{"id":10857,"date":"2019-11-21T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-094-making-a-phone-call-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:05:34","slug":"lesson-094-making-a-phone-call-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-094-making-a-phone-call-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 094 &#8211; Making a Phone Call (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam:&nbsp; So yesterday I learned how to phone your house.&nbsp;  Sometimes I want to take you for dinner Yajie, and I need to know how to  ask your mom for you!<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; And now you know.&nbsp; Today we are going to learn some more basic phrases when making phone calls.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong>&nbsp; <br \/>  Who&rsquo;s calling, please?  \u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?) This is Xiao li. \u6211\u662f\u5c0f\u674e. (wo3 shi4  xiao li.) Hold on a second, please. \u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002(qing3 shao1 deng3.) All in  today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, somebody just called me, but he doesn&rsquo;t speak any English, so how do I know who is calling? <br \/>  Yajie: well, you can ask him\u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?) Who&rsquo;s calling, please?<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; \u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?)<br \/>  YJ: \u60a8 (nin2), you. <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8 (nin2).<br \/>  YJ: \u54ea\u4f4d(nei3 wei4?) means who, which one.<br \/>  Cam: \u54ea\u4f4d(nei3 wei4?)<br \/>  Cam: I see. So who is calling is&hellip;? <br \/>  YJ: \u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?) <br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?) Who&rsquo;s calling, please?<br \/>  YJ: Now please listen carefully to the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, if somebody asks me &ldquo;who is calling&rdquo;\u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2 nei3 wei4?) , how should I answ&nbsp; er it?&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s pretty easy. You just need to say &ldquo;\u6211\u662f Cam (wo3 shi4)&rdquo; <br \/>  Cam: wo shi, I am&hellip; .<br \/>  YJ: Remember you say it at the beginning of every show. <br \/>  Cam: Right. Like a self-introduction, just need to put the name after wo shi. Got it. Wo shi Cam.&nbsp; And ni shi Yajie.<br \/>  YJ: Or you can say your name simply, but this sounds a little bit too direct and not so polite. <br \/>  Cam: Ok. I see.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>CAM: Yajie, one of your friends just called, but you were busy  talking to somebody else.&nbsp; I wanted to tell them to &ldquo;hold on a second,  please&rdquo;, but I didn&rsquo;t know how to say that.&nbsp; So I just hung up! <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Oh, Cam!&nbsp; That is so rude! <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; I know&hellip; so teach me how to say hold on a second.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; well you can say &ldquo;\u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002(qing3 shao1 deng3.)&rdquo; <br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002(qing3 shao1 deng3.) <br \/>  Cam: Ok. I know \u8bf7 (qing3) means please, which is used very often in our daily Chinese. <br \/>  YJ: Right. \u8bf7 (qing3), please. And \u7a0d\u7b49(shao1 deng3) means hold on a sec. <br \/>  Cam: \u7a0d\u7b49(shao1 deng3) <br \/>  YJ: \u7b49 (deng3), d-e-n-g, the third tone, means to wait. <br \/>  Cam: \u7b49(deng3) <br \/>  YJ: \u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002(qing3 shao1 deng3.)<br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002(qing3 shao1 deng3) please hold on a sec.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  Who&rsquo;s calling, please? \u8bf7\u95ee\u60a8\u54ea\u4f4d\uff1f(qing3 wen4, nin2  nei3 wei4?) This is Xiao li. \u6211\u662f xiaoli. (wo3 shi4 xiao li.) 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