Complete Lesson Transcript – Lesson 48 [Pinyin] Hosts: Adam Menon / Kirin Yang Adam: Hello everyone, and welcome to Lesson 48 of the ChineseLearnOnline.com podcast series teaching Mandarin Chinese. Kirin: Dàjiā hǎo . Wǒ shì Kirin . Raphael: Nǐmen hǎo . Wǒ shì Raphael . Kirin: Ràng wǒmen yìqǐ lái xuéxí dì sì shí bā kè . Raphael: Jīntiān de tímù shì shénme ? Kirin: Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: Good luck! So let’s get right into it. We’re going to finish up a dialogue that we started a couple of lessons ago. We’ll first listen to our speakers, and then translate the dialogue and explain the new sentences to you. Raphael: Ràng wǒmen xiān tīng yícì jīntiān de duìhuà . Yann: Bù hǎo yìsi . Wǒ mílù le . Wǒ yǒu dìtú ，kěshì wǒ kàn bù dǒng zhège zì shì shénme yìsi . Cindy: Wǒ yě kàn bù dǒng . Yīnwèi wǒ zài wàiguó zhǎng dà, suǒyǐ wǒ Zhōngwén bú tài hǎo . Yann: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Cindy: Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn . Raphael: Ràng wǒmen zài tīng yícì jīntiān de duìhuà . Qǐng gēn Kirin shuō . Kirin: Bù hǎo yìsi . Wǒ mílù le . Wǒ yǒu dìtú ，kěshì wǒ kàn bù dǒng zhège zì shì shénme yìsi . Wǒ yě kàn bù dǒng . Yīnwèi wǒ zài wàiguó zhǎng dà, suǒyǐ wǒ Zhōngwén bú tài hǎo . Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn . ©2009 www.chineselearnonline.com Lesson 48 Complete [Pinyin] Page 1/4 Raphael: Xiànzài wǒmen kāishǐ fānyì jīntiān de duìhuà . Kirin: Bù hǎo yìsi . Wǒ mílù le . Adam: Excuse me. I’m lost. Kirin: Wǒ yǒu dìtú , kěshì wǒ kàn bù dǒng . Zhègè zì shì shénme yìsi ? Adam: I have a map. But I don’t understand. What does this character mean? Kirin: Wǒ yě kàn bù dǒng . Adam: I don’t understand it either. Kirin: Yīnwèi wǒ zài wàiguó zhǎng dà, suǒyǐ wǒ Zhōngwén bú tài hǎo . Adam: I grew up overseas, so my Chinese isn’t very good. Let’s now continue with the new lines from today’s dialogue. The man now replies: Kirin: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Adam: So the first word nàme we saw back in lesson 16 when the lady asked: Kirin: Nàme, Zhōngguó chá zěnme yàng ? Raphael: “Nàme” shì shénme yìsi ? Kirin: Shì “in that case” de yìsi . Adam: So there the lady was asking “In that case, how about some Chinese tea?” Kirin: Nàme, Zhōngguó chá zěnme yàng ? Adam: Here, he’s saying: Kirin: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Adam: So the next new word there is yīnggāi which is two first tones. This is a good word to know – it means “should.” That’s followed by yào zhǎo . Now we’ve seen yào before in the context of “to want.” Here it has the meaning of doing something in the future. So, for example, if I say: ©2009 www.chineselearnonline.com Lesson 48 Complete [Pinyin] Page 2/4 Kirin: Wǒ yào qù chīfàn . Adam: That can either mean “I want to go and eat” or it could also mean “I am going to go and eat.” Kirin: Wǒ yào qù chīfàn . Adam: So here, wǒ yīnggāi yào means “I should do” something in the future. So what is it that he should do? Kirin: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Adam: So the next new word there is zhǎo which is a third tone and is the verb “to look for.” So we’re getting closer here “I should look for” yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . So you may figure some of this. Yī zhāng . Zhāng is a first tone and is another measure word. It’s used for flat objects which in this case is an Yīngwén de dìtú . Raphael: “Yīngwén” shì shénme yìsi ? Kirin: Shì “English” de yìsi . Adam: And the last word dìtú we saw earlier in this dialogue meaning “map.” Kirin: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Adam: In that case, I should look for an English map. Kirin: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Adam: In the Premium notes for this lesson you will see other examples using the measure word zhāng so be sure to look at that. The woman then replies. Kirin: Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: We’ve seen duì a few times recently. What does it mean? It means “right” or “correct.” Since there’s no direct word for “yes” in Chinese, duì is a close substitute. Kirin: Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: The next part is zhù nǐ . The zhù is a fourth tone and is the word used to wish someone. So what is she wishing here? ©2009 www.chineselearnonline.com Lesson 48 Complete [Pinyin] Page 3/4 Kirin: Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: Hǎo yùn . We saw yùn before back in Lesson 33 when we heard: Kirin: O, nǐ zhēn xìngyùn ! Adam: Do you remember what that line means? It means “oh, you are really lucky.” Kirin: O, nǐ zhēn xìngyùn ! Adam: Here we have: Kirin: Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: Which literally means: “Wish you good luck!” Kirin: Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Adam: It’s almost a direct translation from English so that should make it easy. Kirin: Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn ! Raphael: Ràng wǒmen zài tīng yícì jīntiān de duìhuà . Qǐng gēn Kirin shuō . Kirin: Bù hǎo yìsi . Wǒ mílù le . Wǒ yǒu dìtú ，kěshì wǒ kàn bù dǒng zhège zì shì shénme yìsi . Wǒ yě kàn bù dǒng . Yīnwèi wǒ zài wàiguó zhǎng dà, suǒyǐ wǒ Zhōngwén bú tài hǎo . Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn . Adam: Alright, and let’s listen to this dialogue again at normal speed. Yann: Bù hǎo yìsi . Wǒ mílù le . Wǒ yǒu dìtú ，kěshì wǒ kàn bù dǒng zhège zì shì shénme yìsi . Cindy: Wǒ yě kàn bù dǒng . Yīnwèi wǒ zài wàiguó zhǎng dà, suǒyǐ wǒ Zhōngwén bú tài hǎo . Yann: Nàme, wǒ yīnggāi yào zhǎo yī zhāng Yīngwén de dìtú . Cindy: Duì, zhù nǐ hǎo yùn . Adam: Great, so take advantage of the review tools we’ve assembled for you on our website ChineseLearnOnline.com and join us again for next lesson. Kirin: Zàijiàn . ©2009 www.chineselearnonline.com Lesson 48 Complete [Pinyin] Page 4/4 .