B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Great, it’s the weekend and a bit more time to catch up on my favourite tv shows. Let’s review what we’ve learned during the week.
Y: Bring it on!
Sentences of the week
I like watching TV. 我喜欢看电视.Which channel? 哪个台，哪个频道。 Turn on the tv 打开电视。 Let’s change channel 咱们换个台吧。Turn off the tv 关上电视 All in today’s Chinese Studio
B: Yajie, let’s first review the Chinese for Television,
Y: Okay, it’s 电视机。
B: dian4 shi4 ji1.
Y: or you can say dian4 shi4.
B: dian4 shi4. How do I say “I like watching TV” in Chinese?
Y: it’s 我喜欢看电视。
B: Wo2 xi3 huan1 kan4 dian4 shi4.
Y: wo3 means I,
B: wo3,
Y: xi3 huan1 means like doing sth,
B: xi3 huan1.
Y: kan4 means watch,
B: kan4,
Y: dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y:我喜欢看电视。
B: Wo2 xi3 huan1 kan4 dian4 shi4. I like watching TV.
Conversation 1
A: 我喜欢看电视。
B: 我也喜欢看电视。
B: Hey Y, there’s a great program on soon. Turn on the TV.
Y: okay, 打开电视。
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
Y: da3 kai1 means turn on,
B: da3 kai1,
Y: dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4 turn on TV.
Conversation 2
A: 那个电视剧几点开始？
B: 马上就要开始了，快打开电视！
Y: Now I turned on TV. 哪个频道？
B: You mean Which channel is the great program on?
Y: yes. 哪个频道？
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4?
Y: nei3 ge4 means which,
B: nei3 ge4
Y: pin2 dao4 means channel,
B: pin2 dao4
Y: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4?
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4? which channel?
Y: or you can say nei3 ge4 tai2, since tai2 also means channel.
B: nei3 ge4 tai2?
Conversation 3
A: 你要看哪个频道？
B: 5频道。
B: Actually the program is not that good, so let’s change channel.
Y: Hao de. zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
Y: zan2men means we,
B: zan2men ,
Y: huan4 means change,
B: huan4.
Y: ge4 is short for yi2 ge4, which means one,
B: ge4,
Y: tai2 means channel,
B: tai2,
Y: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba. Let’s change channel,
Conversation 4
A: 咱们换个台把。
B: 别阿，我正看得起劲呢。
B: There’re not good programs all the time... Let’s turn off the TV. How can I say that?
Y: guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4.
B: guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4
Y: Bu cuo, not bad.guan1 shang4 mean turn off,
B: guan1 shang4
Y: dian4 shi4 means TV.
B: dian4 shi4
Conversation 5
A: 你该休息了。关上电视。
B: 稍等一下，马上就完了。
Sentences of the week
I like watching TV. 我喜欢看电视.Which channel? 哪个台，哪个频道。 Turn on the tv 打开电视。 Let’s change channel 咱们换个台吧。Turn off the tv 关上电视 All in today’s Chinese Studio
