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DIY Painting 1: B: Rembrandt Did Portraits, Van Gogh Loved Landscapes and We're Doing The Kitchen, Painting
DIY Painting 1: B: Rembrandt Did Portraits, Van Gogh Loved Landscapes and We're Doing The Kitchen, Painting
DIY Painting 1: B: Rembrandt Did Portraits, Van Gogh Loved Landscapes and We're Doing The Kitchen, Painting
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DIY Painting 1
B: Rembrandt did portraits, Van Gogh loved landscapes and we’re doing the kitchen, painting,
diy style, da jia hao, I’m the new host R, and this is Chinese Studio.
Y: ni hao R, get u a Chinese name later… wo shi Y, with the brushes, paints and a few
keywords to mix in.
Conversation 1
A: 你想刷漆还是贴瓷砖?
B: 还是贴瓷砖吧。
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B: If we’re going to paint the walls, I think the walls need sanding,
Y: Glad you offered, tell me in Chinese this time 墙需要打磨一下。
B: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
Y: qiang2 means walls in Chinese,
B: qiang2,
Y: xu1 yao4 means need,
B: xu1 yao4,
Y: da3 mo2 means to sand, to polish,
B: da3 mo2,
Y: yi2 xia4 are used after a verb, indicating an act or an attempt,
B: yi2 xia4,
Y: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
B: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4. the walls need sanding,
Conversation 2
A: 墙需要打磨一下。
B: 好吧,我来帮你。
B: To sand the walls, we need to use sandpaper…Y, Do you use the words sand and paper and
put them together as we do in English?
Y: Yes. sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. sha1 means sand in Chinese,
B: sha1,
Y: and zhi3 means paper,
B: zhi3,
Y: sha1 zhi3,
B: sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. I think we need to buy some sandpaper. Where can we get it?
Y: From a hardware store. In Chinese we call it, wu3 jin1 dian4,
B: wu3 jin1 dian4,
Y: wu3 jin1 literally means “five metals”,
B: wu3 jin1,
Y: dian4 means shop,
B: dian4,
Y: wu3 jin1 dian4
B: wu3 jin1 dian4, a hardware store,
Conversation 3
A: 哪儿有卖砂纸的?
B: 楼下五金店就有。
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Coryright 2007 cchello.com