Y: How’s the laptop B? You sorted that virus problem?
B: Da jia hao, ni hao Y. All recovered thanks, and now that it’s the weekend I’ll be online again, and ready to roll. And I really need to review all those Internet terms we learned during the week.
Sentences of the week
wher’s an Internet café? 哪儿有网吧?What’s your email address? 你的邮箱地址是什么? Do you have a blog? 你有自己的博客吗? All in today’s Chinese Studio
B: Not everyone has a computer, but you can always get online in an Internet café? Y, what’s the Chinese for it?
Y: we call it wang3 ba1.
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: as wang3 means internet,
B: wang3,
Y: ba1 means a place like a pub or a café,
B: ba1,
Y: wang3 ba1.
B: wang3 ba1. Internet café,
Y: And when you’re looking for an Internet café but can’t find one, then you can ask somebody by saying: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? wher is an Internet café?
B: Let me try that… na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
Y: na2er you3 literally means wher have,
B: na2er you3
Y: wang3 ba1 is Internet café,
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
B: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? wher is an Internet café?
Conversation 1
A: 哪儿有网吧?
B: 前面超市旁边就有一家。
B: Hey Y, I would like to send you an e-mail, but I’ve forgotten what your email address is.
Y: You can ask like this … ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
Y: ni3 de means your,
B: ni3de,
Y: you2 xiang1 means e-mail box,
B: you2 xiang1,
Y: di4 zhe3 means address,
B: di4 zhe3
Y: shi4 shen2, is what,
B: shi4 shen2 me ,
Y: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? What’s your email address?
Conversation 2
A: 你的邮箱地址是什么?
B: [email protected].
Y: Here it is, my own blog. Why don’t you take a look…
B: That looks pretty good….
Y: Thanks, hey, do you have a blog? ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: Not yet… but I can still practice the sentence… ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
Y: bo2 ke4 is blog.
B: bo2 ke4.
Y: you3 means have,
B: you3,
Y: zi4 ji3 de means one’s own,
B: zi4 ji3 de
Y: bo2 ke4 means blog,
B: bo2 ke4.
Y: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma? Do you have a blog?
Conversation 3
A: 你有自己的博客吗?
B: 当然了。我的博客点击率还挺高的。