Tag: Dialogue

 M: Péng yǒu men, nǐ men hǎo! Huān1yíng nǐ men dào Xiàn zài Xué Hàn yǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Dà jiā hǎo, wǒ shì Stuart. Today it’s a revision lesson.

 M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ, lesson 63. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. 今天我们yào xué, more about time, 时间 time shíjiān.
M: Stuart has returned to his room, 他回了他的房间 tā huìle tāde fángjiān.
S: And ML has returned home, 她回家了 tā huí jiā le.
M: Actually, we’re in the studio!
S: Don’t tell anyone!
S: wǒ hěn lèi. xiànzài shì jí diǎn? Quarter past eleven! 十一点一刻shí yī diǎn yī kè. 现在，我睡觉 xiànzài, wǒ shuìjiào.
S: Xiànzài shì jídiǎn le? 6:45, in the early morning! 早晨，六点三刻，zǎochen, liù diǎn sān kè. ML’s coming at half-past seven! ML 七点半来, ML qī diǎn bàn lái. I still have 45 minutes. 我还有四十五分钟 wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng.
M: That’s what he thinks!
S: wéi. 您好？nín hǎo?
M: 我是曼丽.
S: 曼丽?! 你说你七点半来。nǐ shuō nǐ qī diǎn bàn lái. 现在是六点三刻, xiànzài shì liù diǎn sān kè.
M: bú dui. Now it’s 7:25. 现在是七点二十五分xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn.
S: 7:25?! qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn?
M: Now it’s 7:26. xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn. qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn.
S: qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn, qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn. She’s so fussy!
M: Now we’ll go over the new stuff.
S: Quarter past eleven. 十一点一刻.
M: shí yī diǎn yī kè. 一刻 one kè. Can you guess what yī kèis? Duìle. A quarter of an hour.
S: So can you say, ‘a quarter past one’? Duìle. Yī diǎn yī kè.
M: And then …
S: 六点三刻.
M: What is liù diǎn sān kè? Méicuò! 6:45. liù diǎn sān kè, liù diǎn sān kè.
S: And I said, I still have 45 minutes! 我还有四十五分钟.
M: wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng. What is a fēnzhōng? Duìle. A ‘minute’. Fēnzhōng FEN ZHONG fēnzhōng
M: Now for the dialogue again.
S: wǒ hěn lèi. xiànzài shì jí diǎn? shì yī diǎn yī kè. Xiànzài, wǒ shuìjiào.
S: xiànzài shì jídiǎn le? Zǎochén, liù diǎn sān kè! ML qī diǎn bàn lái. wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng.
S: wéi. nín hǎo?
M: Wǒ shì ML.
S: Nǐ shuō nǐ qī diǎn bàn lái. Xiànzài shì liù diǎn sānkè.
M: bú dui. Xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn.
S: Qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn?
M: Xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn.
M: Get most of it? Hěn hǎo. Now it’s time to xiàkè.
S: One thing. ML, will you lend me a thousand dollars?
M: 你开玩笑, kāiwánxiào!
S: Oh dear. But we did have to practice ‘kāiwánxiào ‘. Zàijiàn

 M: Dàjiā hǎo! Huānyíng dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Remember, Listen tīng, speak shuō, and guess cāi yī cāi.
M: 今天,第六十二课. Today, Lesson 62. Jīntiān, dì liù shí èr kè. Repeat it everybody.
S: Jīntiān, dì liù shí èr kè.
M: Hǎo. What did we decide at the end of the previous lesson?
S: I’d go to sleep. 我去睡觉 wǒ qù shuìjiào. You’ll return home. 你回家 nǐ huí jiā.
M: But first we’ll plan our schedule for tomorrow.
S: And learn more about telling the time.
M: What’s the time now? 现在是几点 xiànzài shì jídiǎn?
S: Half-past ten. 十点半 shí diǎn bàn.
M: Ok, I’ll go home. 好，我回家. wǒ huíjiā.
S: What time will you come tomorrow? 你明天几点钟来? nǐ míngtiān jídiǎnzhōng lái?
M: Tomorrow morning明天早晨，míngtiān zǎochén, 六点钟liù diǎn zhōng.
S: míngtiān zǎochén, liù diǎn, you’re joking! Liù diǎn, 你开玩笑, liù diǎn, nǐ kāiwánxiào!
M: Ok. 六点半，six thirty, liù diǎn bàn.
S: L iù diǎn bàn. kāiwánxiào!
M: 七点半，行不行? qī diǎn bàn, xíng bù xíng?
S: qī diǎn bàn, wó xiǎng yī xiǎng. Ok.
M: Now let’s go over the new stuff.
S: Here’s what we said.
M: 现在是几点? That’s easy. What’s the time now? xiànzài shì jídiǎn?
S: 十点半.
M: shí diǎn bàn. Shí diǎn, 10 o’clock. Bàn BAN bàn, means ‘half’. So what does shí diǎn bàn mean?
S: Mei cuo! Half past 10. Say it. Shí diǎn bàn, shí diǎn bàn.
M: 好，我回家.
S: What time will you come tomorrow? 你明天几点钟来?
M: nǐ míngtiān jídiǎnzhōng lái? 明天 means ‘tomorrow’.
S: Actually, míng, means ‘bright’, and tiān means ‘day’, so, always optimistic, ‘bright day, tomorrow’ míngtiān.
M: zǎochén, 早 ZAO zǎo, is ‘early’. 晨CHEN chén, is ‘morning’. zǎochén, 3rd tone 2nd tone, is ‘early morning’. Say it, zǎochén, zǎo chen.
S: But, ML, nǐ yào zǎochén liù diǎn zhōng lai, liù diǎn. Tài zǎo le! Too early! You’re joking! Nǐ kāiwánxiào!
M: Ok. 六点半，six thirty, liù diǎn bàn.
S: Liù diǎn bàn. hái shì kāiwánxiào!
M: 七点半，行不行? qī diǎn bàn, xíng bù xíng?
S: qī diǎn bàn, wó xiǎng yī xiǎng. 行，Ok.
S: Time to hear the dialogue again. Try to say it with us.
M: 现在是几点? xiànzài shì jídiǎn?
S: 十点半 shí diǎn bàn.
M: 好，我回家 wǒ huíjia.
S: 你明天几点钟来, nǐ míngtiān jídiǎnzhōng lái?
M: 早晨六点钟zǎochén liù diǎn zhōng.
S: zǎochén liù diǎn, Liù diǎn, 你开玩笑, nǐ kāiwánxiào!
M: Ok. 六点半，liù diǎn bàn.
S: Liù diǎn bàn. kāiwánxiào!
M: 七点半，行不行 qī diǎn bàn, xíng bù xíng?
S: qī diǎn bàn, wǒ xiǎng yī xiǎng. 行，Ok.
S: Finally, a very useful expression. ‘You’re joking!’ 你开玩笑!
M: nǐ kāiwánxiào! All together, nǐ kāiwánxiào!
S: Or simply, kāiwánxiào! Right, now we’ll give you a bit of homework to do.
M: Practice saying, nǐ jídiǎn lái? And answering, , half-past one, 2, half-past two, etc, right up to 2:30.
S: Now, we xiàkè. Zàijiàn.

