Lesson 111 where Is the Shop?

M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng shōutīng Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Jin1 tian1 shi4 di 111 ke4.

M: Remember？应该should or ought to 应该from last lesson.

S: Of course I do 当然当然.

M: And put sth somewher，like put your money on the table. 把你的钱放在桌子上。Ba3 ni3 de4 qian2 fang4 zai4 zhuo1 zi shang4.

S: Of course.当然

M: So Stuart，I think we should learn more position words, like by the side.

S: And that potential lifesaver, public toilet.

M: We’ll begin, ok? Wo3 men kai1 shi3 hao3 bu4 hao3？

S: hao3.

S: I want to buy beer. 我想买啤酒。Wo3 xiang3 mai3 pi2 jiu3. wher’s the shop? 商店在哪？shang1 dian4 zai4 nar3？

M: Now listen carefully. 厕所, ce4 suo3, 厕所，is toilets. Of course we’ve also learnt wash hands room. Xi3 shou3 jian1，which is more genteel Now try to pick out the words for public and beside. The shop is beside the public toilet. 商店在公共厕所旁边。Shang1 dian4 zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1.

S: beside the toilet？zai4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1？

M: Yes，by the public toilet. 是的，在公共厕所旁边，zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1.

S: Oh well, I’ll kill two birds with one stone. Yi2 jian4 shuang1 diao1.

M: Right. What did we say? I said shang1 dian4 zai4 nar3?

S: shang1 dian4 zai4 nar3？商店, shang1 dian4,商店

M: 商店在哪wher is the shop, shang1 dian4 zai4 nar3?

S: 商店在公共厕所旁边。公共, gong1 gong4. 公共, first tone, fourth tone, means public.

M: Remember gong1gong4qi4che1, public bus, gong1gong4qi4che1. Equally useful is gong1gong4ce4suo3, public toilet. gong1gong4ce4suo3.

S: Shang1dian4 zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1.

M: 旁边, pang2 bian1,旁边, second tone, first tone, means side. Zai4 pang2 bian1, by the side , or on the side. Zai4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1, by the side of toilet.

S: What a place to buy beer.

M: Now let’s practice the dialog again. Repeat everything with us.

S: Wo3 xiang3 mai3 pi2 jiu3. shang1 dian4 zai4 nar3?

M: Shang1dian4 zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1. Shang1dian4 zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1.

S: zai4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1?

M: Shi4 de. zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1. zai4 gong1 gong4 ce4 suo3 pang2 bian1

S: So did you understand everything? Great.

M: But one more thing before we xia4 ke4. Implying that he could buy beer and visit the toilet, Stuart said yi2 jian4 shuang1 diao1. Literally, one arrow, a pair of vultures the equivalent of to kill two birds with one stone. yi2 jian4 shuang1 diao1.

S: It’s one of the thousands of picky sayings in Chinese known as cheng2yu3. cheng2yu3. That’s great impressing Chinese people with your Chinese. So we’ll learn some of the best ones from time to time.

M: Dan4shi4, xian4 zai4 wo3men xia4 ke4. zai4jian4.

S: Zai4jian4.