in the next lesson. Zaijian.