Recycled Hanyu Unit 4
This video is Unit 4 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese. This video is placed in the public domain.
Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation
DIALOGUE 1
A: Nĭ jiālide dōngxi dōu dào le ma?
你家里的东西都到了吗？
Have all your household things arrived?
B: Yŏude dào le, yŏude hái méi dào.
有的到了，有的还没到。
Some have arrived, and some haven’t arrived yet.
DIALOGUE 2
A: Zhèxie zázhì nĭ kàn le ma?
这些杂志，你看了吗？
Have you read these magazines?
B: Zhèxie zázhì, yŏude wŏ kàn le, yŏude wŏ hái méi kàn.
这些杂志，有的我看了，有的我还没看。
Some of these magazines I’ve read, and some I haven’t read yet.
DIALOGUE 3
A: Zuótiān wŏ măile yīdiǎn pánziwǎn
昨天我买了一些盘子碗。
Yesterday I bought some dishes.
B: Nĭ măile duoshao?
你买了多少。
How many did you buy?
A: Wŏ măile shíge fànwǎn , shíge dà pánzl.
我买了十个饭碗，十个大盘子。
I bought ten rice bowls and ten large plates.
B: Nàxie pánziwăn shi shénme yánsède?
那些盘子碗是什么颜色的？
What colour are those dishes?
A: Shi lánde.
是蓝的。
They’re blue ones.
B: A, wŏ yĕ xĭhuan lánde.
啊，我也喜欢蓝的。
Oh, I like blue ones too.
Shì zài shénme dìfang măide?
是在什么地方买的？
Where were they bought?
A: Shì zài Dìyī Gōngsī măide.
是在第一公司买的。
They were bought at the First Company.
A: Tāmen màide dōngxi zhēn hăo.
他们卖的东西真好。
The things they sell are really nice.
B: Tāmen màide pánziwăn, yŏude zhēn hăokàn. Kĕshi guì yīdiǎn.
他们卖的盘子碗,有的真好看。可是贵一点。
Some of the dishes they sell are really beautiful. But they are a little expensive.
A: Wŏ măide nàxie pánziwǎn dōu bú tai guì. Guìde wŏ méi mài.
我卖的那些盘子碗都不太贵。贵的我没买。
All those dishes I bought were not too expensive, I didn’t buy the expensive ones.
VOCABULARY
Dìyī Gōngsī the First Company (department store in Taipei)
dōngxi thing
fànwǎn rice bowl
gōngsī company
kĕshi but
nèixie (nàxie) those
pánzi plate
pánziwǎn dishes
wǎn bowl
-xie (-xiē)
xĭhuan to like
(counter for an indefinite plural number of things)
yánsè color
youde some
zhèixie (zhèxie) these
