Lesson 108 Revision of Looking for Something

M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Today, lesson 108, dì yìbǎi líng bā kè. 复习课。

M: Remember? 记得吗? jìde ma? Wǒmen hái zài Yíhéyuán.

S: Wǒmen xiǎng zhàoxiàng. wher'd I put my camera? 我的照相机放在哪儿了？Wǒde zhàoxiàngjī fàng zài nǎrle?

M: I'll help you look. 我帮你找 wǒ bāng nǐ zhǎo.

S: Is it on the table? 它在桌子上吗 tā zài zhuōzi shàng ma?

M: 我看看 wǒ kàn kàn. 它不在桌子上. Tā bú zài zhuōzi shàng.

S: Under it? 它在桌子下面吗 tā zài zhuōzi xiàmian ma?

M: 我看看。也不在桌子下面 wǒ kànkan, yě bú zài zhuōzi xiàmian.

S: 我的照相机不在桌子上，也不在桌子下面.

M: Poor Stuart.

M: Now, remember放 FANG fàng, ‘to place' or ‘to put'. So everybody say, ‘wher did I put my camera?' Hěn hǎo. wǒde zhàoxiàngjī fàng zài nǎrle? wǒde zhàoxiàngjī fàng zài nǎrle?

S: Now say, ‘wher'd I put my beer?'

M: Méi cuò. 我的啤酒放在哪儿了？Wǒ de píjiǔ fàng zài nǎrle?

S: And 找, remember is ‘to seek', ‘look for'. So say, ‘you are looking for what?'

M: Hěn hǎo. 你找什么? Nǐ zhǎo shénme?

S: And say, ‘I'm looking for your camera'.

M: Duì le. 我找你的照相机 wǒ zhǎo nǐde zhàoxiàngjī.

S: And 桌子 zhuōzi, is ‘table'. So now say, it's not on the table'.

M: Fēicháng hǎo. 它不在桌子上 tā bú zài zhuōzi shàng.

S: Now ask, ‘is it under the table?'.

M: 它在桌子下面吗 tā zài zhuōzi xiàmian ma?

S: And it's not under the table, 它也不在桌子下面tā yěbú zài zhuōzi xiàmian.

M: Oh dear! M: But, finally, Hey! Found it. 嘿！找到了 zhǎodào le.

S: Good! I'll go buy a glass of beer. 我去买杯啤酒 wǒ qù mǎibēi píjiǔ. Tiān a! wher's my wallet? 我的钱包在哪儿? wǒde qiánbāo zài nǎr?

M: 我的天啊！现在他又找不到他的钱包了。Xiànzài tā yòu zhǎobúdào ta1de qiánbāole.

S: My poor wallet. We've been searching for ages, 我们找了半天，wǒmen zhǎole bàntiān, 但是，找不到dànshì, zhǎo bú dào.

M: Found it 找到了 zhǎodào le.

S: 找到了，那太好了！Zhǎodào le, nà tài hǎole. And before we continue, remember how to say ‘in' or ‘inside' something? Right. 在 something 里面。

M: Like, ‘your wallet's in your bag' 你的钱包在你的包里面 nǐde qiánbāo zài nǐde bāolǐmian.

S: But wher's my bag? 但是，我的包在哪儿? Dàn shì, wǒde bāo zài nǎr?

M: And remember the word for ‘car'? Duìle. 汽车 qìchē. It's in the car 它在汽车里面. Tāzài qìchē lǐmian.

S：Good. Now I'll drink a beer. Nà hǎo. xiànzàiwǒyào hē yìbēi píjiǔ. Zàijiàn.

M: Zàijiàn!