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Lesson 015 May I Borrow Your Mobile Phone?
S: 大家好,欢迎 to Learn Chinese Now, 现在学汉语. 我是Stuart. M: And wo shi ML. S: And we're in the taxi going to my bin'guan. M: Which is a good place to learn things like, ‘use your mobile phone'. And to ‘have', ‘use' and ‘give'. S: Hao, xianzai women kaishi! M: Don't forget. Repeat everything we say. And always try to guess the meaning of new words, before we explain them. S: …...
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Lesson 016 Revision of Leaving the Airport
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…...
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Lesson 017 The Line's Busy.
S: Da jia hao! Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi S. M: Woshi ML. 今天 today jīntiān, we have lots to learn. S: Yes, we're going to learn a bit about phoning, and some numbers. Try to mimic everything. M:Stuart is using my mobile phone. 他在用我的手机。Ta zai yong wo de shouji. S: 我在打电话。Wo zai da dianhua. S: Busy! 占线,zhàn xiàn. I'll try again. 我再打一…...
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Lesson 018 Call Mary.
M: Ni hao! Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now! Woshi ML. S: Woshi S. 今天 today jīntiān, we have lots to learn. More about making a phone call. M: And do you remember the two words for the number ‘one'? Yes, yī yī and yāo yāo. We usually use yao for telephone numbers and such. So one two three is yao er san, not yi er san. S: Now, qǐng, please, qǐng listen and rep…...
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Lesson 019 My God. I’ve Dial the Wrong Number.
M: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Woshi ML. S: Woshi S. 今天 today, more on phoning. M: And a few more numbers. Well, now we're still in the taxi. 我们还在车里。Stuart wants to phone Mary. Stuart 要打个电话给玛丽. S: 我的天! 占线, zhàn xiàn! 我再拨. I'll dial again. Wǒ zài bo. VOICE: Wéi. S: Ni hao, mali zai ma? Is Mary there? Mali zai ma? V: Dǎ cuò le! M: 你打错了? Cuò le, wrong, …...
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Lesson 020 Revision of Telephone Expressions (1)
M: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Now learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi ML. S: Woshi Stuart. It's 复习 revision fùxí time. Lots to listen to. Mimic everything. We're going to move very fast, 很快, hěn kuài. 1 2 3, 一二三,kaishi! M:Stuart is using my mobile phone. 他在用我的手机。Ta zai yong wo de shouji. S: 占线,zhàn xiàn. Try again. 我再打一遍。Wǒ zài dǎ yī biàn.The num…...
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Lesson 021 Who Are You Looking for?
S: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Woshi S. M: Woshi ML. Well, Stuart, we have a few minutes before we get to your bin'guan. S: 那好。I'll phone Mary again. Wǒ zài dǎ gè diànhuà gěi Mǎlì. What's her number? Tā de diànhuàhàomǎ shì duōshǎo? Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo? M: Ta de dianhua haoma shi 4 5 6 7, sì wǔ liù qī. Ta de dianhua haoma shi 4 5 6 7, sì wǔ liù…...
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Lesson 022 Can You Speak Chinese Now?
M: Ni hao! 现在学汉语。Now learn Hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now! Woshi ML. S: Woshi Stuart. M: And Stuart is using my shouji to talk with Mary. She's just picked up the phone. MY: Who is this? 您是哪位? Nín shì nǎwèi? S: Wǒ shì Stuart. M: Now listen to and repeat each bit of the rest of their chat. Try to guess the meaning. I'll give you three clues: yì diándiǎn means ‘a …...
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Lesson 025 What’s Your Room Number?
S: Da jia hao. xiànzài Huānyíng nǐ lái xué Hanyu, Learn Chinese Now. Wǒ shì Stuart. M: Wo shi ML. S: And we dive right in. At the end of the previous lesson we asked you to say the numbers from 1 to 99. M: Let's try a few. You say the Chinese. 28 – dui le. èr shí bā. 44– dui le, sì shí sì. 56 – wǔ shí liù. S: Feichang hao. Wonderful. Time to get back to the Youy…...
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Lesson 024 Revision of Telephone Expressions (2)
M: Dajia hao! 现在学汉语, with Learn Chinese Now! Woshi ML. S: Woshi Stuart. It's 复习 revision fùxí time. M: Repeat everything with us. We're moving very fast, 很快, hěn kuài. 一二三. kāishǐ! S: I'll phone Mary again. 我再打个电话给玛丽. M: Wǒ zài dǎ gè diànhuà gěi Mǎlì. S: What's her number? Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo? M: Tā de diànhuà hàomǎ shì …...
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Lesson 011 Let's Go to the Friendship Hotel.
