S: Dà jiā hǎo, wǒ shì Stuart. Today it’s a revision lesson.
M: Lots to go over.
S: And ML has to cry again!
M: But before I do, what is ‘boyfriend’ in Hàn yǔ?
S: Duì le, 男朋友 nán péng you. And ‘girlfriend’?
M: Meí cuò. 女朋友 nǚ péng you.
S: ML, why are you crying? 你怎么哭了? nǐ zěn me kū le?
M: Because the day before yesterday my boyfriend left me. 因为,前天我的男朋友离开了我 yīn wèi qián tiān wǒ de nán péng you lí kāi le wǒ.
S: 前天你的男朋友离开了你。为什么? Qián tiān nǐ de nán péng you lí kāi le nǐ. Wèi shén me?
M: He has a new girlfriend. 他有了一个新的女朋友 tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you. And the day after tomorrow, they will get married! 他们后天结婚 tā men hòu tiān jié hūn.
S: 他们后天结婚 tā men hòu tiān jié hūn. Never mind.
S: Did you remember ‘the day after tomorrow’? Duì le. hòu tiān, hòu tiān.
M: And ‘to marry’ jié hūn, jié hūn. So, now say, ‘they marry the day after tomorrow’.
S: Duì le, 他们后天结婚 tā men hòu tiān jié hūn. Now say ‘are you married?’
M: Duì le. 你结婚了吗Nǐ jié hūn le ma?
S: Answering ‘yes’, 是的,我结婚了 shì de, wǒ jié hūn le.
M: A simple ‘no’ would be 没呢. méi ne.
S: Let’s hear the dialogue again.
S: nǐ zěn me kū le?
M: yīn wèi qián tiān wǒ de nán péng you lí kāi le wǒ.
S: Qián tiān nǐ de nán péng you lí kāi le nǐ. Wèi shén me?
M: Yīn wèi, tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng yǒu.
S: yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you!
M: Duì, tā yǒu le yí gè xīn de nǚ péng you. tā men hòu tiān jié hūn.
S: tā men hòu tiān jié hūn. Never mind.
M: Which brings us up to the previous lesson, and that ex of mine is now history.
S: A friend is getting married. 一个朋友要结婚yí gè péng you yào jié hūn, and wher is the wedding ceremony being held? 婚礼在哪儿举行? hūn lǐ zài nǎr jǚ xíng?
M: 婚礼在北京饭店举行 hūn lǐ zài Běi jīng fàn diàn jǔ xíng.
S: How do we get there? 我们怎么走? wǒ men zěn me zǒu.
M: Subway, 我们可以坐地铁 wǒ men kě yǐ zuò dì tiě. Or take a bus, 或者坐公共汽车 huò zhě zuò gōng gòng qì chē.
S: Or a taxi? 出租车行吗? chū zū chē xíng ma?
M: 出租车也行chū zū chē yě xíng.
S: Subway, bus or taxi. All will do. 地铁dì tiě, 公共汽车 gōng gòng qì chē,出租车 chū zū chē.都可以 dōu kě yǐ.
M: Hǎo. To finish, here’s that last dialogue again. Try to say everything with us.
S: yí gè péng you yào jié hūn. hūn lǐ zài nǎr jǔ xíng?
M: hūn lǐ zài Běi jīng fàn diàn jǔ xíng.
S: wǒ men zěn me zǒu?
M: wǒ men ké yǐ zuò dì tiě. huò zhě zuò gōng gòng qì chē.
S: chū zū chē xíng ma?
M: chū zū chē yě xíng.
S: dì tiě, gōng gòng qì chē, chū zū chē, Dōu kě yǐ.
M: Nà hǎo, so we can go now. Zài jiàn.