{"id":5735,"date":"2019-11-12T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-153-i-eat-a-lot-of-fruit-every-day\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T10:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:51:39","slug":"lesson-153-i-eat-a-lot-of-fruit-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-153-i-eat-a-lot-of-fruit-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 153 I Eat a Lot of Fruit Every Day."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Péngyoumen, n\u01d0menh\u01ceo! Hu\u0101nyíng sh\u014dut\u014dng xiànzài xué hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2shì ML.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2shì Stuart. Hey, ML, I’m curious how you keep yourself always in the pink.<\/p>\n

M: That’s because I eat a lot of fruit every day. \u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u6bcf\u5929\u90fd\u5403\u5f88\u591a\u6c34\u679c\u3002<\/p>\n

S: So today we’ll start learning the names of some very common fruits, such as pínggu\u01d2, which we learnt in last lesson. Listen carefully and try to mimic us, very im<\/em>portant.<\/p>\n

S: ML, what are you eating? N\u01d0zài ch\u012b shénme? \u4f60\u5728\u5403\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f<\/p>\n

M: I’m eating an apple. \u6211\u5728\u5403\u82f9\u679c\u3002W\u01d2zài ch\u012b pínggu\u01d2.<\/p>\n

S: It seems very good to eat! Kànq\u01d0lái h\u011bn h\u01ceoch\u012b. \u770b\u8d77\u6765\u5f88\u597d\u5403\uff01<\/p>\n

M: That’s right! \u6c34\u679c\u90fd\u5f88\u597d\u5403\u3002All fruit is good to eat. Shu\u01d0gu\u01d2 d\u014du h\u011bnh\u01ceoch\u012b.<\/p>\n

S: Yes, I can see that! On your table I also saw oranges, grapes, peaches and pears. Zài n\u01d0de zhu\u014dzi shàng w\u01d2hái kàndàole chéngzi, pútao, táozi, he y\u0101lí.<\/p>\n

M: Ok, now let’s look at the new stuff.<\/p>\n

S: I asked ML why she always looks so healthy, she answered –<\/p>\n

M: Y\u012bnwéi w\u01d2 m\u011biti\u0101n d\u014duch\u012b h\u011bndu\u014d shu\u01d0gu\u01d2. \u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u6bcf\u5929\u90fd\u5403\u5f88\u591a\u6c34\u679c\u3002\u6bcf\uff0cMEI, m\u011bi, third tone, means ‘every’. M\u011biti\u0101n, every day, m\u011biti\u0101n. Shu\u01d0gu\u01d2, SHUI GUO, \u6c34\u679c, means ‘fruit’. \u6211\u6bcf\u5929\u90fd\u5403\u5f88\u591a\u6c34\u679c\u3002I eat a lot of fruit every day.<\/p>\n

S: Then I asked ML, ‘\u4f60\u5728\u5403\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f’ What are you eating now? N\u01d0 z\u01cei ch\u012b shénme? We’ve learnt the word ‘zài’, as in ‘zài zhu\u014dzi shàng’, on the table; and ‘zài y\u01d0zi xiàmian’, under the chair. But here it indicates an action in progress. Listen carefully and find out how ML answers my question.<\/p>\n

M: \u6211\u5728\u5403\u82f9\u679c\u3002I’m eating an apple. W\u01d2zài ch\u012b pínggu\u01d2.<\/p>\n

S: Very simple. Just add the ‘zài’ in front of the verb, and you get the present co<\/em>ntinuous tense.<\/p>\n

M: More examples. Remember how to say ‘playing tennis’? Right. \u6253\u7f51\u7403\uff0cd\u01cew\u01cengqíu. So how do we say, I’m playing tennis?<\/p>\n

S: H\u011bnh\u01ceo. W\u01d2zài d\u01cew\u01cengqíu. \u6211\u5728\u6253\u7f51\u7403\u3002<\/p>\n

M: And remember jogging is? Duìle, \u8dd1\u6b65\uff0cp\u01ceobù. So, how do we say “I am jogging”?<\/p>\n

S: Méicuò, w\u01d2zài p\u01ceobù. \u6211\u5728\u8dd1\u6b65\u3002Did you guys have all the above correct? You did? Congratulations! Let’s have a break.<\/p>\n

M: I am eating an apple. \u6211\u5728\u5403\u82f9\u679c\u3002W\u01d2zài ch\u012b pínggu\u01d2.<\/p>\n

S: Hmm, kànq\u01d0lái h\u011bn h\u01ceoch\u012b! Seems very good to eat! \u770b\u8d77\u6765\u5f88\u597d\u5403\uff01<\/p>\n

M: Shu\u01d0gu\u01d2 d\u014duh\u011bn hàoch\u012b. Literally, Fruits all very good to eat. Of course it means, ‘all fruits are very delicious.’ \u6c34\u679c\u90fd\u5f88\u597d\u5403\u3002\u6c34\u679c\u90fd\u5f88\u597d\u5403\u3002<\/p>\n

S: And ML means it: on her table I also saw oranges, grapes, peaches and pears. How do we name those fruits in Chinese? Let’s find out next lesson.<\/p>\n

M: Zàijiàn!
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