{"id":10559,"date":"2019-11-22T12:15:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10559"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:58:31","slug":"lesson-157-how-old-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/lesson-157-how-old-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 157 How Old Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Péngy\u01d2umen. N\u01d0men h\u01ceo! Hu\u0101nyíng sh\u014dut\u012bng Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. Today we’ll learn how to ask and tell someone’s age. Very useful for cutting out underage drinking!<\/p>\n

M: There are several ways to ask someone’s age. Here’s a common one. Stuart, \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86 n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

S: Twenty one \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u5c81 èr shí y\u012b suì.<\/p>\n

M: \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u5c81? èr shí y\u012b suì? I don’t believe you \u6211\u4e0d\u76f8\u4fe1 w\u01d2 bù xi\u0101ngxìn.<\/p>\n

S: \u4f60\u4e0d\u4fe1\u5417 n\u01d0 búxìn ma? ok, \u4e8c\u5341\u516d\u5c81 èr shí lìu suì.<\/p>\n

M: So, the simplest way to ask someone’s age is \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86 n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le? The \u591aDUO du\u014d, here literally means ‘how much’. \u591a\u5927 ‘how much big?’ and it means ‘how old?’. And we usually put the little le at the end. How old are you \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86? Say it, everybody, n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

S: Twenty-one \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u5c81 èr shí y\u012b suì.<\/p>\n

M: Now, did anyone hear the word for ‘year’ when we’re talking a<\/em>bout someone’s age?<\/p>\n

S: It’s not \u5e74 nián, as in ‘this year’ \u4eca\u5e74 j\u012bn nián.<\/p>\n

M: Listen again. Stuart, \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86 n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

S: Thirty \u6211\u4e09\u5341\u5c81 w\u01d2 s\u0101n shí suì.<\/p>\n

M: Got it? Duì le. \u5c81SUI suì.<\/p>\n

S: So now everybody ask, How old are you? And then answer, Forty-one.<\/p>\n

M: H\u011bn h\u01ceo. \u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86 n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

S: \u56db\u5341\u4e00\u5c81 sì shí y\u012b suì.<\/p>\n

M: Now ask, How old is he? And answer 55.<\/p>\n

S: Méi cuò. \u4ed6\u591a\u5927\u4e86 t\u0101 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: 55. \u4ed6\u4e94\u5341\u4e94\u5c81 t\u0101 w\u01d4 shí w\u01d4 suì.<\/p>\n

S: Good. Now put in the j\u012bnnián, and ask, How old are you this year?<\/p>\n

M: Duìle. \u4f60\u4eca\u5e74\u591a\u5927\u4e86 n\u01d0 j\u012bnnián du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

S: Now answer with your own age. And be honest!<\/p>\n

S: Welcome back! Now, one thing. We’ve learnt ‘n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le’, and ‘n\u01d0 j\u012bn niàn du\u014d dà le’. You would usually use these to ask someone roughly your age or younger.<\/p>\n

M: We’ll learn how to ask the age of someone older than you in our next lesson. Now let’s practice asking some women their age.<\/p>\n

S: Very dangerous, but we have to learn \u5973\u58eb NV SHI, which means ‘Ms.’, ‘Mrs.’, or Madam, n\u01dashì.<\/p>\n

M: For example, Mrs. Wang is \u738b\u5973\u58eb wáng n\u01dashì.<\/p>\n

S: So, repeat with us. \u738b\u5973\u58eb\uff0c\u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86 Wáng n\u01dashì, n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: Twenty-nine, \u4e8c\u5341\u4e5d\u5c81 èr shí j\u01d0u suì.<\/p>\n

S: \u5f20\u5973\u58eb\uff0c\u4f60\u4eca\u5e74\u591a\u5927\u4e86? Zh\u0101ng n\u01dashì, n\u01d0 j\u012bn nián du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: Thirty-two, \u4e09\u5341\u4e8c\u5c81 s\u0101n shí èr suì.<\/p>\n

S: \u674e\u5973\u58eb\uff0c\u4f60\u4eca\u5e74\u591a\u5927\u4e86? L\u01d0 n\u01dashì, n\u01d0 j\u012bnnián du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: Forty-two, \u56db\u5341\u4e8c\u5c81 sì shí èr suì.<\/p>\n

S: \u9648\u5973\u58eb\uff0c\u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fChén n\u01dashì, n\u01d0 j\u012bnnián du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: Forty-seven, \u56db\u5341\u4e03\u5c81 sì shí q\u012b suì.<\/p>\n

S: \u66fc\u4e3d\uff0c\u4f60\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1fMànlì, n\u01d0 du\u014d dà le?<\/p>\n

M: That’s a secret \u90a3\u662f\u79d8\u5bc6. Zài jiàn.

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