B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. It’s the weekend, and I can’t wait to get out for a bike ride. Before heading off we’ve got just enough time to review what we’ve learned during the week.
Sentences of the week
I’ve got a flat tire 我的车胎没气了。Could you please pass me the pump? 请把打气筒递给我。I’d like a basket. 我想装个车筐。All in today’s Chinese Studio
B: So let’s review from the beginning, what do we call a bike Y?
Y: it’s zi4 xing2 che1.
B: zi4 xing2 che1.
Y: How do you say: I’ve got a flat tire.
B: wo3 de che1 tai1 mei2 qi4 le.
Y: Very good. Let me try that again. wo3 de means mine,
B: wo3 de,
Y: che1 tai1 means tires,
B: che1 tai1,
Y: mei2 qi4 le, it means a flat tire,
B: mei2 qi4 le ,
Y: 我的车胎没气了
B: wo3 de che1 tai1 mei2 qi4 le. I’ve got a flat tire.
Conversation 1
A: 我的车胎没气了。
B: 别急，我来帮你打气。
B: Y, Could you please pass me the pump? What’s the Chinese for a pump?
Y: it’s da3 qi4 tong3.
B: da3 qi4 tong3.
Y: da3 qi4 means to pump,
B: da3 qi4
Y: tong3 means a tube-shaped object.
B: tong3
Y: da3 qi4 tong3.
B: da3 qi4 tong3. a pump.
Y: Could you please pass me the pump?” in Chinese it’s: qing2 ba2 da3 qi4 tong3 di4 gei2 wo3…
B: qing2 ba2 da3 qi4 tong3 di4 gei2 wo3.
Y: ba3 is often put before the object,
B: ba3,
Y: da3 qi4 tong3 is pump,
B: da3 qi4 tong3.
Y: qing2 ba2 da3 qi4 tong3 di4 gei2 wo3
B: qing2 ba2 da3 qi4 tong3 di4 gei2 wo3 Could you please pass me the pump?
Conversation 2
A: 请把打气筒递给我。
B: 好的，给你。
B: It’s getting too warm to carry my bag on my back. I’d love one of those baskets. What are they called?
Y: They’re called che1 kuang1.
B: che1 kuang1. che1 is bicycle,
Y: che1, Right and kuang1 means basket,
B: kuang1,
Y: che1 kuang1.
B: che1 kuang1. basket. And back at the bike shop I want to tell the shifu I want a basket.
Y: Ok. Wo2 xiang3 zhuang1 ge che1 chuang1.
B: Wo2 xiang3 zhuang1 ge che1 chuang1
Y: wo2 xiang3 means I’d like sth,
B: wo2 xiang3,
Y: zhuang1 means to install,
B: zhuang1.
Y: ge4 is the measure word for basket. It’s short for yi2 ge4, which means one,
B: ge4,
Y: che1 chuang1, basket,
B: che1 chuang1
Y: Wo2 xiang3 zhuang1 ge che1 chuang1
B: Wo2 xiang3 zhuang1 ge che1 chuang1 I’d like a basket.
A: 我想装个车筐。
B: 看看这个怎么样？
A：行，就装这个吧。
