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2007
You will find this transcript helpful if: 1. You are a visual learner. 2. Learning to read Chinese is just as important to you as learning to speak it. 3. You dont want to rely on pinyin. 4. You prefer a syllable-for-syllable transcript of what youre hearing. This transcript includes the English narrator (12pt Times New Roman) and all of the spoken Chinese in simplified text (18pt Sim-Sun). I used 18 point for the Chinese text because as a beginner I often had difficulty distinguishing different characters apart. If youre smart and print out the pages double-sided, youll notice that the page numbers and lesson numbers are printed on the bottom outside corners and times for the lessons are in 3-minute intervals on the outside margin next to the corresponding line of dialogue. Enjoy!
LESSON TWENTY-EIGHT This is unit twenty-eight of Pimsleurs Mandarin Chinese One.
A: B: A: B:
A: B:
, together. ?
Ask the woman how much money she has.
, I have one hundred renminbi.
One hundred eighty. ?
Ask her to please give you ninety renminbi.
I cant.
, Id like to leave.
, Would you like to leave?
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, Im going to leave.
, Im alone.
Remember, this literally means, only Im one person. , Are you alone?
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And how would you ask, Are you leaving alone?
.Ask where she is going to go.
, I am going to go to work.
Just as in English this can refer to the location where the work takes place. , I am going to go to work.
, I am going to go to Beijing.
Say that you have a few friends over there.
, to see. ?
, Im going to stay in Beijing for a few days.
, Are you going to work?
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Maybe yes. ?
, I think Im going to work.
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Ask him if he is going to go to Beijing.
, I am alone.
Did you pronounce that as the speaker did? , only.
, ninety-nine.
, Please give me ninety-five renminbi.
Ninety-two.
, Here you are, one hundred renminbi.
Now you can leave. ?
-- ?
What does that mean?
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Literally, what meaning? , meaning.
Did you hear the two falling tones?
, What does it mean?
, Its Mandarin.
Ask if it is Mandarin.
, Yes, I think it is Mandarin.
What does it mean?
, Are you American? Use the plural you.
Yes, we are American.
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, meaning, ?
Ask what it means.
, We are here.
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How many days? ?
We have been here for a few days.
What part of that means, have been? Its the ending. , We have been here for a few days.
Were going to leave. ?
, We have been here for a few days.
Heres how to ask, For how long?
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with a falling-rising tone means a certain period of time, or in this case, long. Say this word again.
With the ending, its like asking, It has been how long? , For how long?
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, For a few days.
, For nine days.
, For how long?
The word meaning a certain period of time sounds just like the number nine. With practice youll learn to tell the difference through the contexts in which these are both used. , For a few days.
And how would you say, I would like to stay a few days?
For how long or It has been how long?
, Youre going to stay how long?
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, Stay how long?
Say together, For how long and to stay how long?
, You are here. Use the plural you.
For how long?
You have been here for how long?
, Youre going to stay how long?
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A few days.
What are you going to do?
, to see, ?
, Maybe Im going to see.
A few friends.
Now tell me that you would like to see a few friends.
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, I dont think Im going to see them.
Tell me that you would like to see a few friends.
But I cant see them.
Why?
Because.
--
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Ask what it means.
, it means, or literally the meaning is.
-- , because we dont have the time.
Heres how to say, time.
The tones are rising and high-level. , time or the time.
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, We dont have the time.
, What time is it?
, You dont have the time. Use the plural.
And what word means, a certain period of time?
You have been here for how long? Use the plural you.
, For eight days.
, It isnt very long.
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, We would like to stay.
We would like to stay here a few days. ?
, We have been here for a few days.
Tell me that you have been here for three days.
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We dont have the time.
, We cant stay.
--
? ?
I dont know.
, A lot of time.
, We would like to stay a few days.
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But we dont have the time.
How does she ask for how long youve been here?
How would you tell her youve been here for three days?
How does she ask if youre alone?
Say that you are with your family together.
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And now say, Tomorrow we are going to leave.
--
Ask what that means.
The meaning is
-- , thats really too bad.
This is the end of unit twenty-eight.
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