{"id":5740,"date":"2019-11-12T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-148-gifts-i-received\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:40:08","slug":"lesson-148-gifts-i-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-148-gifts-i-received\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 148 Gifts I received."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Péngyoumen, n\u01d0men h\u01ceo! Hu\u0101nyíng sh\u014dut\u012bng xiànzài xuéhàny\u01d4, w\u01d2shì ML.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2shì Stuart. Today it’s a revision lesson. A lot of things to review. So, búyào làngfèi shíji\u0101n. Don’t waste time. Let’s begin right now. Y\u012bèrs\u0101n, k\u0101ish\u01d0!<\/p>\n

M: Míngti\u0101n shì w\u01d2de sh\u0113ngrì. Tomorrow is my birthday. \u660e\u5929\u662f\u6211\u7684\u751f\u65e5\u3002<\/p>\n

S: So, how do we wish her a happy birthday in Chinese? Duìle, sh\u0113ngrì kuàilè, ML! Remember, sh\u0113ngrì is birthday, and kuàilè means happy.<\/p>\n

M: I told Stuart, \u6211\u7684\u5bb6\u4eba\u5bc4\u6765\u4e86\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u5361\u7247\u3002My family sent me beautiful cards. W\u01d2de ji\u0101rén jìláile piàoliangde k\u01cepiàn. <\/p>\n

S: And my friends told me they would hold a birthday party for me tomorrow evening!<\/p>\n

M: \u800c\u4e14\u6211\u7684\u670b\u53cb\u4eec\u8bf4\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u660e\u5929\u665a\u4e0a\u8981\u4e3a\u6211\u4e3e\u884c\u751f\u65e5\u5bb4\u4f1a érqi\u011b w\u01d2 de péngy\u01d2umen shu\u014d, t\u0101men míngtian w\u01censhàng yào wèi w\u01d2 j\u01d4xíng sh\u0113ngrì yànhuì\uff01<\/p>\n

S: Sounds wonderful!<\/p>\n

M: I invited Stuart to my birthday party, but..<\/p>\n

S: I’m afraid I can’t join your birthday party, ML. ML, \u6211\u6050\u6015\u4e0d\u80fd\u53c2\u52a0\u4f60\u7684\u751f\u65e5\u5bb4\u4f1a\u4e86. w\u01d2 k\u01d2ngpà bùnéng c\u0101nji\u0101 n\u01d0de sh\u0113ngrìyànhuìle.<\/p>\n

M: But why? Wèi shénme? \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f<\/p>\n

S: Y\u012bnwéi w\u01d2de g\u016bfu hé g\u016bm\u0101 j\u012bnti\u0101n dàob\u011bij\u012bng. My aunt and uncle are arriving in Beijing today. Y\u012bnwéi w\u01d2de g\u016bfu hé g\u016bm\u0101 j\u012bnti\u0101n dàob\u011bij\u012bng.<\/p>\n

M: Remember? g\u016bm\u0101 is father’s sister. G\u016bm\u0101. And g\u016bfu, is g\u016bm\u0101’s husband. In English we simply call all relatives of this kind ‘aunt’ and ‘uncle’, but in Chinese we have specific terms for all the different relations.<\/p>\n

S: Yes, that’s really confusing, ML. I o<\/em>nly know father’s sisters are ‘gu1ma1′, and mother’s sisters are ‘yím\u0101’, YI MA, second tone first tone, yíma. What a<\/em>bout the others?<\/p>\n

M: Oh, this is a bit complicated. But, since you are so smart, Stuart…Listen carefully: your mother’s brothers are your ‘jìujiu’, your mother’s sisters-in-law are your ‘jìum\u0101’, your father’s elder brothers are your ‘bóbo’, you call their wives ‘bóm\u01d4’, and your father’s younger brothers are your ‘sh\u016bshu’, you call their wives ‘sh\u011bnshen’…<\/p>\n

S: Enough! Enough! Stop! Oh, dear, I give up!<\/p>\n

M: Never mind. We’ll learn some more relations in our following lessons.<\/p>\n

S: That’ll take years!<\/p>\n

S: Ok, back to our text. I told ML, my uncle and aunt were coming from New York. T\u0101men cóng n\u01d0uyu\u0113 lái.<\/p>\n

M: \u4ed6\u4eec\u4ece\u7ebd\u7ea6\u6765\u3002Cóng somewher lái, means to come from somewher. Then I asked Stuart, \u987a\u4fbf\u95ee\u4e00\u4e0b\uff0c\u4f60\u7684\u59d1\u7236\u548c\u59d1\u5988\u8981\u5446\u591a\u4e45? \u987a\u4fbf\u95ee\u4e00\u4e0b\uff0c\u4f60\u7684\u59d1\u7236\u548c\u59d1\u5988\u8981\u5446\u591a\u4e45?<\/p>\n

S: Still remember the very useful ex<\/em>pression ‘shùnbiàn wènyíxià’? Duìle, it means ‘by the way may I ask…’<\/p>\n

M: And the word ‘dài’ means stay when it’s a verb, and ‘dull’ or ‘idiotic’ as an adjective.<\/p>\n

S: And before I went to the airport to meet my uncle and aunt, I gave ML a birthday gift, a ‘sh\u0113ngrì l\u01d0wù’, a radio, sh\u014duy\u012bnj\u012b, \u6536\u97f3\u673a\u3002<\/p>\n

M: Ok, time’s almost up. Guess we have to go, Stuart. So, see you next time!<\/p>\n

S: Zàijiàn!
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