 M: Dajia hao. Huan ying nimen dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Dajia hao, wo shi Stuart. 今天我们学第五十六课。

 M: Da jia hao. Huanying dao xianzai xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. Let’s start with a question for our listeners. What lesson is it today?’ Jin tian shi di ji ke? …….

 M: Pengyoumen, nimen hao. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. Women mashang kaishi. M: Everybody, 听，说， 同时猜一猜. Listen, speak, at the same time, guess. Ting, shuo, tong shi cai yi cai. Hen hao.

 M: Da jia hao. Huanying nimen dao xianzai xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. Women mashang kaishi.
M: 今天是第五十九课, lesson 59, di wu shi jiu ke.
S: We’re still in the restaurant.
M: Women hai zi canguan.
S: To learn things like, ‘everything’s been eaten’, and ‘I’m full’.
M: Are you ready? 你们准备好了吗, ni men zhunbei hao le ma?
S: How many dishes did we eat? 我们吃了多少菜, women chi le duo shao cai?
M: 我看一看, wo kan yi kan. Yi er san si wu liu qi, qi ge chaocai. Seven stir-fried dishes, qi ge chaocai.
S: One soup, and two cold dishes. 一个汤, 和两个凉菜, yi ge tang, he liang ge liang cai.
M: And two bowls of rice, and a bowl of noodles. 还有两碗米饭, 一碗面条, hai you liang wan mifan, yi wan miantiao.
S: Everything’s been eaten! 菜都吃完了, cai dou chi wan le!
M: I;m full. 我吃饱了, wo chi bao le.
S: Me, too. 我也是, wo ye shi. Wo ye chi bao le.
S: Now, the new things. ML said:
M: Are you ready, 准备好了吗, zhunbei hao le ma? Zhunbei ZHUNBEI zhunbei, 3rd tone, 4th tone, zhunbei, to ‘prepare’. “Hao le” after a verb literally means ‘good and completed’. So, ni zhunbei hao le ma? ‘are you prepared?’. Say it, ni zhunbei hao le ma, Zhunbei hao le ma?
S: You could reply, zhunbei hao le, zhunbei hao le.
M: And, we had lots of food, including two bowls of rice. 两碗米饭, mifan MIFAN mifan, is ‘cooked rice’. Two bowls of rice, liang wan mifan. And a bowl of noodles, yi wan miantiao, 面条 MIAN TIAO miantiao, noodles. We usually just say, yi wan main, yi wan mian. Yi yang.
S:Everything’s eaten! 完 WAN wan, 2nd tone, to ‘finish’ or ‘use up’. 完了, finished, wan le. Cai dou chi wan le, all eaten, cai dou chi wan le.
S: I’m full. 我吃饱了．
M: Wo chi bao le. 饱 BAO bao, ‘full’, the tummy, that is. I’m full, wo chi bao le, wo chi bao le, or simply, wo bao le, wo bao le, or even, bao le, bao le.
S: Me, too. 我也是，literally, I also am, wo ye shi, wo ye shi.
M: Now, to finish. The dialogue again, full speed.
S: 你们准备好了吗，nimen zhunbei hao le ma?
M: Zhunbei hao le.
S: 我们吃了多少菜，women chi le duo shao cai?
M: 我看一看，wo kan yi kan. Yi er san si wu liu qi, wi ge chaocai. Qi ge chaocai.
S:需要汤，和两个凉菜，yi ge tang, he liang ge liang cai.
M: 还有两碗米饭，一碗面条，hai you liang wan mifan, yi wan miantiao.
S: 菜都吃完了，cai dou chi wan le!
M: 我吃饱了，wo chi bao le.
S: 我也是，wo ye shi
M: Women chi bao le.
S: So, we can go. See you next lesson.
M: Zai jian. 

 M: Pengyoumen, nimen hao. Woshi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. 今天我们学第五十五课, lesson 55, di wu shi wu ke.

 M: Pengyoumen, nimen hao. Woshi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. 今天我们学第五十四课, di wu shi si ke.