{"id":8044,"date":"2019-10-13T21:41:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T21:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/learn-chinese-l16-how-much-is-this-clothes\/"},"modified":"2019-10-13T21:41:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T21:41:32","slug":"learn-chinese-l16-how-much-is-this-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/learn-chinese-l16-how-much-is-this-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Chinese L16: How much is this clothes?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dachuan is strolling in a clothing store and sees cheong-sam and Tang Dynasty garments of different colors and styles. He wants to buy a red cheong-sam for Li Mei.<\/p>\n

Dialogue One<\/p>\n

zhè\u3000 jiàn\u3000y\u012b\u3000 fu\u3000du\u014d\u3000sh\u01ceo\u3000qián
\u8fd9\u3000\u3000\u4ef6\u3000 \u8863\u3000\u670d\u3000\u591a\u3000\u3000\u5c11\u3000\u3000\u94b1\uff1f
How much does this clothing cost?
èr\u3000b\u01cei\u3000b\u0101\u3000shí\u3000yuán
\u4e8c\u3000\u767e\u3000 \u516b\u3000 \u5341\u3000 \u5143\u3002
280 yuan.
èr\u3000b\u01cei\u3000 yuán\u3000 k\u011b\u3000 y\u01d0\u3000ma
\u4e8c\u3000\u767e\u3000\u3000\u5143\u3000\u3000\u53ef\u3000\u4ee5\u3000\u5417\uff1f
That’s too expensive. 200 yuan.
zuì\u3000d\u012b\u3000 èr\u3000b\u01cei\u3000 èr\u3000shí\u3000yuán
\u6700\u3000 \u4f4e\u3000\u4e8c\u3000\u767e\u3000 \u4e8c\u3000\u5341\u3000 \u5143\u3002
At least 220 yuan.
h\u01ceo\u3000 de\u3000 w\u01d2\u3000m\u01cei\u3000le
\u597d\u3000\u3000\u7684\uff0c \u6211\u3000 \u4e70\u3000 \u4e86\u3002
OK. I’ll take it.
Dialogue Two
w\u01d2\u3000k\u011b\u3000y\u01d0\u3000shì\u3000 yí\u3000 xià\u3000ma
\u6211\u3000 \u53ef\u3000\u4ee5\u3000\u8bd5\u3000 \u4e00\u3000\u4e0b\u3000 \u5417\uff1f
Can I try it on?
k\u011b\u3000y\u01d0\u3000 n\u01d0\u3000xi\u01ceng\u3000yào\u3000shén\u3000 me\u3000yán\u3000 sè\u3000de
\u53ef\u3000\u4ee5\u3002\u4f60\u3000 \u60f3\u3000\u3000\u8981\u3000\u3000\u4ec0\u3000\u3000\u4e48\u3000 \u989c\u3000\u3000\u8272\u3000\u7684\uff1f
Ok. What color would you like?
lán\u3000sè\u3000 de
\u84dd\u3000 \u8272\u3000 \u7684\u3002
Blue.
y\u01d2u\u3000méi\u3000y\u01d2u\u3000 dà\u3000 yì\u3000di\u01cenr\u3000de
\u6709\u3000\u3000\u6ca1\u3000 \u6709\u3000\u3000\u5927\u3000\u4e00\u3000\u70b9\u513f\u3000\u7684\uff1f
Is there a bigger one?
méi\u3000y\u01d2u
\u6ca1\u3000\u3000\u6709\u3002
No.
Explanation of difficult points<\/p>\n

1. to omit
Notice that in these two examples from Dialogue 2 "……\u4ec0\u4e48\u989c\u8272\u7684" (shén me yán sè de) and "\u84dd\u8272\u7684" (lán sè de), the subject is clothing, "\u8863\u670d" (y\u012b fu). However, because the topic is already obvious to both speakers, "\u8863\u670d" is omitted.<\/p>\n

2. \u4e00\u4e0b
"\u4e00\u4e0b" (yí xià) is used to mean quickly, casually, or "for a short while."<\/p>\n

3. \u6709\u6ca1\u6709……?
"\u6709\u6ca1\u6709……?" (y\u01d2u méi y\u01d2u) has the same meaning as "\u6709……\u5417?" (y\u01d2u ma) "\u6709" (y\u01d2u) which means "to have" and "\u6ca1" (méi) means to not have. So, "\u6709\u6ca1\u6709……?" is an example the method of forming questions by joining positive and negative structures together. It’s similar to saying "Do you or don’t you have…?"
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