Y: And wo shi Yajie, ni hao B. What would you like to learn this week?
B: You know Y, Easter is on us this week, so how about talking about Easter activities.
Y: Good idea, let’s check our key words of the day.
Key words of the day
Easter 复活节Happy Easter复活节快乐Have a Happy Easter祝你复活节快乐Easter eggs 复活节彩蛋Let’s paint some Easter eggs 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。Good idea 好主意。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: After Christmas, Easter is the second major religious and cultural festival in western countries. How do we say Easter in Chinese Y?
Y: it’s fu4 huo2 jie2.
B: .. and what about, Happy Easter?
Y: it’s fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4.
B: fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4
Y: fu4 huo2 jie2 is Easter,
B: fu4 huo2 jie2
Y: kuai4 le4 means happy,
B: kuai4 le4.
Y: fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4
B: fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4 Happy Easter. And how do I say, have a Happy Easter?
Y: you just need to put “zhu4 ni3” at the beginning…. You can say: zhu4 ni3 fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4
B: zhu4 ni3 fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4
Y: zhu4 ni3 means wish you,
B: zhu4 ni3.
Y: zhu4 ni3 fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4
B: zhu4 ni3 fu4 huo2 jie2 kuai4 le4 Have a Happy Easter.
Conversation 1
A: 祝你复活节快乐！
B: 谢谢，也祝你复活节快乐！
B: Yajie, you know, for children, Easter means, more than anything else, Easter eggs!
What do we call those in Chinese?
Y: it’s 复活节彩蛋
B: fu4 huo2 jie2 cai3 dan4. I know that fu4 huo2 jie2 means Easter.
Y: yes… cai3 means colorful,
B: cai3… right, as Easter eggs are colorful.
Y: and eggs in Chinese is dan4,
B: dan4.
Y: fu4 huo2 jie2 cai3 dan4
B: fu4 huo2 jie2 cai3 dan4 Eater eggs.
Conversation 2
A: 好漂亮的复活节彩蛋！
B: 谢谢，这是我亲手做的。
B: And, there’s a special thing to do with Easter eggs, apart from eating them of course, and that’s to paint them, to decorate them. Shall we do it together Y? How do I say, let’s paint some Easter eggs. 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。
Y: It’s a little bit long… here we go…rang4 wo3men, means “let’s”
B: rang4 wo3men
Y: dan4 means eggs,
B: dan4,
Y: tu2 shang4 means paint,
B: tu2 shang4.
Y: yan2 se4means color,
B: yan2 se4
Y: ba is used at the end of a sentence, indicating suggestion.
B: I see, ba.
Y: 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。
B: rang4 wo3men ba3 dan4 tu2 shang4 yan2 se4 ba. Let’s paint some Easter eggs.
Conversation 3
A: 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。
B: 这是个好主意。
B: So you’ve asked me to paint some Easter eggs, I’d love to. That’s a good idea. How can I say that Y?
Y: You can say “hao3 zhu2 yi4.”
B: hao3 zhu2 yi4
Y: hao3 means good,
B: hao3.
Y: zhu2 yi4 means idea,
B: zhu2 yi4
Y: hao3 zhu2 yi4
B: hao3 zhu2 yi4 Good idea.
Conversation 4
A: 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。
B: 好主意。
Key words reminder
Easter 复活节Happy Easter复活节快乐Easter eggs 复活节彩蛋
Let’s paint some Easter eggs 让我们把蛋涂上颜色吧。Good idea 好主意。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
