B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan. Y: And wo shi Y
B: You know Y, it’s fun learning Chinese here in the Chinese Studio, but I think I need to do a bit more study. I want to go to a decent bookstore and stock up on some language learning books, and some good novels too of course.
Y: Good idea, to the bookstore we shall go. Let’s check our key words of the day.
Key words of the day Book 书 bookstore, 书店Novels 小说tapes 磁带 Where’s a good bookstore? 哪儿有好的书店?Where are the English language novels? 英文小说在几层?On the fourth floor 在四层 All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: First up, what’s a book, I should know how to say that in Chinese, but I’ve forgotten. Help me out Yaj. Y: Mei wenti, it’s shu1, B: shu1. that’s easy. And what about a bookstore? Y: it’s shu1 dian4. as dian4, here it means a shop selling books, B: I see… shu1 dian4. Then where’s a good bookstore? Y: I know there are some good ones in downtown Beijing. If you want to ask it in Chinese, you may say 哪儿有好的书店? B: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4. Y: na2er means where, B: na2er, Y: you3 literally means have, B: you3, Y: hao3 de means good, B: hao3 de, Y: shu1 dian4 is bookstore, B: shu1 dian4, Y: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4. B: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4. Where is a good bookstore?
Conversation 1 A: 哪儿有好的书店? B: 去王府井看看. 那儿有个不错的书店。.
B: Hey while I’m here Y, I might have a look at the novels too. Y: I’d like to find something to read as well. We’re looking for 小说。 B: xiao3 shuo1. And I bet in the big bookstores, the English language novels are probably upstairs somewhere. How do I ask them where are the English language novels? Y: you may ask: 英文小说在几层? B: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2? Y: ying1 wen2 means English language, B: ying1 wen2, Y: xiao3 shuo1, novels, B: xiao3 shuo1, Y: zai4 means on which floor, B: zai4, Y: ji3 ceng2 means which floor, B: ji3 ceng2. Y: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2? B: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2? Where are the English language novels? Let’s say they’re on the fourth floor, what will the shop assistant tell me? Y: He or she may tell you: 在四层。 B: Let me try that, zai4 si4 ceng2. Y: zai4 means on, B: zai4, Y: si4 means the fourth, B: si4, Y: ceng2 means floor, B: ceng2. Y: zai4 si4 ceng2 B: zai4 si4 ceng2 on the fourth floor.
Conversation 2 A: 英文小说在几层? B: 在四层。
B: I’ve found a swag of good novels, but I better get back to looking for some Chinese learning material. I like listening to things, what you call language tapes, as they’re very useful for learning. Y: … type in Chinese is 磁带。 B: ci2 dai4. Great, but sometimes types are not so convenient. Let’s also look for some CDs, ok? Y: Xing, we call those CD too in Chinese B: Great… Now it’s much easier to listen to CDs through my mp3 player when I’m out walking or riding my zixingche, my bike.
Conversation 3 A: 我想买一套学中文的教材。 B: 您是要磁带还是CD? A: 最好是CD。
Key words reminder Book 书 bookstore, 书店Novels 小说tapes 磁带 Where’s a good bookstore? 哪儿有好的书店?Where are the English language novels? 英文小说在几层?On the fourth floor 在四层 All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: I’m itching to get into these new books. Y: Before we go, here’s our question. How do you say, “bookstore” in Chinese of course. B: And you can send us the correct answer in an email to Chinese@crifm.com. Don’t forget, there’s a prize at stake as well. Mingtian jian. Y: Mingtian jian.
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