Lesson 136 - Revision of Chores

Cam: Hello everyone! Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI.  Wo shi Cam.
YJ: Welcome. Another weekend is coming and time for us to review what we learned during the week.
Cam: First, listen to the Sentences in the Week!

Sentences in the Week
I’d like to help you wash the dishes. 我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.) I cook breakfast every day. 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4) wher is the iron? 熨斗在哪儿？(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.

YJ: Well before going to the sentences, I’d like to test some of the words we mentioned during the week. Kitchen, you remember how to say it in Chinese ?
Cam: 厨房 （chu2fang2）
YJ: Right. all in the second tone. 厨房 （chu2fang2）Then how about living room and dining room?
Cam: 客厅(ke4ting1), 餐厅(can1ting1).
YJ: Well done! How about bedroom?
Cam: 卧室(wo4 shi4)
YJ: Great! You certainly made a great progress in the last week.
Cam: Yes. Thanks.

Conversation1:
A：这是客厅，那是卧室，旁边是餐厅。。。
B： 你们家可真大。

Cam: Well, yajie, I’m not sure if the Chinese for washing the dishes is 洗碗(xi3 wan3).
YJ: It is. 洗碗(xi3 wan3). But as we mentioned during the lessons, wan3 is the general term for dishes, such as plates, forks, chopsticks and so on.
Cam: Ok. 洗碗(xi3 wan3), to wash the dishes. But how do you say I’d like to help you wash the dishes? 
YJ: You can say我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.)
Cam: 我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.)
YJ: 帮 (bang1), to help.
Cam: 帮 (bang1)
YJ: 我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.)
Cam: 我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.) I’d like to help you wash the dishes.

Conversation2:
(1) A：我帮你洗碗。
B： 好的。谢谢。
(2) A：小王，我来帮你洗碗吧。
B：不用了，谢谢。

Cam: Yajie, it’s interesting that the Chinese friends often ask me “chi1 le ma?”, have you eaten, when they see me every morning. In fact I cook breakfast every day. How do I say that in Chinese?
YJ: You can tell them 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4)
Cam: 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4)
YJ: 每天 （mei3tian1），every day.
Cam: 每天 （mei3tian1）
YJ: 做（zuo4）, to cook.
Cam: 做（zuo4）
YJ: 早饭( zao3 fan4), breakfast.
Cam:早饭( zao3 fan4).
YJ: 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4)
Cam: 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4) I cook breakfast every day.

Conversation3:
(1) A：你吃早饭了吗？
B：吃了，我每天都做早饭。
(2) A：吃了吗？
B：吃了。我每天都做早饭。

YJ: Cam, do you remember how to ask “wher is the iron?” in Chinese?
Cam: I think it’s 熨斗在哪儿？(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?) right?
YJ: Right. 熨斗 (yun4dou3), iron.
Cam: 熨斗 (yun4dou3)
YJ: 在哪儿(zai4 nar3), at wher.
Cam: 在哪儿(zai4 nar3)
YJ: 熨斗在哪儿？(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?) wher is the iron?
Cam: 熨斗在哪儿？(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?)

Conversation4:
(1) A：熨斗在哪儿？
B：在抽屉里。
(2) A：你知道熨斗在哪儿吗？
B：就在那个盒子里。

Sentences in the Week
I’d like to help you wash the dishes. 我帮你洗碗。(wo3 bang1 ni3 xi3 wan3.) I cook breakfast every day. 我每天都做早饭 (wo3 mei3tian1 dou1zuo4 zao3 fan4) wher is the iron? 熨斗在哪儿？(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?)