Y: How’s the laptop B? You sorted that virus problem?
B: Da jia hao, ni hao Y. All recovered thanks, and now that it’s the weekend I’ll be online again, and ready to roll. And I really need to review all those Internet terms we learned during the week.

Sentences of the week
wher’s an Internet café? 哪儿有网吧？What’s your email address? 你的邮箱地址是什么? Do you have a blog? 你有自己的博客吗? All in today’s Chinese Studio

B: Not everyone has a computer, but you can always get online in an Internet café? Y, what’s the Chinese for it? 
Y: we call it wang3 ba1. 
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: as wang3 means internet, 
B:  wang3, 
Y: ba1 means a place like a pub or a café, 
B:  ba1, 
Y: wang3 ba1.
B:  wang3 ba1. Internet café,  
Y: And when you’re looking for an Internet café but can’t find one, then you can ask somebody by saying:  na2er you2 wang3 ba1? wher is an Internet café? 
B: Let me try that… na2er you2 wang3 ba1? 
Y: na2er you3 literally means wher have, 
B:  na2er you3
Y: wang3 ba1 is Internet café, 
B:  wang3 ba1. 
Y: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? 
B:  na2er you2 wang3 ba1?  wher is an Internet café?

Conversation 1
A: 哪儿有网吧？
B: 前面超市旁边就有一家。

B: Hey Y, I would like to send you an e-mail, but  I’ve forgotten what your email address is. 
Y: You can ask like this … ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? 
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? 
Y: ni3 de means your,  
B: ni3de, 
Y: you2 xiang1 means e-mail box, 
B:  you2 xiang1, 
Y: di4 zhe3 means address, 
B:  di4 zhe3  
Y: shi4 shen2, is what,  
B:  shi4 shen2 me , 
Y: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? 
B:  ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? What’s your email address?

Conversation 2
A: 你的邮箱地址是什么?
B:  [email protected].

Y: Here it is, my own blog. Why don’t you take a look… 
B: That looks pretty good….
Y: Thanks, hey, do you have a blog? ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma? 
B: Not yet… but I can still practice the sentence… ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma? 
Y:  bo2 ke4 is blog. 
B:  bo2 ke4.
Y: you3 means have, 
B: you3, 
Y: zi4 ji3 de means one’s own, 
B: zi4 ji3 de
Y: bo2 ke4 means blog, 
B: bo2 ke4. 
Y: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma? 
B: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?  Do you have a blog?

Conversation 3
A: 你有自己的博客吗？
B: 当然了。我的博客点击率还挺高的。