{"id":5761,"date":"2019-11-13T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T12:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-126-don-039-t-be-nervous\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T12:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T12:45:52","slug":"lesson-126-don-039-t-be-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-126-don-039-t-be-nervous\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 126 Don't be nervous."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Péngy\u01d2u. N\u01d0men h\u01ceo! Hu\u0101ny\u012bng sh\u014dut\u012bng Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. Time for Chapter five.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, I’m so tense \u6211\u5f88\u7d27\u5f20 w\u01d2 h\u011bn j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. That poor cat!<\/p>\n

S: Don’t be nervous \u522b\u7d27\u5f20 bié j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. The two big dogs are very cute. \u90a3\u4e24\u53ea\u5927\u72d7\u5f88\u53ef\u7231 nà li\u01ceng zh\u012b dà g\u01d2u h\u011bn k\u011bài\uff0cnot a bit dangerous. \u4e00\u70b9\u513f\u4e0d\u5371\u9669 y\u012b di\u01cenr bù w\u0113ixi\u01cen.<\/p>\n

M: I hope it’s like that \u6211\u5e0c\u671b\u662f\u8fd9\u6837 w\u01d2 x\u012bwàng shì zhèyàng.<\/p>\n

S: Certainly it’s like that \u80af\u5b9a\u662f\u8fd9\u6837 k\u011bndìng shì zhèyàng. You listen, n\u01d0 t\u012bng. Chapter 5. The cat ran into a room and shut the door. \u90a3\u53ea\u732b\u8dd1\u8fdb\u623f\u95f4\uff0c\u5173\u4e0a\u95e8. It thought, it’s not dangerous here. So I’m not nervous. \u5b83\u60f3\uff0c\u8fd9\u91cc\u4e0d\u5371\u9669\u4e86\u3002\u6240\u4ee5\uff0c\u6211\u4e0d\u7d27\u5f20 t\u0101 xi\u01ceng, zhèli bù wèixiàn le. Su\u01d2y\u01d0, w\u01d2 bù j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. End of chapter 5!<\/p>\n

M: What a long chapter!<\/p>\n

S: Lots of very useful stuff in this lesson. Let’s check it out. ML said:<\/p>\n

M: \u6211\u5f88\u7d27\u5f20. \u7d27\u5f20 JIN ZHANG j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng, means ‘anxious’ ‘nervous’. So, everybody say, and sound really worried, I’m very nervous. H\u011bn h\u01ceo. \u6211\u5f88\u7d27\u5f20 W\u01d2 h\u011bn j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng.<\/p>\n

S: And can you guess what \u65f6\u95f4 – time – shíji\u0101n \u65f6\u95f4\u5f88\u7d27\u5f20 means? Méi cuò. Time is very tight, shíji\u0101n h\u011bn j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. Now look at your watch, feel worried, and say, shíji\u0101n h\u011bn j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng shíji\u0101n h\u011bn j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. Good!<\/p>\n

M: And Stuart said to me:<\/p>\n

S: \u522b\u7d27\u5f20<\/p>\n

M: bié j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. \u522b BIE bie, 2nd tone, means ‘don’t’. Don’t feel nervous, bié j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng. Now calm someone down, say, bié j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng, bié j\u01d0nzh\u0101ng.<\/p>\n

S: You could also say, You are very cute \u4f60\u5f88\u53ef\u7231<\/p>\n

M: n\u01d0 h\u011bn k\u011bài \u53ef\u7231 KE AI k\u011bài ‘loveable’, ‘cute’.<\/p>\n

S: ML, I have several friends who are always saying, \u4f60\u597d\uff01\u4f60\u5f88\u53ef\u7231\u3002N\u01d0ha\u01ceo, n\u01d0 h\u011bn k\u011bài.<\/p>\n

M: Have you said this, Stuart?<\/p>\n

S: Once.<\/p>\n

M: And what was the response?<\/p>\n

S: She said, So are you \u4f60\u4e5f\u662f n\u01d0 y\u011b shì.<\/p>\n

M: I don’t believe it \u6211\u4e0d\u76f8\u4fe1 w\u01d2 bù xi\u0101ngxìn.<\/p>\n

S: Jealous!<\/p>\n

S: Now, wher were we? Right, I said, nà li\u01ceng zh\u012b dà g\u01d2u h\u011bn k\u011bài\uff0clike me, k\u011bài, \u4e00\u70b9\u513f\u4e0d\u5371\u9669<\/p>\n

M: Y\u012b di\u01cenr bù w\u0113ixi\u01cen \u5371\u9669 dangerous wei1xian3. Not a bit dangerous y\u012b di\u01cenr bù w\u0113ixi\u01cen.<\/p>\n

S: \u6211\u5e0c\u671b\u662f\u8fd9\u6837. w\u01d2 x\u012bwàng shì zhèyàng. \u5e0c\u671b XI WANG x\u012bwàng, ‘to hope’, x\u012bwàng. w\u01d2 x\u012bwàng shì zhèyàng, literally, ‘I hope is this type, or kind’. Yàng, as in \u4e00\u6837 ‘one kind, the same’ yíyàng.<\/p>\n

M: W\u01d2 x\u012bwàng shì zhèyàng, I hope it’s like this. And Stuart assured me:<\/p>\n

S: \u80af\u5b9a\u662f\u8fd9\u6837. \u80af\u5b9a KEN DING k\u011bndìng, meaning ‘certainly’ ‘for sure’, k\u011bndìng.<\/p>\n

M: So what does ‘k\u011bndìng shì zhèyàng’ mean? Duìle. It means something like, ‘Of course this is the case!’ k\u011bndìng shì zhèyàng.<\/p>\n

S: And I’ll prove it next lesson.<\/p>\n

M: \u6211\u5e0c\u671b\u662f\u8fd9\u6837. Zài jiàn.<\/p>\n

S: Zài jiàn\uff01
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