B: Help, I need somebody. Y: Ni hao Mark, what’s the problem? B: dajia hao, wo shi Mark, sit in for Brendan… well there’s no problem here in the Chinese Studio, but I’ve realized I wouldn’t know where to turn in the case of an emergency, so can you help me cover the emergency contingencies this week? Y: Mei wenti. Here are some keywords to get us rolling.
Key words of the day passport 护照wallet钱包Stop, thief! 抓小偷! Where’s a police station? 派出所在哪儿? My bag was stolen 我的包被偷了。What was in it? 包里有什么? All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: Although I haven’t had any problems, as yet, it’s better to be safe than sorry, be prepared. So let’s say Y, there he is, stop, thief, Y: Put your best Chinese tones forward and call out … zhua1 xiao3 tou1. B: zhua1 xiao3 tou1. Y: zhua1 means to catch, B: zhua1, Y: xiao3 tou1 means thief, B: xiao3 tou1, Y: zhua1 xiao3 tou1 B: zhua1 xiao3 tou1, catch a thief,
Conversation 1 A: 抓小偷! B: 抓小偷! 别让他跑了。
B: He got away on me. you know that bag has my passport and wallet in it. Where’s a police station? Y: That was too bad. Firstly, you should learn how to say this, pai4 chu1 suo3 zai4 na3er? Where’s a police station? B: pai4 chu1 suo3 zai4 na3er? Y: pai4 chu1 suo3 is a police station, B: pa4 chu1 suo3, Y: zai4 na3er literally means at where, B: zai4 na3er, Y: pai4 chu1 suo3 zai4 na3er? B: pai4 chu1 suo3 zai4 na3er? Where’s a police station?
Conversation 2 A: 我的钱包丢了,请问派出所在哪儿? B: 往前200米。
B: The jing3 cha2, the police are very efficient, as long as I can tell them what happened. My bag was stolen. Y: They’ll get the general idea if you say it like this: wo3 de bao1 bei4 tou1 le. B: wo3 de bao1 bei4 tou1 le. Y: wo3 de means mine, B: wo3 de, Y: bao1 is bag, B: bao1, Y: the word “bei4” is used to form a passive verbal phrase, B: bei4, Y: tou1 means steal, B: tou1, Y: wo3 de bao1 bei4 tou1 le. B: wo3 de bao1 bei4 tou1 le. My bag was stolen.
Conversation 3 A: 出什么事了? B: 我的包被偷了。
B: The police will probably ask something like, what was in your bag? Y: Yes they will, they want to know包里有什么? What was in it? B: bao1 li2 you3 shen2 me? Y: bao1 means bag, and li3 means inside the bag, B: bao1 li3, Y: you3 shen2me, literally means have what? B: you3 shen2me Y: bao1 li2 you3 shen2 me? B: bao1 li2 you3 shen2 me? What was in it?. And to tell them, my passport and wallet? Y: Remember it’s hu4zhao4, a passport, and a wallet is qian2 bao1, B: qian2 bao1, Y: qian2 means money, B: qian2, Y: bao1 means a small flat case, B: bao1, Y: qian2 bao1, B:qian2 bao1, a wallet,
Conversation 4 A: 包里有什么? B: 有我的护照和钱包。
B: Sometimes the glass is half empty, and sometimes half full, that little adventure with a thief will teach me to be more careful in future, cos I always like to see the full part of the glass. Y: Some lessons are harder than others. But we’ve got an easy question today, how do we say, “passport” in Chinese. B: Let us know by sending an email to Chinese@crifm.com. Don’t forget, there’s a prize at stake as well. Mingtian jian
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