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Lesson 020 Revision of Telephone Expressions (1)

 M: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Now learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi ML.
S: Woshi Stuart. It’s 复习 revision fùxí time. Lots to listen to. Mimic everything. We’re going to move very fast, 很快, hěn kuài. 1 2 3, 一二三，kaishi!
M：Stuart is using my mobile phone. 他在用我的手机。Ta zai yong wo de shouji.
S: 占线，zhàn xiàn. Try again. 我再打一遍。Wǒ zài dǎ yī biàn.The number is, 电话号码是 0 1 2 , líng yāo èr sān.
S: Still busy. 还是占线。Wo zai da yi bian. ling yao er san.
VOICE – 喂, wéi.
S: 你好。Is Mary there? 玛丽在吗?
VOICE: Dǎ cuò le.
M: Poor Stuart.
M: Now a quick review of, ‘in the car’ zài chē lǐ, zai che li. What are you doing? nǐ zài gàn shénme?
S: Who? Shéi, shéi.
M: And ‘whose?’ Shéi de, shéi de?
S: Where are we? Women zai nǎr?
M: In the car. Women zài chē lǐ.
S: What am I doing? 我在干什么？wǒ zài gàn shénme?
M: 你在打电话.
S: Whose phone am I using? 我在用谁的电话？wǒ zài yòng shéi de diànhuà?
M: 你在用我的手机。
S: Who am I phoning? 我打电话给谁？wo da dianhua gei shei?
M: Nǐ dǎ diànhuà gěi Mǎlì.
S: 对, Mary, Mali.
M: Right. He wants to give Mary a phone call. Ta yao da dianhua gei Mali. Ta yào, he wants, ta yao. Yào YAO yào, to want.
S: Hao! Now, you guys at home, try to say, ‘And I want to phone my Mama and Papa’.
M: Dui le. Wo ye yao da dianhua gei wode mama he baba. Wo ye yao da dianhua gei wode mama he baba.
M: Now for a few more numbers. Stuart still wants to phone Mary. Did he succeed?
S: 我的天啊！Still busy. 还是占线, hái shì zhàn xiàn! I’ll dial again. 我再拨一遍. Wǒ zài bo yí biàn.
VOICE: Wéi.
S: Ni hao, Is Mary there? mali zai ma?
V: Dǎ cuò le!
S: 打错了！Wǒ dǎ cuò le.
M: What number did you dial? 你拨了多少? Nǐ bō le duōshǎo?
S: Wo bo le Zero 1 2 3 , líng yāo èr sān, ling yao er san.
M: 错了! Mary’s number is 4 5 6 7, sì wǔ liù qī. 玛丽的电话号码是四五六七, sì wǔ liù qī.
S: Sì wǔ liù qī. Hao, 我再拨一遍. Wǒ zài bō yí biàn: sì wǔ liù qī.
V2: 喂，你好.
S: Nǐ hǎo. Mali zài ma?
V2: Sorry, she’s not here. 对不起，她不在. Duìbùqǐ, tā bù zài.
S: tiānna! I give up. By the way, how do we say ‘what’s the telephone number?’
M: 电话号码是多少？diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo?
S: xiexie. I do hope Mary’s there next time. Must go now. Zaijian.
M: Don’t worry, Stuart will be happy again next lesson. Zaijian.

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Lesson 022 Can You Speak Chinese Now?

