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What's Where How: Sentences in The Week
What's Where How: Sentences in The Week
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Yajie: Togethere it’s 邮局(yóujú) , post office.
Cam: 邮局(yóujú).
Yajie: 在哪儿?
Cam: 在哪儿?(zài nǎr?) I remember we learned it before. It means “where is” in English.
Yajie: Yes. 邮局在哪儿?Where is the post office?
Cam: 邮局在哪儿?(yóujú zài nǎr?)
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Yajie: So if you want to ask how far is the hospital is from here, you may say it in this way “医
院离这儿多远?”
Cam: Right. Just put the location at the beginning of the sentence, then add “离这儿多远?”.
Yajie: 医院离这儿多远?How far is the hospital from here?
Cam: 医院离这儿多远?(yiyuan li zher duo yuan?)
Yajie: And Cam, how would you say: How far is the post office from here?
Cam: “邮局离这儿多远?” (youju li zher duo yuan?) Am I right?
Yajie: Yes. The answer could be the general distance. For example you may say “往前走两百
米” which means 200 meters ahead.
Cam: 往前走两百米 (wang qian zou liang bai mi.) What does wang mean?
Yajie: Wang qian means forward. Wang is third tone. Wang. Qian is second
tone. Qian. Wang Qian.
Cam: Wang Qian. Go forward. And zou means walk, right?
Yajie: Yes, zou. the third tone. And mi means meters. Mi, the third tone. Together, it is
wang qian zou liang bai mi. Walk forward 200 meters.Or you may tell the person how long
it will take them to get there.. For instance, you may say “走路十分钟”, ten minutes by walk.
Cam: 走路十分钟 (zou lu shi fenzhong)
Yajie. Zou means walk, and lu means road.
Cam: And shi is 10, fenzhong is minutes. Zou lu shi fenzhong. It’s a 10 minute walk.
Conversations (3)
Cam: With that we come to the end of this edition of Chinese Studio. Time for us to bring up
question of the day: How do you say “Walk straight ahead 200 meters?”
Coryright 2007 cchello.com
www.cchello.com
Coryright 2007 cchello.com