{"id":5809,"date":"2019-11-15T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-071-it-will-be-the-first-day-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:51:16","slug":"lesson-071-it-will-be-the-first-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-071-it-will-be-the-first-day-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 071 It Will Be the First Day of the Year."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Dàji\u0101 h\u01ceo! Hu\u0101nyíng dào Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. Lesson 71.<\/p>\n

M: \u7b2c\u4e03\u5341\u4e00\u8bfe\uff0cdì q\u012b shí y\u012b kè.<\/p>\n

S: More times and dates – very im<\/em>portant. ML, wher are we going the evening of the day after tomorrow\uff1f\u540e\u5929\u665a\u4e0a\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u54ea\u513f\uff1fhòu ti\u0101n w\u01censhàng w\u01d2men qù n\u01cer?<\/p>\n

M: To see a movie. \u540e\u5929\u665a\u4e0a\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u770b\u7535\u5f71 hòu ti\u0101n w\u01censhàng w\u01d2men qù kàn diàny\u01d0ng.<\/p>\n

S: See a movie. \u770b\u4e00\u90e8\u7535\u5f71 kàn yí bùdiàny\u01d0ng. What time does it start? \u51e0\u70b9\u5f00\u59cb jí di\u01cen k\u0101ish\u01d0?<\/p>\n

M: \u516b\u70b9\u5dee\u5341\u5206. b\u0101 di\u01cen chà shí f\u0113n.<\/p>\n

S: Get the time, everybody? \u516b\u70b9\u5dee\u5341\u5206. b\u0101 di\u01cen chà shí f\u0113n.<\/p>\n

M: Duì le. Ten to eight. \u516b\u70b9\u5dee\u5341\u5206. b\u0101 di\u01cen chà shí f\u0113n.<\/p>\n

S: Now try to catch the word for ‘month’. A clue, January, the 1st month, is literally ‘one month’, in Chinese.<\/p>\n

M: Tian na! I forgot! \u6211\u5fd8\u4e86\uff01w\u01d2 wàngle. The day after tomorrow is January the 1st. \u540e\u5929\u662f\u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u53f7 hòu ti\u0101n shì y\u012b yuè y\u012b hào. I have something to do. \u6211\u6709\u4e8bw\u01d2 y\u01d2u shì.<\/p>\n

S: Is January 2nd Ok? \u4e00\u6708\u4e8c\u53f7, \u884c\u4e0d\u884c\uff1fy\u012b yuè èr hào, xíng bù xíng.<\/p>\n

M: y\u012b yuè èr hào. Xing.<\/p>\n

S: Did you catch the word for ‘month’? Listen again. January is …<\/p>\n

M: \u4e00\u6708 y\u012b yuè<\/p>\n

S: February is ….<\/p>\n

M: \u4e8c\u6708èr yuè<\/p>\n

S: Now, you at home say ‘March’<\/p>\n

M: Duì le. \u4e09\u6708s\u0101n yuè. Actually, if we are just saying the month, with no date, we can add a little \u4efd, FEN, fen. So March is \u4e09\u6708\u4efd s\u0101n yuè fèn.<\/p>\n

S: And what is April?<\/p>\n

M: Méi cuò. \u56db\u6708\u4efd sì yuè fen.<\/p>\n

S: And December?<\/p>\n

M: Duì le. \u5341\u4e8c\u6708\u4efd shí èr yuè fen. So yuè YUE yuè, 4th tone, means ‘month’.<\/p>\n

S: Now let’s put a date in. January 1st is \u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u53f7 y\u012b yuè y\u012b hào.<\/p>\n

M: January 2nd is \u4e00\u6708\u4e8c\u53f7y\u012b yuè èr hào.<\/p>\n

S: So what is January 3rd?<\/p>\n

M: Duìle. \u4e00\u6708\u4e09\u53f7y\u012b yuè s\u0101n hào.<\/p>\n

S: You’ve probably guessed by now that the hào HAO hào, 4th tone, in y\u012b hào or èr hào here means ‘date’.<\/p>\n

M: And if jí di\u01cen means ‘what time’, what does \u51e0\u53f7j\u01d0 hào mean?<\/p>\n

S: Duìle. What date?’ So what does this mean: \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u51e0\u53f7? j\u012bnti\u0101n shì j\u01d0 hào?<\/p>\n

M: Duì le. What’s the date today? J\u012bnti\u0101n shì j\u01d0 hào?<\/p>\n

S: Pretend it’s April 13th. y\u012b èr s\u0101n sì. Aha! J\u012bnti\u0101n shìsì yuè shí s\u0101n hào. J\u012bnti\u0101n shì sì yuè shí s\u0101n hào.<\/p>\n

M: H\u011bn h\u01ceo. Which brings us to homework time.<\/p>\n

S: Your homework. Ask yourself, J\u012bnti\u0101n shì j\u01d0 hào?<\/p>\n

M: Then answer, \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u4e00\u6708\u4e00\u53f7 January 1st J\u012bnti\u0101n shì y\u012b yuè y\u012b hào.<\/p>\n

S: And co<\/em>ntinue right through to December 31st, shí èr yuè s\u0101n shí y\u012b hào.<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, n\u01d0 k\u0101iwánxiào! That’s 365 questions and answers. Too many, \u592a\u591a\u4e86tài du\u014d le!<\/p>\n

S: 366 – for a leap year! Zài jiàn.
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