June 12th, 2010
June 8 — Buying bread
Today’s Phonetic Sounds:
zhu ㄓㄨ
zhua ㄓㄨㄚ
zhuo ㄓㄨㄛ
zhui ㄓㄨㄟ
zhuai ㄓㄨㄞ
zhun ㄓㄨㄣ
zhuan ㄓㄨㄢ
zhuang ㄓㄨㄤ
Today’s Dialogue:
A: 你好，我要买面包。
nǐ hǎo, wǒ yào mǎi miàn bāo.
Hello, I’d like to buy some bread.
B: 好的。
hǎo de.
Okay.
A: 多少钱？
duō shao qián ?
How much is it?
B: 五块钱。
wǔ kuài qián.
5 Dollars.
NOTE: Different parts of the Greater China Region use different currencies.
Some of the currencies in use are:
- Mainland China: Renminbi (literally: “the peoples’ money”) （人民币）
- Taiwan: New Taiwan Dollars （新台幣）
- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Dollars （港幣）
- Macau: Patacas （澳 門幣）
Traditional/Simplified Character Comparison:
你好，我要买面包。
你好，我要買麵包。
五块钱。
五塊錢 。
Dialogue Audio File:
Here is the MP3 file for the lesson: Chinesepod lesson 6 MP3: “I want to buy this one”