{"id":10746,"date":"2019-11-16T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T17:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-058-what-do-you-want-to-buy\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T17:59:56","slug":"lesson-058-what-do-you-want-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-058-what-do-you-want-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 058 What Do You Want to Buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in o<em><\/em>nly five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. \u6211\u662fYajie\u3002<br \/>  Cam: Wo Shi Cam. Da4 Jia1 Hao3. I&rsquo;m planning to go shopping in a typical Chinese market later this week..<br \/>  Yajie: Cool. So what do you want to buy? <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Well, let&rsquo;s hear key words of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong><br \/>  What do you want to buy?  \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f\u852c\u83dc\uff0cvegetable. \u897f\u7ea2\u67ff, tomato, \u6c34\u679c\uff0cfruit. \u897f\u74dc, watermelon, \u8089\uff0cmeat.  \u725b\u8089\uff0cbeef. All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yajie: What do you want to buy? \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me)\uff1f\u4f60 is you, \u8981, want to \u4e70, to buy, \u4ec0\u4e48 means what. \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48? <br \/>  Cam: \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me) Actually I&rsquo;d like to buy some vegetables.&nbsp; <br \/>  Yajie: So you want to buy\u852c\u83dc(shu1 cai4)\uff0cvegetable. \u852c, sh-u, the first tone. \u83dc, c-ai, the fourth tone. \u852c\u83dc(shu1 cai4)\uff0cvegetable. <br \/>  Cam: \u852c\u83dc(shu1 cai4).<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me)? This is a general way to ask what  you want to buy. But we can make this question more specific.&nbsp; <br \/>  Yajie:  For example, with \u852c\u83dc(shu1 cai4)\uff0cvegetable, \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u852c\u83dc(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2  me shu1 cai4)\uff1fwhich means what kind of vegetable do you want to buy? <br \/>  Cam: \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u852c\u83dc(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me shu1 cai4)\uff1f<br \/>  Yajie: Very good. So Cam, what&rsquo;s the meaning of \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u6c34\u679c(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me shui3 guo3)\uff1f<br \/>  Cam: What fruit do you want to buy? <br \/>  Yajie:  Right. Here is a new word for our listeners. \u6c34\u679c(shui3 guo3), fruit.  \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u6c34\u679c(ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me shui3 guo3)\uff1fWhat fruit do you want to  buy?Cam, then how do you say &ldquo;Which meat do you want to buy?&rdquo; in  Chinese. First I can tell you that meat in Chinese is \u8089,( rou4), the  fourth tone. \u8089.<br \/>  Cam: \u8089,( rou4). Hmm&hellip; I think that would be\u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u8089((ni3 yao4 mai3 shen2 me rou4)\uff1f<br \/>  Yajie: Excellent!<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>Yajie: So Cam, what kind of vegetables do you want to buy? \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\u852c\u83dc<br \/>  Cam: How do you say &ldquo;I want to buy three tomatoes&rdquo; in Chinese? <br \/>  Yajie:  OK. We learned three is \u4e09(san1). Tomato would be \u897f\u7ea2\u67ff\uff08xi1 hong2 shi4\uff09  together it&rsquo;s\u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e09\u4e2a\u897f\u7ea2\u67ff.\uff08wo3 yao4 mai3 san1 ge4 xi1 hong2 shi4\uff09<br \/>  Cam:  \u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e09\u4e2a\u897f\u7ea2\u67ff.\uff08wo3 yao4 mai3 san1 ge4 xi1 hong2 shi4\uff09I want to buy three  tomatoes. Besides, I also want to buy a watermelon and some beef. Yajie,  How do I say them in Chinese? <br \/>  Yajie: Hang on. We have to learn watermelon and beef first. Watermelon is \u897f\u74dc , and beef is \u725b\u8089\u3002<br \/>  Cam: \u897f\u74dc (xi1 gua1) watermelon. \u725b\u8089(niu2 rou4) beef.<br \/>  Yajie: \u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e00\u4e2a\u897f\u74dc(wo3 yao4 mai3 yi1 ge xi1 gua1)\u3002I want to buy a watermelon.<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e00\u4e2a\u897f\u74dc(wo3 yao4 mai3 yi1 ge xi1 gua1)\u3002<br \/>  Yajie: \u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e00\u5757\u725b\u8089(wo3 yao4 mai3 yi1 kuai4 niu2 rou4)\u3002I want to buy a piece of beef. <br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u8981\u4e70\u4e00\u5757\u725b\u8089(wo3 yao4 mai3 yi1 kuai4 niu2 rou4)\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Cam\uff1aNow, Yajie, I noticed that there are different measure words in each sentence. <br \/>  Yajie:  That&rsquo;s one of the most difficult parts while learning Chinese. But  don&rsquo;t worry, we can start by remembering these fruits and vegetables. <br \/>  Cam: OK, let&rsquo;s have a quick review before we finish up today&rsquo;s program.<\/p>\n<p>  Key Words Reminder<br \/>  What do you want to buy? \u4f60\u8981\u4e70\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f\u852c\u83dc\uff0cvegetable. \u897f\u7ea2\u67ff, tomato, \u6c34\u679c\uff0cfruit. \u897f\u74dc, watermelon, \u8089\uff0cmeat. \u725b\u8089\uff0cbeef.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-394205253\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. \u6211\u662fYajie\u3002<br \/>\n  Cam: Wo Shi Cam. Da4 Jia1 Hao3. I&rsquo;m planning to go shopping in a typical Chinese market later this week..<br \/>\n  Yajie: Cool. So what do you want to buy?<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; Well, let&rsquo;s hear key words of the day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[98,670,1399],"class_list":["post-10746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio","tag-e-learning-chinese","tag-measure-words"],"views":212,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}