Everyday Chinese: Lesson 38 Moving House
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来源:中国国际广播电台
2013-10-30 07:00:00.000
Dialogues
1. 我要订一辆搬家的车。Wǒ yào dìng yí liàng bānjiā de chē.
I’d like to book a moving van.
我要 wǒ yào, I want to.订 dìng, to book.
一辆 yí liàng, one.
辆 liàng, here is a measure word for vehicles.
搬家的车 bānjiā de chē, a moving car.
2. 您哪天用车?Nín nǎ tiān yòng chē?
Which day do you need the van?
the company might ask you which day do you need the van? 您哪天用车?您 nín is the polite form of 你 nǐ,which means you.
哪天 nǎ tiān, which day.
用车 yòng chē, to use the car.
3. 您能派几个人来?Nín néng pài jǐ gè rén lái?
How many people can you send?
您 nín, is you.能 néng, can.
派 pài, to send.
几个 jǐ gè, how many.
人 rén, person.
4. 您住几层?Nín zhù jǐ céng?
Which floor do you live on?
住 zhù, to live.几层 jǐ céng, which floor.
5. 把贵重物品收好。Bǎ guìzhòng wùpǐn shōu hǎo.
Put your valuables in a safe place, please.
the workers from the moving company would suggest you put your valuables in a safe place.把 bǎ, a preposition. It’s used when the object is the receiver of the action of the ensuing verb.
贵重 guìzhòng, valuable.
物品 wùpǐn, things.
收好 shōu hǎo, to put in a safe place.
6. 我把所有物品都放在纸箱子里。Wǒ bǎ suǒyǒu wùpǐn dōu fàng zài zhǐxiāngzi li.
I’ve put all of my possessions in the box.
我 wǒ, means I.所有物品 suǒyǒu wùpǐn, all the possessions.
都 dōu, all.
放 fàng, to put.
在 zài, at.
纸箱子 zhǐ xiāngzi, box.
里 lǐ, inside.