{"id":10570,"date":"2019-11-22T12:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:58:57","slug":"lesson-170-it-039-s-my-birthday-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-170-it-039-s-my-birthday-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 170 It's my birthday today"},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Peng2you3men. Ni3men hao3! Huan1ying2 shou1ting1 Xian4zai4 Xue2 Han4yu3. Wo3 shi4 ML.<\/p>\n

S: Wo3 shi4 Stuart. ML, have you bought a present? \u4f60\u4e70\u4e86\u793c\u7269\u6ca1\u6709\uff1fni3 mai3le li3wu4 mei2 you3?<\/p>\n

M: I haven’t bought a present\uff01\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u4e70\u793c\u7269 wo3 mei2you3 mai3 li3wu4. Why should I buy a present?<\/p>\n

S: Because it’s my birthday today \u56e0\u4e3a\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u6211\u7684\u751f\u65e5 yin1wei2 jin1 tian1 shi4 wo3 de sheng1ri4.<\/p>\n

M: \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u4f60\u7684\u751f\u65e5 jin1 tian1 shi4 ni3 de sheng1ri4. I wish you happy birthday \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50 zhu4 ni3 sheng1ri4 kuai4le4.<\/p>\n

S: xie4xie4. But wher’s my present? \u4f46\u662f\uff0c\u6211\u7684\u793c\u7269\u5728\u54ea\u513f wo3 de li3wu4 zai4 nar3.<\/p>\n

M: \u597d\uff0c\u6211\u53bb\u4e70 wo3 qu4 mai3. What do you want \u4f60\u8981\u4ec0\u4e48\u793c\u7269 ni3 yao4 shen2me li3wu4.<\/p>\n

S: The more expensive, the better. \u8d8a\u8d35\u8d8a\u597d yue4 gui4 yue4 hao3.<\/p>\n

M: Typical Stuart!<\/p>\n

S: Hey guys, it’s not really my sheng1ri4, but I might get a present out of ML. Ok, the new stuff. I asked \u4f60\u4e70\u4e86\u793c\u7269\u6ca1\u6709?<\/p>\n

M: ni3 mai3le li3wu4 mei2 you3? Remember? A \u793c\u7269 LI WU li3wu4 is a ‘present’, li3wu4.<\/p>\n

S: And here we have a common way of making a question. Hear the mei2 you3, instead of the little ma, at the end? It turns, You buy present, into a question, just like \u5417ma on the end.
Have you bought a present, ni3 mai3 li3wu4le mei2 you3?<\/p>\n

M: Here’s some examples. Are you married? \u4f60\u7ed3\u5a5a\u4e86\u6ca1\u6709 ni3 jie2hun1 le mei2 you3?<\/p>\n

S: Have you eaten, \u4f60\u5403\u4e86\u6ca1\u6709? ni3 chi1 le mei2 you3?<\/p>\n

M: Back to the text. My simple answer was\u6ca1\u6709, mei2you3. \u6211\u6ca1\u4e70\u793c\u7269 wo3 mei2you3 mai3 li3wu4. Why should I? \u6211\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u8981\u4e70\u793c\u7269? Wo3 wei4 shen2me yao4mai3 li3wu4?<\/p>\n

S: \u56e0\u4e3a\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u6211\u7684\u751f\u65e5.<\/p>\n

M: Oh, I wish you happy birthday \u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50. Zhu4 ni3 sheng1ri4 kuai4le4.<\/p>\n

S: Actually, you’ll often hear this birthday song in China. (sing\u795d\u4f60\u751f\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50, zhu4 ni3 sheng1ri4 kuai4le4…)<\/p>\n

M: Enough, \u591f\u4e86 gou4 le! My poor ears.<\/p>\n

M: I asked Stuart what present he wants, ni3 yao4 shen2me li3wu4? Ni3 yao4 shen2me li3wu4? The greedy man said,<\/p>\n

S: \u8d8a\u8d35\u8d8a\u597d<\/p>\n

M: yue4 gui4 yue4 hao3. \u8d35 GUI gui4, means ‘expensive’ gui4. And the \u8d8a YUE, fourth tone, yue4, here means ‘the more’.<\/p>\n

S: Yue4 something yue4 something. Very common. Listen to a few examples: \u8d8a\u5927\u8d8a\u597d the bigger the better. Yue4 da4 yue4 hao3.<\/p>\n

M: \u8d8a\u5c0f\u8d8a\u597d the smaller the better, yue4 xiao3 yue4 hao3.<\/p>\n

S: And, for my present, \u8d8a\u8d35\u8d8a\u597d. yue4 gui4 yue4 hao3.<\/p>\n

M: What a request! Ok, I’ll go and see what I can get in the bazaar. Peng2you3men, ming2tian1jian4!<\/p>\n

S: Zai4jian4!
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