{"id":5778,"date":"2019-11-14T06:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T06:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-109-wher-101-should-i-stand\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T06:02:14","slug":"lesson-109-wher-101-should-i-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-109-wher-101-should-i-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 109 where Should I Stand?"},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Dàji\u0101 h\u01ceo. Hu\u0101nyíng n\u01d0men dào Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML.
 S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. Today it’s lesson 109. J\u012bntian shì dì yì b\u01cei líng j\u01d0u kè.<\/p>\n

M: Don’t forget, the \u96f6 líng means ‘zero’. So ‘one hundred and nine’ is yì b\u01cei líng j\u01d0u, yí b\u01cei líng j\u01d0u.<\/p>\n

S: And today we’ll co<\/em>ntinue learning position words, like ‘on the left’, ‘on the right’ and ‘in the middle’. Very useful.<\/p>\n

M: Especially when taking photos, zhàoxiàng.<\/p>\n

S: Mary, you stand in the middle. \u739b\u4e3d\uff0c\u4f60\u7ad9\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4n\u01d0 zhàn zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n.<\/p>\n

M: I’ll also stand in the middle. \u6211\u4e5f\u7ad9\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4 w\u01d2 y\u011b zhàn zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n.<\/p>\n

S: Now, we’ve learnt the phrases ‘at the back’ \u5728\u540e\u9762 zài hòumian. And ‘at the front’, \u5728\u524d\u9762 zài qiánmian. And also words for ‘left’ \u5de6zu\u01d2, and ‘right’ \u53f3 yòu.<\/p>\n

M: Now we’ll tell you how to say ‘on the left’ and ‘on the right’. Listen carefully.<\/p>\n

S: \u5728\u5de6\u8fb9\uff0con the left, zài zu\u01d2bian. And zài yóubian, on the right, \u5728\u53f3\u8fb9\u3002<\/p>\n

M: Out of interest, grammatically speaking we can use both ‘\u9762’ and ‘\u8fb9’ when talking a<\/em>bout position. However, we seldom say ‘\u5de6\u9762’ and ‘\u53f3\u9762’, always ‘\u5de6\u8fb9’ and ‘\u53f3\u8fb9’.<\/p>\n

M: Now please say, Mr. Zhang, you stand on the left. H\u011bn h\u01ceo. \u5f20\u5148\u751f\uff0c\u4f60\u7ad9\u5728\u5de6\u8fb9\u3002Zhang Xi\u0101nshèng, n\u01d0 zhàn zài zu\u01d2bian.<\/p>\n

S: And now say, Jiànguò, you stand on the right, ok? F\u0113icháng h\u01ceo. \u5efa\u56fd\uff0c\u4f60\u7ad9\u5728\u53f3\u8fb9, \u597d\u4e0d\u597d\uff1fJiànguó, n\u01d0 zhàn zài yóubian, h\u01ceo bù h\u01ceo?<\/p>\n

JG: No problem. Méi wèntí.<\/p>\n

M: We’re getting there! \u6211\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4\uff0c\u739b\u4e3d\u4e5f\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4\u3002\u5f20\u5148\u751f\u5728\u5de6\u8fb9\uff0c\u5efa\u56fd\u5728\u53f3\u8fb9. W\u01d2 zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n, M\u01celì y\u011b zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n. Zh\u0101ng Xi\u0101nsh\u0113ng zài zu\u01d2bian, Jiànguó zài yòubian.<\/p>\n

S: Now let’s go over the new things. I said, \u739b\u4e3d\uff0c\u4f60\u7ad9\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4.<\/p>\n

M: N\u01d0 zhàn zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n. You’ve probably guessed that the \u4e2d is the sane zh\u014dng as in the Middle Kingdom, China, Zh\u014dngguó.<\/p>\n

S: The \u95f4 JIAN ji\u0101n, 1st tone, here indicates space or position. Zh\u014dngji\u0101n, literally something like the middle space. Zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n, ‘in the middle’, ‘between’ or ‘among’. So how to say, ‘I stand in the middle’? Duìle. \u6211\u7ad9\u5728\u4e2d\u95f4 w\u01d2 zhàn zài zh\u014dngji\u0101n.<\/p>\n

M: I stand between you. \u6211\u7ad9\u5728\u4f60\u4eec\u4e2d\u95f4 w\u01d2\u3000zhàn zài n\u01d0men zh\u014dngji\u0101n.<\/p>\n

S: zh\u014dngji\u0101n can also be used in a sentence like, ‘he is the tallest among us.’ The word order in Chinese is ‘We among he tallest’. So try to say, he is the tallest among us. H\u011bn h\u01ceo. \u6211\u4eec\u4e2d\u95f4\u4ed6\u6700\u9ad8 w\u01d2men zh\u014dngji\u0101n t\u0101 zuì g\u0101o.<\/p>\n

M: Now say, I am the cleverest among us. Dui4le. \u6211\u4eec\u4e2d\u95f4\u6211\u6700\u806a\u660e w\u01d2men zh\u014dngji\u0101n w\u01d2 zuì c\u014dngming.<\/p>\n

S: Why is ML always saying things like that? M: Heng! Stuart, \u6211\u751f\u6c14\u4e86\uff01<\/p>\n

S: Oh dear, I’d better run away right now! Péngy\u01d2umen, míngti\u0101njiàn!<\/div>\n