 M: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Now learn Hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now! Woshi ML.
S: Woshi Stuart.
M: And Stuart is using my shouji to talk with Mary. She’s just picked up the phone.
MY: Who is this? 您是哪位? Nín shì nǎwèi?
S: Wǒ shì Stuart.
M: Now listen to and repeat each bit of the rest of their chat. Try to guess the meaning. I’ll give you three clues: yì diándiǎn means ‘a little’, ‘zài lù shang’ means ‘on the road’, and sān diǎn means ‘ 3 o’clock’. Mary is a bit surprised, because it seems Stuart can speak Chinese now.
MY: Stuart,现在你会说汉语了吗? Xiànzài nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ le ma?
S: Yī diǎn diǎn. Yī diǎn diǎn. Wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yī diǎn diǎn. Wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yī diǎn diǎn.
MY: Tài hǎo le! Tài hǎo le! 你在哪儿？Nǐ zài nǎr?
S: 我和ML在路上。Wǒ hé Manli zài lù shang. Wǒmen zài lù shàng. Women qu yǒuyì bin’guan. Women qu yǒuyì bin’guan.
MY: 你们几点到? Nǐmen jǐdiǎn dào?
S: 三点. sān diǎn. sān diǎn zhōng.
M: Right! Let’s learn the new stuff. Mary said:
MY: Stuart! xiànzài nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ le ma?
M: nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ. nǐ huì, huìHUI huì, means ‘can’, ‘able to’. Nǐ huì shuō. shuō SHUO shuo, means ‘speak’. Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ. Now, you at home try to say, ‘I can speak Chinese’. ….. Hěnhǎo. I can speak Chinese, wǒ huì shuō hànyǔ. wǒ huì shuō hànyǔ. Now, back to what Mary said.
MY: xiànzài nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ le ma?
M: huì shuō hànyǔ le ma? The little ‘le’ indicates that something has been achieved. Here, it’s learning Chinese. The ‘ma’ makes it a question, albeit a rhetorical question. Modest Stuart replied:
S: Yī diǎn diǎn.
M: Yi diandian. A little. YI DIAN DIAN. Yi diandian.
S: Wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yī diǎn diǎn. I only can speak a little.
M: zhǐ, ZHI, third tone, means only. So all together, the whole sentence.
S: Wo zhi hui shuo yi diandian. Wo zhi hui shuo yi diandian.
M: Now Mary asks, ‘where are you?’
MY: 你在哪儿？
S: 我和ML在路上。
M: Wǒmen zài lù shàng. lù LU lù, means ‘road’. Shàng SHANG shàng, means ‘on’. ‘We’re on the road’ , Women zai lu shang. Zai lu shang.
S: Going to the Friendship Hotel.
M: qù yǎuyī bin’guan. qù yǒuyī bin’guan.
MY: 你们几点钟到?
M: jídiǎnzhōng dao? jídiǎn, JI DIAN jídiǎn, is ‘what time?’, jidian. Add zhong ZHONG zhong, and we get ‘jidian zhong, which means exactly the same. jídiǎn, jídiǎn zhōng, yī yàng. Dào is ‘to arrive’. So what does ‘nǐmen jídiǎn zhōng dào’ mean? Right, ‘what time will you arrive?’
S: Sān diǎn. Sān diǎn zhōng.
M: Guess what ‘sān diǎn zhōng’ means. Remember 1 2 3, yī èr sān. Right, san dian zhong is ‘ o’clock’.
S: And sān diǎn means the same. Sān diǎn, sān diǎn zhōng, yi yang.
M: Which is a good time to finish today’s lesson. zaijian.
 

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Lesson 025 What’s Your Room Number?

  S: Da jia hao. xiànzài Huānyíng nǐ  lái xué Hanyu, Learn Chinese Now. Wǒ shì Stuart.
M: Wo shi ML.
S: And we dive right in. At the end of the previous lesson we asked you to say the numbers from 1 to 99.
M: Let’s try a few. You say the Chinese. 28 – dui le. èr shí bā. 44– dui le, sì shí sì. 56 – wǔ shí liù.
S: Feichang hao. Wonderful. Time to get back to the Youyi Bin’guan – the Friendship Hotel.
M: Lots of time to practice numbers and money in the bar later.
S: Taxi fare’s paid. Where do I check in? 我在哪儿登记? Wo zài nǎr dēngjì?
M: There. 在那儿。Zài nǎr.
S: Ok, I’ll go register. 我去登记. Wǒ qù dēngjì.
M: Stuart goes to the front desk. They speak English, so we’ll have a very brief check-in. Then we’ll go over the new stuff.
S: Ni hao!
DESK: 您好. Your family name, please. 您贵姓? Nín guì xìng?
S: Wo xing Parkins. Wo xing Parkins. My given name is Stuart. 我的名字是Stuart. Wǒ de míngzi shì Stuart.
DESK: Let’s have a look. 我看一看.Wǒ kàn yī kàn. Found it. 找到了. Zhǎo dào le. Your room number is 1 4 8 9. 您的房间号码是幺四八九. Nín de fángjiān hàomǎ shì yāo sì bā jiǔ.
S: Great. I have a room. A fángjiān!
M: Now let’s translate.
S: Wǒ qù dēngjì
M: Dēngjì DENG JI dēngjì, to check in, or register, dengji.
S: I go to check in.Wǒ qù dēngjì.
DESK: 您贵姓?
M: Nín guì xìng? Guì GUI guì here means ‘noble’. Xìng XING xìng, 4th tone, is ‘family name’. Nin gui xing. A polite way to say, ‘What is your family name?’ Nín guì xìng?
S: My family name ‘Parkins’. Wǒ xìng Parkins. My given name is Stuart. Wǒ de míngzi shì Stuart.
M: Míngzi, MING ZI, ming zi. Given name.
S: My given name is Stuart. Wǒ de míngzi shì Stuart.
DESK: ‘Let’s have a look’, or ‘I’ll check’. Wǒ kàn yī kàn.
M: kàn KAN kàn, is to ‘see’ or ‘look’. I’ll check, wo kan yi kan.
DESK: 找到了.
M: Zhǎo dào le. The zhǎo is like the zhǎo in zhǎo shéi, ‘who are you looking for?’. Zhǎo, to ‘look for’, zhǎo dào le. Found it! Zhǎo dào le!
DESK: Nín de fángjiān hàomǎ shì yāo sì bā jiǔ.
M: ‘Room’ is fángjiān FANG JIAN fangjian. Remember ‘telephone number’? Duì le, diànhuà hàomǎ. So what is ‘room number’? Right, it’s fángjiān hǎomǎ. Fangjian haoma.
S: So, my fáng jiān hào mǎ is 1489. Wǒ de fángjiān hàomǎ shì yāo sì bā jiǔ.
M: And to finish, try to follow the dialogue again:
S: Wo zài nǎr dēngjì?
M: 在那儿.
S: Hao, wǒ qù dēngji. Ni hao!
DESK: 您好. Nín guì xìng?
S: Wo xing Bái. 我的名字是Stuart. Wǒ de míngzi shì Stuart.
DESK:我看一看.Wǒ kàn yī kàn. 找到了. Zhǎo dào le.您的房间号码是幺四八九. Nín de fángjiān hàomǎ shì yāo sì bā jiǔ.
S: Great. But no key, 没有钥匙， méi yǒu yàoshǐ.
M: Will Stuart get yàoshǐ, a key yàoshǐ, next lesson? Let’s wait and see.
S: zaijian.

