M: Ni hao! 来学汉语。Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi ML.
S: Woshi Stuart. It's 复习 revision fùxí time. Lots to listen to and repeat. We're going to move fast. kaishi!
M: The car's come, 车来了,chē láile.
S:I'll get my luggage. My luggage is very heavy. 我的行李很沉。Wo de xingli hen chen. Driver, can you help me? 司机,你能帮我吗? Siji, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
TD: Mei wenti.
S: Xiexie.
M: Ni neng bang wo ma? Can you help me? Stuart could also have asked…
S: 你能帮忙吗?
M: Bāngmáng, add the máng MANG. bangmang, also means ‘help'. Please help, 请帮忙,qing bangmang.
M: We will sit in the front. 我们坐前面. Women zuò qiánmian.
S: The front, qiánmiàn. So far, so good!
S: Break over! A quick reminder. ‘Open' – 开 KAI kai. ‘Shut – 关GUAN guan. Door – 门 MEN mén.
M: Get in the car – 上车 SHANG CHE shàng chē. Now the dialogue.
Please open the door. 请开门。Qǐng kāimén.
S: Ok, I'll open the door. Hao, wo lai kai men. Wo lai kai men.
M: We get in the car. 我们上车, women shàng chē.
M: Please close the car door. 请关车门。Qǐng guān chē mén.
S: Ok, I'll close it. 好,我来关。Wo lai guan.
M: The door's closed,门关了. Remember the little ‘le' after the verb – it indicates completion. Men guan le.
S: Now we leave the jichang. 现在我们离开机场, xianzai women likai jichang.
S: And we're in the taxi going to my bin'guan.
M: Now we'll fùxí revise things like, ‘use your mobile phone – shǒujī. And ‘to have' – yǒu, yǒu; ‘to use'- yòng, yòng; and ‘give' – gěi, gěi.
S: Not forgetting, kěyǐ – can do, or Ok. Hao, women kaishi.
M: Stuart wants to make a phone call. 他要打个电话. Ta yao da ge dianhua.
S: ML, do you have a mobile phone? 你有手机吗?nǐ yǒu shǒuji ma?
M: 有,我有手机. Yǒu, wǒ yǒu shǒujī. Want to use it? 你要用吗?ni yao yong ma?
S: 是的,我要用你的手机。可以吗? Wo yao yong ni de xhou ji. Kěyǐ ma.
M: 可以。Of course. Keyi. 给你。Gei ni.
S: Xiexie.
M: 非常好. Stuart is making a phone call. Stuart 在打电话。Ta zài dǎ diànhuà.
S: Dui, wo zai da dianhua. I'm using ML's mobile phone. Wo zai yong ML de shouji.
M: So maybe I should keep quiet.
S: Hao zhǔyì. Hao zhuyi!
M: So we'll see you next time. Zaijian.
S: Zaijian.