Lesson 114 I lost my wallet.

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

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Last lesson, shàng yí kè, 我去买啤酒和矿泉水 beer and mineral water. Wǒ qù mǎi píjiǔ hé kuàngquánshuǐ.

M: I said. I'll stay here, 我留在这儿wǒ liú zài zhèr.

S: In the shop I calmly said, Sùliào dài, plastic bag, sùliàodài? No way! 不行 bùxíng. It's 'white pollution'! 那是白色污染，báisè wūrǎn, I'll use – 'use', remember, is 用YONG yòng – I'll use my own bag. 我用我自己的包 wǒ yòng wǒ zìjǐde bāo. Then, I paid the money and left, 然后，我付了钱就走了 ránhòu, wǒ fù le qián jiù zǒu le.

M: Then, he came back 然后，他回来了 ránhòu, tā huí lái le.

S: 啤酒和矿泉水，I've bought everything 我都买完了 wǒ dōu mǎiwánle.

M: 你都买完了，那很好 nǐ dōu mǎiwánle, nà hěn hǎo.

S: 天啊！I've lost my wallet. 我的钱包丢了 wǒde qiánbāo diūle!

M: Not again!

M: His wallet's lost, 丢了 diūle. Who cares! Let's look at the new stuff. Stuart went to the shop, I said '我留在这儿. I'll stay here. 留 LIU liú, here means 'to stay' 'remain'. I'll stay here. 我留在这儿wǒ liú zài zhèr.

S: Now, bicycle, remember , is 自行车 zìxíngchē. So everybody try to say, You stay beside the bike.

M: Hěn hǎo. 你留在自行车旁边 nǐ liú zài zìxíngchē pángbiān.

S: I went to the store, or shop, shāngdiàn.

M: Then he came back 然后，他回来了 ránhòu, tā huí lái le.

S: 我都买完了

M: wǒ dōu mǎi wán le. 完 WAN wán, 'to finish'. Dōu, all, everything. 我都买完了, I've finished buying everything. Say it, wǒ dōu mǎi wán le.

S: Now say, he's bought everything. Hěn hǎo! 他都买完了 tā dōu mǎi wánle.

M: Now say, I've finished eating. 完全正确，completely correct！Wánquán zhèngquè. 'I've finished eating' is, 我吃完了 wǒ chī wánle.

S: So what does, 我完了, 'wǒ wán le' mean? Méi cuò. I'm finished, done for. And I also said, 我的钱包丢了.

M: Wǒde qiánbāo diū le. 丢 DIU diū, 'to lose' or 'be missing'. Wǒde qiánbāo diūle. My wallet's missing.

S: So try to say, My bicycle's missing.

M: Fēicháng hǎo. 我的自行车丢了 wǒde zìxíngchē diūle. Sometimes it means my bike's been stolen.

S: And we'll finish with a short dialogue. Repeat everything.

M: 我留在这儿 wǒ liú zài zhèr ….Stuart, 你回来了 nǐ huí láile!

S: 是的。我都买完了 wǒ dōu mǎi wánle.

M: 都买完了，那好 dōu mǎi wánle, nà hǎo.

S: 天啊! 我的钱包丢了 wǒde qiánbāo diūle.

M: What a way to end the lesson! Zài jiàn.

S: Zàijiàn!