Monday, September 20, 2010

Meeting and Making Plans

Meeting and Making Plans
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Chinese Character Version of the Dialogue:

Matt, 你要去哪儿?

是你,Maria. 我要去工作,你呢?

我要去上课。下班以后你有事儿吗?

我没事儿。我想回家。有什么事儿吗?

你认识不认识张老师?

我认识,她是我的中文老师。

今天下课以后我跟她一起吃饭,你去不去?

太好了!去哪儿吃饭?

你想不想吃中国饭?

想,我也想吃日本饭。

我们今天吃中国饭,下次吃日本饭,好吗?

好,今天晚上见!

再见!

Pinyin Version of the Dialogue:

Matt, nǐ yào qù nǎr?

shì nǐ, Maria. wǒyào qù gōngzuò, nǐ ne?

wǒyào qù shàngkè. xiàbān yǐhòu nǐ yǒu shìr ma?

wǒ méi shìr. wǒ xiǎng huí jiā. yǒu shénme shìr ma?

nǐ rènshi bú rènshi zhānglǎoshī?

wǒ rènshi, tāshì wǒde zhōngwén lǎoshī.

jīntiān xiàkè yǐhòu wǒgēntā yìqǐ chīfàn, nǐ qùbúqù?

tài hǎo le! qù nǎr chīfàn?

nǐ xiǎngbùxiang chī zhōngguó fàn?

xiǎng, wǒ yě xiǎng chī rìběn fàn.

wǒmen jīn tiān chī zhōng guó fàn, xiàcì chī rìběn fàn, hǎo ma?

hǎo, jīn tiān wǎnshàng jiàn!

zàijiàn!


Notes:
nǐ yǒu shìr ma 你有事儿吗? This expression is used to asking ‘ what’s up?” which is similar to ‘yǒu shénme shìr ma你有什么事吗?’ Find the context in the dialogue and see how it is used.

下课xiàkè off class or class is over

下班xiàbān off work or work is over

下次xiàcì next time

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Week Eight

Week Eight

Text In Charcters:

你们好!我叫大明,是大学生。我是二年级的学生,我学中国文学。这是我的书,这是一本中国文学书。中国文学不太难,可是功课不少。你呢? 你是学生还是老师?你每天很忙吗?累不累?有时间,我们一起去喝咖啡,好吗?

Text In Pinyin

nǐmenhǎo! wǒjiào dàmíng,shì dàxuéshēng.wǒ shì èr niánjí de xuéshēng, wǒxué zhōngguó wénxué.zhèshì wǒde shū, zhèshì yì běn zhōngguó wénxué shū. zhōngguó wénxué bú tài nán, keshi gōngkè bù shǎo. nǐ ne? nǐ shì xuéshēng háishì lǎoshī? nǐ měitiān hěn máng ma? lèi bú lèi? yǒu shí jiān wǒmen yì qǐ qù hē kāfēi, hǎo ma?

Notes:
年级 niánjí grade
文学wénxué literature
难nán difficult
功课gōngkè homework
还是háishì or (used in questions)
每天měitiān every day
累lèi tired
太tài too ( as in too much)
可是kěshì however
少shǎo few, little
多duō much, many