YJ: Perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day – Daijia hao, wo shi Yajie.
Cam: Wo shi Cam…. It’s been a good week Yajie, because I’m learning how to get around town in a taxi cab. But yesterday I was in a cab, and the traffic was horrible! I didn’t know how much longer it was going to take?
YJ: Why didn’t you ask him?
Cam: I didn’t know how!
YJ: Okay, then listen up!
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Lesson 055 Where Do You Study?
Yajie: Da jia hao. Wo shi YJ. Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International.
Cam: Ni men hao. Wo shi Cam. What do we have planned for today, Yajie?
Yajie: Well, we’ve been learning how to talk about jobs. 你在哪工作?Literally, where do you work? But when you meet a student without a job, what would you say to start the conversation?
Cam: That’s a good question. Let’s find out in Key Words of the Day.
Lesson 051 Asking Qestions (3)
Yajie: Hello, every one. Welcome to Chinese Studio. 我是 Yajie.
Cam:大家好(dajia hao), 我是(wo shi) Cam. What’s on our agenda today, Yajie?
Yajie: Well, last time we learned how to ask questions in the negative form, and we’ll learn more about that today.
Cam: Perfect.
Lesson 049 Asking Questions (1)
Yajie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first Chinese Studio of the new week 欢乐汉语. I’m Yajie.
Allen: And I’m Allen. This week, we'll be learning useful sentence structures for asking questions. For example, today we'll be learning how to ask if someone has a certain profession.
Y: Yes. Remember, Allen, when you saw my friend and started asking me all these questions about her? You asked, “Is she a teacher?” because you thought she was so warm and kind? Well, today we'll learn how to ask that question in Chinese. If you learn, maybe I'll tell you the answer.
A: Really, then I'll try my best. Let's get started with the key words of the day.
Lesson 044 Revision of the Usages of “De”
Yajie: Dajia hao. I’m Yajie here with Cam, and welcome to Chinese Studio. We focused all week on the Chinese character de, and learned a lot. So we should probably review.
Cam: Good idea.I have done my best to try and remember everything, so a review is probably good.
Yajie: Now let’s check sentences in the week.
Lesson 043 Usages of “De” (2)
Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: And I’m Cam. We need to learn more about the Chinese character de!
Yajie: Sounds good to me!
Lesson 042 Usages of “De” (1)
Yajie: 大家好. Let’s perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes a day. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 大家好. And I’m Cam. Yajie, we learned some useful sentence combinations last time, and we should continue with them.
Yajie: Good idea. We’ll learn the usage of the Chinese character “的”.
Lesson 041 Adjective + Noun
Yajie: Dajia zaoshang hao. Good morning every one. Welcome to today’s Chinese Studio. This is Yajie.
Cam: Dajia zaoshang hao. I’m Cam. It’s a fresh new week.
Yajie: During this week we’ll learn the usages of some phrases that are composed of two parts. The adjective plus the noun. The first word modifies the second one.
Cam: Ok. Now let’s check key words of the day.
Lesson 037 Sorry
Cam: It's time to Perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. Hi, I’m Cam. And beside me is Yajie.
Yajie: Zao shang hao. In the next 5 minutes, we are going to learn how to apologize and make excuses in Chinese, which should come in handy!
Cam: No kidding! I’m looking forward to this show. Let’s check Key Words of the Day.
Lesson 036 Review of Jobs
Yajie: 大家好. Welcome to Chinese Studio. This is Yajie.
Cam: 大家好, and this is Cam. We learned a lot this week Yajie, and I want to make sure I don’t forget any of it. So let’s review.