M: 大家好!我是ML! S: dajia hao! Wo shi Stuart. M: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请,Please, qǐng, say the Chinese out loud with us. We'll repeat most things. S: First, let's hear the dialogue of the last lesson. But we'll change one or two words. Listen carefully. M: Stuart, 你的行李太多了. Ni de xingli tai duo le. S: Wo tongyi. 我的行李太多了. Wode xingli tài duo le. M: 你的行李也…...
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Lesson 010 The Luggage Is Too Heavy.
M: 大家好!我是ML! S: dajia hao! Wo shi Stuart. M: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请,Please, qǐng, repeat the Chinese out loud with us. S: First some tone practice. Remember the four tones, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. M: flat, up, down and up, down. Let's try ba BA BA ba. Ready, bā bá bǎ bà. Again, bā bá bǎ bà. 很好,非常好。 S: ML, let's try something else. Instead of 1st tone to 4…...
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Lesson 008 Revision of Expressions at the Airport
S: Hi everybody, Woshi Stuart. dajia hao! M: Woshi ML. 大家好! S: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! Don't forget to say the Chinese out loud with us. M: This lesson is a quick revision of what we learnt this week, with a few new things. 现在我们开始。Now we start. Xianzai, ‘now', xianzai. S: Xianzai XIAN ZAI, xianzai. women kaishi, we start. M: I ask Stuart if he's tired. Listen for th…...
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Lesson 009 Shall We Go to Hotel?
M: Hi everybody, dajia hao! S: dajia hao! All together. S/M: 大家好! S: ML, 今天, today, jīntiān, we really will leave the airport. M: Hao zhúyi. Good idea. Hao zhúyi. Wo tongyi. I agree, wo tongyi. S: 我们去哪儿? M: 我们去宾馆。Women qù bīnguǎn. Women qu ni de bin'guan. S: na hao. Women qu wo de bin'guan. Good, we're going to my hotel. Women qu wo de bin'guan. M: Did you he…...
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lesson 007 Where's Your Passport?
M: Hi everybody, dajia hao! S: dajia hao! All together. S/M: 大家好! S: Pencil and paper ready? Here's what we said in the last lesson. English, Chinese, English, Chinese. See if you can say the Chinese with us. M: Stuart, are you tired? Ni lei ma? S: Yes, I'm very tired. Shide, wo hen lei. M: Ok, let's go. Hao, women zou ba. S: Good, let's go. Women zou. M: Where's your luggage?…...
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Lesson 006 Where's Your Luggage?
M: 大家好!Is everybody ok? Dājiā hǎo! Huanying to LCN. Wo shi ML, I'm ML, and ….. S: Wo shi S. ML. Are all our listeners repeating all the Chinese, ML, and writing down the pinyin and meaning? M: Of course. S: 那好。That's good. Nà hǎo. M: That's very good. 那很好 nà hěn hǎo. S: ML, how did we start today? M: With ‘dà jiā hǎo!', ‘Is everybody happy!' which is perfec…...
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Lesson 005 Are You Tired?
S: 大家好!Is everybody ok? Dajia hao. Huanying, Welcome to LCN. Wo shi S., I'm S, and ….. M: Wo shi ML. S: Are all our listeners repeating all the Chinese, ML? M: I'm sure they are. S: 那好。That's good. Nà hǎo. Nà hǎo. Two questions, ML, what will we learn today, and where are we? M: We'll learn one way of ASKING A QUESTION; how to say VERY, and NOT, as in not good. We'll a…...
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Lesson 004 Revision of Basic Knowledge of Chinese
M: 大家好!Is everybody ok? Dajia hao. Huanying, Welcome to LCN. Wo shi ML, I'm ML, wo shi ML. S: Wo shi Stuart. OK, today's revision time. M: We'll go over what we learned in the past week S: Standard Chinese, or Putonghua. Has four tones, different tone, different meaning. They are... M: 1,2,3,4. S: Flat, up, down and up, down. M: And lots of compound words, like electric shadow 电…...
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Lesson 003 Welcome to China
M: Huanying ni dao zhongguo lai. Welcome to China. Huanying ni dao zhongguo lai. Huanying HUAN YING. huan, HUAN 1st tone. Yíng YING yíng, 2nd tone. Huanying means Welcome. Huanying ni, huanying ni, welcome you, or simply welcome. S: Huanying ni dao zhongguo lai. Dao4 DAO dào here means to arrive, or reach. Dào, 4th tone, dào to arrive or reach. M: And zhong ZHONG zhong, 1st tone…...
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Lesson 002 The Tones of Chinese Language
M: Welcome 欢迎to LCN. 我是ML I'm ML, woshi ML. S: 欢迎大家, woshi S. Let's quickly revise what we did in lesson 1. M: Well, first, Chinese has four tones. Stuart? S: 1,2,3,...