October 30th, 2010
October 26 — I Would Like to Buy a Pen
This Week’s Character Writing Practice:
有
没
想
买
This Week’s Dialogue:
你好，你想买什么？
Nǐhǎo, nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme?
Hello. What would you like to buy?
我想买笔。有没有？
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi bǐ.Yǒuméiyǒu?
I’d like to buy a pen. Do you have one?
对不起，我没有笔。
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ méiyǒu bǐ.
Sorry, I don’t have pens.
没关系。
Méiguānxi.
That’s okay.
Key Vocabulary:
有 — yǒu： (v.) To have
没有 — méiyǒu: (v.) To not have
想 — xiǎng: (v.) To consider, to think, to want
买 — mǎi: (v.) To buy
Traditional/Simplified Character Comparison:
你好，你想买什么？
你好，你想買什麼？
我想买笔。有没有？
我想買筆。有沒有？
对不起，我没有笔。
對不起，我沒有筆。
没关系。
沒關係。
Other Vocabulary:
卖 — mài: (v.) To sell
书 — shū: (n.) Book
笔记本 — bǐjìběn: (n.) Notebook
多少钱？ — duōshao qián: (sentence) How much money?
Dialogue Audio File:
Here is the MP3 file for this week’s lesson: Chinesepod lesson 15 MP3: “I Would Like to Buy a Pen” (This week’s lesson starts in minute 2 of the audio file.)