{"id":10723,"date":"2019-11-15T19:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T19:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-034-wher-101-is-the-post-office\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T19:32:30","slug":"lesson-034-wher-101-is-the-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-034-wher-101-is-the-post-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 034 where Is the Post Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yajie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to Chinese Studio. This is Yajie.
Cam: \u5927\u5bb6\u65e9\u4e0a\u597d(dajia zaoshang hao)\u3002I’m Cam.
Yajie: Cam, today we’ll learn some useful sentences for those that need to get around China.
Cam: Let’s check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n

***********Key words of the day<\/strong>
Today we’ll learn how to ask the location of something. \u90ae\u5c40, post office. \u533b\u9662, hospital.  \u94f6\u884c, bank. \u8d85\u5e02, supermarket \u54ea\u513f, wher. All in today’s Chinese Studio.\u3000
***********<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u90ae\u5c40(yóujú), post office.
Cam: \u90ae\u5c40(yóujú)
Yajie: \u90ae, y-o-u, the second tone.
Cam: \u90ae(yóu)
Yajie: \u5c40,j-u, also the second tone.
Cam: \u5c40(jú)
Yajie: Togethere it’s\u90ae\u5c40(yóujú) , post office.
Cam: \u90ae\u5c40(yóujú).
Yajie:  Knowing wher the post office is is im<\/em>portant.  You can send letters and packages through regular post, or you can now use the Express Mail Service.
Cam: That’s good to know.
Yajie: \u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f
Cam: \u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f(zài n\u01cer?) I remember we learned it before. It means “wher is” in English.
Yajie: Yes. \u90ae\u5c40\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1fwher is the post office?
Cam: \u90ae\u5c40\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f(yóujú zài n\u01cer?)<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (1):<\/p>\n

Yajie: Now comes to the second word\u533b\u9662, hospital.
Cam: \u533b\u9662 (y\u012byuàn).
Yajie: \u533b, y-i, the first tone. \u9662, y-u-a-n, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u533b\u9662 (y\u012byuàn), hospital. And doctor is \u533b\u751f(yisheng), all in the first tone, right?
Yajie: Exactly. If you want to ask “wher is the hospital”, you may say it in this way “\u533b\u9662\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f”
Cam: \u533b\u9662\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1f(y\u012byuàn zài n\u01cer?)<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (2):<\/p>\n

Cam:  I often need to go pay my phone bill, but I’m not sure wher to pay it.  wher is the bank?
Yajie: Well, bank is \u94f6\u884c.
Cam: \u94f6\u884c(yínháng).
Yajie: \u94f6\u884c(yínháng), all in the second tone.
Cam: \u94f6\u884c\u5728\u54ea\u513f(yínháng zài n\u01cer)\uff1fwher is the bank?<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (3):<\/p>\n

Cam:  And the last really im<\/em>portant word is supermarket.  I can’t go on without eating!
Yajie:  Supermarket is \u8d85\u5e02\u3002
Cam:  Okay… so wher is the supermarket would be\u8d85\u5e02\u5728\u54ea?
Yajie:  Right!<\/p>\n

Co<\/em>nversations (4):<\/p>\n

**********Key words Reminder
Today we learned how to ask the location of something. \u90ae\u5c40, post office. \u90ae\u5c40\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1fwher is the post office? \u533b\u9662, hospital. \u533b\u9662\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1fwher is the hospital? \u94f6\u884c, bank. \u94f6\u884c\u5728\u54ea\u513f\uff1fwher is the bank? \u8d85\u5e02, supermarket wher is the supermarket \u8d85\u5e02\u5728\u54ea?<\/div>\n