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Lesson 024 Revision of Telephone Expressions (2)

 M: Dajia hao! 现在学汉语, with Learn Chinese Now! Woshi ML.
S: Woshi Stuart. It’s 复习 revision fùxí time.
M: Repeat everything with us. We’re moving very fast, 很快, hěn kuài. 一二三. kāishǐ!
S: I’ll phone Mary again. 我再打个电话给玛丽.
M: Wǒ zài dǎ gè diànhuà gěi Mǎlì.
S: What’s her number? Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo?
M: Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo?
S: It’s 4 5 6 7, Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì sì wǔ liù qī.
M: Ta de dianhua haoma shi si wu liu qi.
S: sì wǔ liù qī.
VOICE. Wéi. Who are you looking for? 您找谁？nín zhǎo shéi?
S: Wá zhǎo Mǎlì. Wo zhao Mali.
V: Please wait. 请等一等. Qǐng děng yī děng. Mali , diànhuà!
MY: 您好. Who’s this? 您是哪位? Nín shì nǎ wèi?
S: 我是 Stuart.
M: Get most of it, including the polite form of nǐ, nín nín? Hen hao!
M: For the next bit, try to say the Chinese before we do. Ready.
MY: Xiànzài nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ le ma?
S: A bit. Yī diǎn diǎn.
MY: Tài hǎo le! Eh, where are you? Nǐ zài nǎr?
S: We’re on the road. Wǒmen zài lù shàng. Going to the Friendship Hotel.
Qù yǒuyī bīn’guǎn.
M: Tài hǎo le. Too Good! Terrific! Tài hǎo le!
M: Now Mary says:
MY: “I’ll come to look for you at six o’clock. Ok? 我六点钟来找你。好不好?Hǎo, wǒ liù diǎn lái zhǎo nǐ. Hǎo bù hǎo?
S: hǎo. See you at six. liù diǎn zhōng jiàn. liù diǎn zhōng jiàn. Put phone down. Then,
M: We’ve arrived! 我们到了。wǒmen dào le.
S: Driver, how much money it is? 司机，多少钱? Duōshǎo qián.
TD: Seventy kuai. 七十块。 Qī shí kuài.
M: shí, èr shi, sān shí, sì shí, wǔ5 shí, liù shí, qī shí. Qī shíkuài. Here’s seventy kuai. Gěi nǘ qī shí kuai.
TD: Xièxiè. Just right. 正好. Zhèng hǎo.
S: . Hǎo le. To end, let’s learn 8 and 9.
M: ‘eight’ is bā BA bā, 1st tone, bā. 9 is jiǔ JIU jiǔ, 3rd tone, jiǔ.
S: So now you can say 80
M: 八十，bā shí, bāshí.
S: And 90.
M: jiǔshí jiǔshí.
S: Actually jiu is a very important word. It means nine, and exactly the same sound means alcohol. Anyway, now let’s learn every number from 1 to 99. It’s easy. Listen. 11 is
M: shíyī, shíyī.
S: 12 is
M: shí èr, shí èr
S: 13 is
M: shí sān, shísān.
S: 25.
M: èr shí wǔ. èr shí wǔ.
S: Get the idea? 17 is 10 7, shí qī. 27 is 2 10 7, èr shí qī. And all the other number work the same way. So now you can say all the numbers from 1 to 99?
M: That’s your homework. zai jian. 

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