Lesson 009 Shall We Go to Hotel?

M: Hi everybody, dajia hao!
S: dajia hao! All together.
S/M: 大家好！
S: ML, 今天, today, jīntiān, we really will leave the airport.
M: Hao zhúyi. Good idea. Hao zhúyi. Wo tongyi. I agree, wo tongyi.
S: 我们去哪儿?
M: 我们去宾馆。Women qù bīnguǎn. Women qu ni de bin'guan.
S: na hao. Women qu wo de bin'guan. Good, we're going to my hotel. Women qu wo de bin'guan.
M: Did you hear the words for GO and HOTEL? 去QU QU qù. To go. Try it, qù qù qù. We don't have the u sound in English. It's like the u of tu in French.
S: To make this sound, remember how your grandmother used to pucker her lips to kiss you. Do the same and try to say "u".
M: Try it u u u. Now qu qu qu. Remember qù to go, is 4th tone. Qù.
S: And notice that in pinyin Q is pronounced like a hard, short 期. Listen, 去，qù. Hao! Back to the dialogue. Don't worry, we'll soon learn a word for HOTEL.
S: 我们去哪儿?
M: 我们去你的宾馆。
S: Women qu wo de bin'guan. Wode bin'guan. What does Binguan mean? 宾馆是什么意思?
M：宾馆是什么意思？shì SHI, to be, is. Shenme SHENME, shén me. Shenme means ‘what'. Yisi, yi si, means ‘meaning'. Shenme yisi? What meaning? Shenme yisi.
S: So, Bin'guan shi shenme yisi? What does bin'guan mean?
M: I'll give you a clue. Bīn BIN BIN bīn, here means ‘guest'. Guǎn GUAN, guǎn, ‘house', or ‘hall'. Guess what binguan means? Dui le, guesthouse, or hotel. Binguan.
S: Another word for ‘hotel' is ‘饭店', fandian. Fàn FAN fàn, means rice. diàn DIAN DIAN diàn, means shop, or inn, that's I-N-N, not I-N. Fandian, hotel. It also means restaurant. Let's have a break, then practice all this.
M: 我同意. I agree, wo tongyi.
S: Now, let's practice 去，to ‘go', 哪儿, ‘wher?' and 什么意思。You people at home, answer with bin'guan or fandian.
M: Ready? 你去哪儿？ Ni qu nǎr?
S: Wo qu fandian. Wo qu fandian.
M: Nimen, nimen qu nǎr?
S: Women, women qu bin'guan. Women qu bin'guan.
M: Why don't we add another place in here, Stuart?
S: Mei wenti, no problem, mei wenti.
M: Ok. 商店 shang SHANG SHANG shāng, means ‘business'. diàn DIAN diàn, meaning shop, like in fàndiàn. So, shangdian, shop. A question: wher is he going?
S: To the shop.
M:他去哪儿？ Ta qu nǎr?
S：Ta qu shangdian. Ta qu shangdian.
M: Tamen qu nar? Tamen qu nǎr?
S: Tamen qu shangdian. Tamen qu shangdian.
M: Stuart, ni qu nǎr?
S: Wo qu xishoujian. Wo qu xishoujian.
M: Good, then we can leave the 机场。
S: So now we can say zai jian.
M: See you next time.