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Animals II: Key Words of The Day
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Animals II
Y: Dajia hao, perfect your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Wo shi Y.
B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. It’s animal week and time to learn more about our wonderful furry
friends.
Y: Let’s check our key words of the day.
B: The zoo, the zoo, I want to go to the zoo. But what do I call it in Chinese Y?
Y: That’s easy, 动物园。
B: dong4 wu yuan2,
Y: dong4 wu is animal or zoological,
B: dong4 wu,
Y: yuan2 means garden,
B: Yuan2,
Y: dong4 wu yuan2
B: dong4 wu yuan2 zoo. … And, do you want to go to the zoo?
Y: You mean 你想去动物园吗?
B: ni2 xiang3 qu4 dong4 wu yuan2 ma?
Y: xiang3 qu4 means want to go somewhere,
B: xiang3 qu4.
Y: dong4 wu4 yuan2, zoo.
B: dong4 wu4 yuan2
Y: 你想去动物园吗?
B: ni2 xiang3 qu4 dong4 wu4 yuan2 ma? Do you want to go to the zoo?
Conversation 1
A: 你想去动物园吗?
B: 好啊,走吧。
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Y: qu4 means set off for some place,
B: qu4,
Y: dong4 wu4 yuan2 means zoo,
B: dong4 wu4 yuan2
Y: 咱们去动物园吧
B: zan2men qu4 dong4 wu4 yuan2 ba Let’s go to the zoo .….Great, can’t wait to go!
Conversation 2
A: 咱们去动物园吧。
B: 太好了,我正好很喜欢动物 。
B: Ok, let’s learn a few more names of animals. Snakes are fascinating.
Y: That’s a 蛇。
B: she2. And rabbit. Remind me, I should know because we were talking about the Easter
bunny not so long ago.
Y: Okay, that’s a 兔子。
B: tu4 zi. How about dolphin?
Y: it’s hai3 tun2.
B: hai3 tun2. Shall we go to see the dolphins? How do I say it in Chinese?
Y: you can say: 我们去看海豚,好吗?
B: wo3men qu4 kan4 hai3 tun2, hao3 ma?
Y: wo3men means we,
B: wo3men,
Y: qu4 kan4 means go to see,
B: qu4 kan4,
Y: hai3 tun2 is dolphin,
B: hai3 tun2,
Y: hao3 ma? Is it okay?
B: hao3 ma?
Y: 我们去看海豚好吗?
B: wo3men qu4 kan4 hai3 tun2 hao3 ma? Shall we go to see the dolphins?
Conversation3
A:我们去看海豚好吗?
B: 等会儿再去吧, 水族馆还没开门呢。
B: 我们去看海豚好吗?
Y: It's too early for the dolphin show. Let's go to see the lions first.
B: How do you say that in Chinese?
Y: you can say 咱们还是先去看狮子吧。Zan2men means we,
B: zan2men, and wo3 men also means we,
Y: That’s right. hai2 shi4 means had better do sth,
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B: hai2 shi4,
Y: xian2 qu4 means go somewhere first,
B: xian2 qu4,
Y: kan4 means see,
B: kan4,
Y: shi1zi is lion,
B: shi1zi,
Y: ba is used to indicate suggestion,
B: ba.
Y: 咱们还是先去看狮子吧。
B: zan2men hai2shi4 xian1 qu4 kan4 shi1zi ba. Let's go to see the lions first.
Conversation 4
A: 我想去看海豚。
B: 咱们还是先去看狮子吧。
B: Hey, it’s time to set off for the zoo. Y, what’s our question of the day?
Y: Remind us how to say, “Let’s go to the zoo” in Chinese.
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