Lesson 078 I Have Neither Time Nor Money.

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

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Ok, everybody say with ML, ‘today we learn Lesson 78'.

M: Get ready, start. Zhǔnbèi, kāishǐ. 今天我们学第七十八课 jīn tiān wǒmen xué dì qī shí bā kè.

S: Hén hǎo.

M: Stuart, 今天我们学什么jīn tiān wǒmen xuéshénme?

S: Now, we'll learn another word for ‘time' that we use, for example, when we want to say ‘I don't have time'. And we'll also learn ‘I have time', ‘I have money', and ‘I don't have money'. Listen, and try to pick out the new words. A clue. ‘I have' is 我有 wǒyǒu. ‘I don't have' is 我没有 wǒ méi yǒu.

M: Stuart, when are you going to Shanghai? 你什么时候去上海 nǐ shénme shíhòu qù Shànghǎi?

S: I'm not going. I don't have time, and I don't have money. 我不去。我没有时间， 也没有钱 wǒ bú qù. Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, yě méiyǒu qián.

M: You have time. You have money. 你有时间，你有钱 nǐyǒu shíjiān , nǐ yǒu qián.

S: 不对，我没有时间，也没有钱 wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, yěméiyǒu qián.

S: Poor Stuart.

S: Ok, did you catch the new stuff? ML, say to everybody ‘I have time'.

M: 我有时间 wó yǒu shíjiān.

S: So here's another word for time. 时间 SHI JIAN shíjiān, 2nd tone 1st tone, shíjiān.

M: Remember we learnt 什么时候 meaning ‘what time?' ‘when?', shénme shíhòu?

S: Shíhòu and shíjiān both mean ‘time', but are used a bit differently. You'll easily learn the difference as we use them.
Now I'll ask ML is she has time to help me. Remember to ‘help'? Duìle. 帮 BANG bāng. Here goes. 曼丽， 你有时间帮我吗 ní yǒu shíjiān bāng wǒ ma?

M: 有，我有时间 yǒu, wǒ yǒu shíjiān.

S: Or, ML might have said.

M: Sorry, 对不起， 我没有时间 duìbùqǐ, wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān.

S: Now, I'll ask you people at home to help me. And you answer, ‘sorry, I don't have time'. Here goes. 你有时间帮我吗 níyǒu shíjiān bāng wǒ ma?

M: And you replied, 对不起， 我没有时间 duìbùqǐ, wǒ méi yǒu shíjiān.

S: I don't believe ‘em!

S: Now let's see if I do better with ML. Repeat everything with us. 曼丽，你有时间帮我吗 nǐyǒu shíjiān bāng wǒ ma?

M: No problem. 没问题，我有时间 méi wèntí, wǒ yǒu shíjiān.

S: 谢谢，I'll invite you to dinner tonight, 今天晚上我请你吃饭 jīn tiān wǎnshàng wǒ qíng nǐ chī fàn.

M: 你请我吃饭 nǐ qíng wǒ chī fàn. 你有钱吗？ní yǒu qián ma?

S: 我有钱 wóyǒu qián. 我有很多钱wóyǒu hěn duō qián!

M: That's great! 那很好, nà hén hǎo. 你有很多钱 ní yóu hěn duō qián.

S: Enough for a bowl of noodles － yī wǎn miàn!

M: Oh dear! Guess it's time to xià kè. Zàijiàn.