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Pimsleur Level 1-1
Question | Answer |
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Question | Answer |
xièxie nĭ | Thank you |
Duìbuqĭ | excuse me |
Qĭngwèn | please let me ask |
Kĕshì | but |
Wŏ shuō de bú hăo | I don't speak well. |
Nǐ huì shuō Pǔtōnghuà ma? | Can you speak Chinese? (noun after the verb) |
Huì | can |
Wǒ de Pǔtōnghuà shuō de hěn hǎo. | I can speak (Chinese) well. (split the verbs with the noun) |
Míngbai | understand |
Shénme | what |
Wǒ bù míng bai nǐ shuō shén me. | I don't understand what your saying |
Xuéyuàn | college |
Shì zài nàr ma? | Is it there? |
Shì zài nàr. | It is there. (Note that you either state the subject |
Xué yuàn zài nàr. | The college is there. (Note that you either state the subject |
Bú shì zai nàr. | It is not there. (Note that you either state the subject |
Xué yuàn bú zài nàr. | The college is not there. (Note that you either state the subject |
Nǐ zhī dào ma? | Do you know? |
Bù zhī dào | wǒ bù zhī dào. |
qù nǎr hē? | where can I drink? |
Nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr chī | where would you like to eat? |
Wǒ nàr / nǐ nàr | my place / your place |
Wǒ xiǎng qù wǒ nàr chī. | I would like to go to my place to eat |
Nǐ xiǎng shén me shí hòu chī. | when would you like to eat? |
Wǒ bù xiǎng xiàn zài chī. | I don't want to eat now |
Wǒ xiǎng xiàn zài chī yì diǎnr dōng xi. | I would like to eat something now |
Wǒ xiǎng guò yíhuìr chī yì diǎnr dōng xi. | I would like to eat something later |
Wǒ yĕ xiǎng hē yì diǎnr dōng xi. | |
Yĕ | also |
wŏ nàr / nǐ nàr | my place / your place |
shénme shíhòu | when |
Xiànzài | now |
guò yíhuìr | later |
Yíhuìr | for a little while |
Kāfējiān | cafe |
Fàndiàn | restaurant |
Nǐ xiǎng chī shén me? | What do you want to eat? (notice shén me comes after the verb |
Nǐ xiǎng shén me shí hou hē? | When would you like to drink |
Hǎo | OK |
Wŭfàn | lunch |
Háishì | or (in a question) |
Zuò | to do/make |
Jiŭdiàn | hotel |
Măi | buy |
Gēn | with |
Shéi | who |
Yīqĭ | together |
gēn shéi yīqĭ? | with whom? |
Nǐ xiǎng gēn wǒ yìqǐ hē yì diǎnr dōng xi ma? | Would you like to drink something with me? |
Huòzhĕ | or (in a statement) |
nǐ xiǎng yào cha hai shi ka fei? | Do you want to drink tea or coffee? (using yao |
wǒ xiǎng yào cha huo zhe ka fei. | I want to drink tea or coffee. (using yao |
jĭ diăn zhōng? | at what time? |
Yī | one |
diăn zhōng | o'clock |
nǐ xiǎng ji dian zhōng he cha? | What time do you want to drink tea? (just using xiǎng) |
nǐ xiǎng yào ji diǎn zhōng hē chá? | What time do you want to drink tea? (using xiǎng yao) |
nǐ xiǎng shén me shí hou hē chá? | When do you want to drink tea? (using shén me shi hou) |
liǎng diǎn zhōng (not er dian zhong). | Two o'clock |
bù xíng | Impossible |