{"id":10693,"date":"2019-11-14T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-003-what-039-s-your-name\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:00:07","slug":"lesson-003-what-039-s-your-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-003-what-039-s-your-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 003 What's Your Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in o<\/em>nly five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, a brand new Chinese learning program on China Radio International. I’m Yajie. <\/span>
Cam: Hello, every one. I’m Cam. This daily show will teach Chinese at an elementary level. Yajie, last time we learned how to introduce ourselves and our friends. Now I’m wo<\/em>ndering how to ask one’s name, natio<\/em>nality or wher they are from?<\/p>\n

Yajie: Well. In order to solve these problems, first let’s listen to” Key Words of the day”.<\/p>\n

***************Key Words of the Day
\u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u60a8\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\uff1f\/\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1f\u6211\u662f\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba\u3002
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Yajie: In our previous programs we learnt how to pro<\/em>nounce the Chinese character \u4f60 (n\u01d0), which is similar to the English word knee, k n e e , but \u4f60is the third tone.  today we’ll teach you another one: \u60a8. Just add an “n” after \u4f60 (n\u01d0). \u60a8, the second tone. Cam? Can u say it?<\/p>\n

Cam: \u60a8.<\/p>\n

Yajie: good . \u60a8 is the polite form of\u4f60. As we know that China is renowned for its  protocol and politeness.\u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\uff1fHow are you? May I ask your name please? \u8bf7 means please. \u95eemeans ask, which is similar to the English word when.<\/p>\n

Cam: \u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u8bf7\u95ee? \u8bf7has the third tone, \u8bf7. And\u95ee is the fourth tone, right?<\/p>\n

Yajie: Exactly. \u60a8\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\uff1fWhat’s your name? \u4ec0\u4e48, what. \u540d\u5b57, name.<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u60a8\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\uff1fWhat’s your name? \u4ec0\u4e48, what. \u540d\u5b57, name.<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 1 Ms Lee is on the phone, looking for a manager of a company. The manager’s secretary answers the phone. <\/p>\n

\u5c0f\u59d0\uff0c\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\uff1f\u4f60\u597d\u3002\u6211\u59d3\u674e\u3002<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversation 2 in the hotel a waitress is asking for the guest’s name<\/p>\n

\u5148\u751f\uff0c\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u53eb\u4ec0\u4e48\u540d\u5b57\uff1f<\/p>\n

\u4f60\u597d\u3002\u6211\u53eb\u5927\u536b\u3002<\/p>\n

Cam: Yajie, Can I ask one’s natio<\/em>nality in Chinese? <\/p>\n

Yajie: Listen Carefully: \u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1fLiterally means hello, you are from which country? <\/span>
\u54ea, wher. \u54ea. The pro<\/em>nunciation of\u54ea is similar to the latter part of the English name Tina. But in Chinese it’s the third tone. \u56fdis short for the word \u56fd\u5bb6, country. \u4eba, person. \u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1fcam, it’s your turn.<\/p>\n

Cam:\u3000\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1f<\/p>\n

***************Key Words Reminder:
\u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u60a8\u8d35\u59d3\uff1fHello. Please may I ask your name?\/\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1f\u6211\u662f\u82f1\u56fd\u4eba\u3002Hello. Could you please tell me wher you are from? I’m British. \/\u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u513f\u7684\u4eba\uff1fHello. wher you are from? <\/span>
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Cam: Thank you, Yajie. I think I can now introduce myself and my Chinese friends and ask a couple of simple questions. Well , you can win a CRI gift by answering the question: \u60a8\u597d\u3002\u60a8\u662f\u54ea\u56fd\u4eba\uff1fIf you couldn’t write Chinese characters, the Chinese alphabet or pinyin will also do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n