{"id":5801,"date":"2019-11-15T04:52:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T04:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-079-i-had-money-three-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T04:52:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T04:52:49","slug":"lesson-079-i-had-money-three-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/lesson-079-i-had-money-three-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 079 I Had Money Three Years Ago."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Dàji\u0101 h\u01ceo! Hu\u0101nyíng n\u01d0men dào Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML <\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, \u4eca\u5929\u6211\u4eec\u5b66\u4ec0\u4e48j\u012bn ti\u0101n w\u01d2men xuéshénme?<\/p>\n

S: Well, we’ve learnt lots a<\/em>bout time. Now, it’s time we learnt to say things like ‘three days ago’ or ‘ten years ago’ or whatever. ML, n\u01d0 tóngyì ma?<\/p>\n

M: W\u01d2 tóngyì.<\/p>\n

S: Now, listen and repeat our simple conversation. Try to pick out the words for ‘three years ago’, ‘three weeks ago’ and ‘three days ago’.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart. It seems\uff0c \u597d\u50cf it seems you’re a bit unhappy. \u597d\u50cf\u4f60\u6709\u70b9\u4e0d\u9ad8\u5174\u3002\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1fh\u01ceoxiàng ní y\u01d2u di\u01cen bù g\u0101oxìng. Wèi shénme?<\/p>\n

S: Three years ago, I had money. Three weeks ago, I had lots of money. But, \u53ef\u662f k\u011bshì, three days ago, I didn’t have any money. Today, I still don’t have money. \u4e09\u5e74\u524d\uff0c\u6211\u6709\u94b1 s\u0101n nián qián, w\u01d2 y\u01d2u qián. \u4e09\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\u524d\uff0c\u6211\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u94b1 s\u0101n ge x\u012bngq\u012b qián, w\u01d2 y\u01d2u h\u011bn du\u014d qián. \u53ef\u662f\uff0c\u4e09\u5929\u524d\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u94b1k\u011bshì, s\u0101n ti\u0101n qián, w\u01d2 méi y\u01d2u qián. \u4eca\u5929\uff0c\u6211\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u94b1 j\u012bn ti\u0101n, w\u01d2 hái méi y\u01d2u qián.<\/p>\n

M: \u4e09\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\u524d\u4f60\u6709\u94b1s\u0101n ge x\u012bngq\u012b qián níy\u01d2u qián. But, \u4f46\u662f\uff0c\u4e09\u5929\u524d\u4f60\u6ca1\u6709\u94b1\u3002 \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48 wèi shénme?<\/p>\n

S: Because, four days ago I went to Las Vegas. \u56e0\u4e3a\uff0c\u56db\u5929\u524d\u6211\u53bb\u4e86\u62c9\u65af\u7ef4\u52a0\u65af\u3002y\u012bnwéi, sì ti\u0101n qián w\u01d2 qù le l\u0101s\u012bwéiji\u0101s\u012b.<\/p>\n

M: \u6211\u77e5\u9053\u4e86. You gambled there, right? \u4f60\u5728\u90a3\u91cc\u8d4c\u94b1\u4e86\uff0c \u5bf9\u4e0d\u5bf9\uff1fn\u01d0 zài nàl\u01d0 d\u01d4 qián le, duì bú duì?<\/p>\n

S: duì. \u56db\u5929\u524d\u6211\u8d4c\u94b1\u4e86\u3002sì ti\u0101n qián wó d\u01d4qián le.<\/p>\n

M: Silly Stuart.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 tóngyì.<\/p>\n

S: Ok, now we know how to say ‘three, or four or whatever, days ago, or weeks, or mo<\/em>nths or years or hours or minutes ago’. Every body say ‘Five years ago we went to Las Vegas –l\u0101s\u012bwéiji\u0101s\u012b– Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

M: Duì le. \u4e94\u5e74\u524d\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u4e86\u62c9\u65af\u7ef4\u52a0\u65af w\u01d4 nián qián w\u01d2men qù le l\u0101s\u012bwéiji\u0101s\u012b.<\/p>\n

S: Now say, ‘three mo<\/em>nths ago we went to Shanghai’.<\/p>\n

M: Hén h\u01ceo. \u4e09\u4e2a\u6708\u524d\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u4e86\u4e0a\u6d77 s\u0101n ge yuèqián w\u01d2men qù le Shàngh\u01cei.<\/p>\n

S: Finally, ‘Five days ago they went to Macao – àomén – Macao’.<\/p>\n

M: Hén h\u01ceo. \u4e94\u5929\u524d\u4ed6\u4eec\u53bb\u4e86\u6fb3\u95e8 w\u01d4 ti\u0101n qián t\u0101men qù le àomén.<\/p>\n

S: By the way, the pinyin for ‘Macao’ \u6fb3\u95e8is AO MENàomén, 4th tone 2nd tone, say it, àomén.<\/p>\n

M: And ‘gamble’ is, \u8d4c\u94b1 DU QIAN d\u01d4qián, 3rd tone 2nd tone, d\u01d4qián, d\u01d4qián.<\/p>\n

S: And we end with some advice. Don’t gamble. \u4e0d\u8981\u8d4c\u94b1 bú yào d\u01d4qián.<\/p>\n

M: W\u01d2 tóngyì. See you next time.<\/p>\n

S: Zàijiàn. 
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