Lesson 123 Those Dogs Reckon the Cat is Very Amusi

M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ManLi.

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Our suspense story continues.

M: Remember, the bird thinks the bread is tasty hǎochī.

S: The cat thinks the bird is hǎochī. And, Chapter 3 begins:

M: Those two large dogs reckon the cat is very amusing, fun to play with 好玩儿 hao3 wanr2. 那两只大狗认为那只猫很好玩儿 nà liǎng zhī dà gǒu rènwéi nà zhī māo hěn hǎo wónr.

S: Suddenly, the cat jumped. 突然，那只猫跳起来了 tūrán, nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái le.

M: At the same time, the little bird flew off. 同时，那只小鸟飞起来了 tóngshí, nà zhī xiǎo niǎo fēi qǐlái le.

S: And then??

M: Patience. Wait for chapter 4. Now we look at the new stuff.

S: Remember from the previous lesson - nàkuài miànbāo hǎochī, 好吃 good to eat hǎochī. Well, the two big dogs thought, 那两只大狗想，那只猫好玩儿

M: nà zhī māo hǎo wánr. 好玩儿， 玩 WAN wán ‘to play', as in play a game, not play a piano. The wán changes to wánr in hǎo wánr.

S: So what does 好玩儿 mean? Duìle. Good to play, amusing, fun.

M: 那只猫好玩儿 that cat looks like fun nà zhī māo hǎowánr.

S: And I said突然，那只猫跳起来了！

M: tūrán, nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái le. 突然 TU RAN tū rán, 1st tone, 2nd, means  'sudden', 'suddenly' tūrán.

S: So try to say, Suddenly, they came. Méi cuò. 突然，他们来了 tū rán, tāmen lái le.

M: Now say, 那太突然了。It's too sudden. Nà tài tūrán le.

S: Back to our māo, and 跳起来了

M: tiào qǐ lái le. 跳 TIAO tiào, 'to jump, leap' tiào. 跳起来 qǐlái QI LAI qǐlái, means 'to get up' or 'rise'. It can be used to say, What time do you get up? 你几点起来? Say it, nǐ jǐdiǎn qǐlái?

S: What does qǐlái do after a verb? Listen, and you'll get the idea. 哭 kū, is ‘to cry'. He burst out crying, 他哭起来了 say it, tā kū qǐlái le.

M: 想 xiǎng, 'to think'. 哦，我想起来了 Oh, I've thought of it! ò, wǒ xiǎng qǐ láile!

S: So what does 跳起来了 mean? Duìle. Jumped up, leapt. Nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái le.

M: And I said, 同时，那只小鸟飞起来了 同时 TONG SHI tóngshí, 'at the same time', tóngshí.

S: And 飞起来了. 飞 FEI fēi, 'to fly', like in flying machine, airplane, 飞机 fēiji.

M: So what does 同时, 那只小鸟飞起来了 mean? Méi cuò. At the same time, that little bird flew up.

S: So, it seems our little bird is ok. But what about the cat?

S: To end, here's chapter 3 again:

M: 那两只大狗认为那只猫很好玩儿。

S: 突然，那只猫跳起来了。

M: 同时，那只小鸟飞起来了。

S: And then?

M: Wait for Chapter 4. After our fùxí kè. Zàijiàn.

S: Zàijiàn!