Y: You're here at Chinese studio wo men shi Raymond he Yajie.
R: Well now we are armed with a few useful phrases to combat the market animals.
Y: That's right, getting what we want and knowing what we want are two completely different things.
R: As long as we get all Doreamon action figurines, i'll be happy.
Y: Here we go with the review.
 
Sentences of the week
How much is it? 多少钱？Can you make it cheaper? 便宜点儿 the other shops' prices are lower. 别的店更便宜All in today’s Chinese Studio. 

Y: erh… you can’t get it for free, you need to pay for it…
R: Right, almost forgot… how do you say: How much is it in Chinese?
Y: Duo1 shao3 qian2, how much money

Conversation:
多少钱？

R: that’s too expensive, I’d rather get it for free!
Y: I think you can use the Chinese sentence we learned this week: pian2 yi4 dian3er, which mean: Can you make it cheaper? pian2 yi4 dianer3.  cheap  little    dianer3 means “a little bit”

Conversation:
便宜点儿

R: Before the market closes, let’s use this important sentence: The other shops' prices are lower. 
Y: in Chinese it’s… 别的店更便宜 bie2 de dian4 geng4 pian2 yi4.  other shop even more cheap

Bie2 de: other
Dian4: shop or store,
Geng4: even more
Pian2 yi4: cheap

R: Market time is over!
Y: Ding Ding Ding. Market is over.
R: Time for the quiz of the day!
Y: How do you say: How much is it? 
R: Send your answer to chinese@crifm.com
Y: You could win a book of idioms, or one of our free tution passes to the Great Bridge School.
R: Also check out crienglish.com