Lesson 035 I Want Cola.

S: 请来一个可乐, and, pay attention, listeners! 两个啤酒, liang ge pijiu.
WAITRESS: 一个可乐, 两个啤酒, yi ge kele, liang ge pi jiu.
S: Dui, xiexie.
S: Here come our drinks. So what's the word for ‘two' when you ask for two beers? It's not the er, as in yi er san si. Listen carefully.
WAITRESS: 一个可乐, 两个啤酒. liang ge pijiu.
M: Dui le, it's liang LIANG liang. We always use liang when we want to say ‘two people', two glasses, two dollars, in fact, two anythings. Er, also meaning two, is used for telephone numbers and the like.
S: So how do we say, ‘two twos'?
M: Dui le, liang ge er, liang ge er. Now, back to our waitress.
WAITRESS: Yi ge kele, liang ge pijiu.
S: Xiexie. How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱, duoshao qian?
WAITRESS: 一个可乐是四块. 两个啤酒是九块.
S: So how much is the bill? Remember, a kuai is one renminbi, or one yuan.
WAITRESS: Yi ge kele shi si kuai. Liang ge pijiu shi jiu kuai.
S: Worked it out? Si kuai, and jiu kuai. Four and nine is …. Dui le. 十三块, shi san kuai. I give the waitress fifteen kuai. 给你十五块, gei ni shi wu kuai.
WAITRESS: 找您两块. Zhǎo nín liǎng kuài.
S: xiexie.
M: Thinking caps on? Hao!
S: Say, ‘he is my colleague'…
M: Dui le. 他是我的同事, ta shi wo de tongshi.
S: The drinks are ordered; 一个可乐, 两个啤酒, yi ge kele, liang ge pijiu. 多少钱, duoshao qian?
WAITRESS: 十三块, thirteen kuai, shi san kuai.
S: 给你十五块, shi wu kuai.
WAITRESS: 找您两块. zhao nin liang kuai.
S: Now I've got my change, we can finish our lesson. Ming tian jian.