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| INTRODUCTION |
| Anthony: Welcome to chineseclass101.com, the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Chinese. |
| Echo: 大家好， 我是Echo。(Dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Echo.) |
| Anthony: And I am Anthony and this is our 18th lesson in our second season of our beginner series. |
| Echo: Yes the title of this lesson is The Cutest Chinese Kitten. |
| Anthony: The cutest. Now from my experience, I found that many Chinese people love to have pets. |
| Echo: Yeah all kinds of pets, not just cats and dogs. |
| Anthony: Right. So in today’s lesson, we are going to go over some different types of pets. |
| Echo: And also teach you to ask the name of others pets. |
| Anthony: That’s right. Now before we go to our dialogue, if you are listening to this podcast on iTunes and you haven’t signed up for a chineseclass101.com, come to chineseclass101.com, enter in your email address and you are going to have access to a bunch of great lessons. Okay so now, on to our dialogue. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 你的猫真可爱，她叫什么？(Nǐ de māo zhēn kěài, tā jiào shénme?) |
| 她叫咪咪。(Tā jiào Mīmi.) |
| 咪咪，过来。(Mīmi, guòlái.) |
| Anthony: One more time, a little bit slower. |
| 你的猫真可爱，她叫什么？(Nǐ de māo zhēn kěài, tā jiào shénme?) |
| 她叫咪咪。(Tā jiào Mīmi.) |
| 咪咪，过来。(Mīmi, guòlái.) |
| Anthony: One more time with English. |
| Echo: 你的猫真可爱 (Nǐ de māo zhēn kěài) |
| Anthony: Your cat is really cute. |
| Echo: 她叫什么？(tā jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: What’s her name? |
| Echo: 她叫咪咪。(Tā jiào Mīmi.) |
| Anthony: Her name is meme. |
| Echo: 咪咪，过来。(Mīmi, guòlái.) |
| Anthony: Meme, come here. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Anthony: So Echo, I have a couple of friends who have cats and dogs as pets. |
| Echo: Yeah me too. |
| Anthony: But one thing I noticed about pet names here in China are, there are very simple syllables repeated. |
| Echo: Yeah like 胖胖 (Pàng pàng) or 多多 (Duōduō) or in the dialogue 咪咪.(Mī mī.) |
| Anthony: Yes and my question is, is there a reason for that? |
| Echo: Yes because the name is very cute sounding and it’s easier to say when you duplicate the sound. |
| Anthony: Okay so in our vocab section, we have a bunch of pets to go over. |
| Echo: Yeah. |
| Anthony: Some you may already know but a few others that you may not know. |
| Echo: That’s right. So let’s go to the vocab section now. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Anthony: And now the vocab section. |
| Echo: 猫 (Māo) |
| Anthony: Cat. |
| Echo: 猫, 猫. 狗 (Māo, māo. Gǒu) |
| Anthony: Dog. |
| Echo: 狗, 狗. 金鱼 (Gǒu, gǒu. Jīnyú) |
| Anthony: Koi fish. |
| Echo: 金鱼, 金鱼. 小猫 (Jīnyú, jīnyú. Xiǎo māo) |
| Anthony: Kitten. |
| Echo: 小猫, 小猫. 小狗 (Xiǎo māo, xiǎo māo. Xiǎo gǒu) |
| Anthony: Puppy. |
| Echo: 小狗, 小狗. 可爱 (Xiǎo gǒu, xiǎo gǒu. Kě'ài) |
| Anthony: Cute. |
| Echo: 可爱, 可爱. 淘气 (Kě'ài, kě'ài. Táoqì) |
| Anthony: Naughty. |
| Echo: 淘气, 淘气. 乖 (Táoqì, táoqì. Guāi) |
| Anthony: To be well behaved. |
| Echo: 乖, 乖 (Guāi, guāi) |
| Anthony: Okay so like we mentioned earlier, today’s lesson focuses around pets. |
| Echo: Yes. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Anthony: And pet names. Okay so Echo, what is our first pet? |
| Echo: 猫 (Māo) |
| Anthony: Cat. |
| Echo: 猫 (Māo) |
| Anthony: And our sample sentence |
| Echo: 我有一只猫 (Wǒ yǒuyī zhǐ māo) |
| Anthony: I have one cat. |
| Echo: 我有一只猫 (Wǒ yǒuyī zhǐ māo) |
| Anthony: And it’s important to note the measure word here for cats. |
| Echo: 只 (Zhǐ) |
| Anthony: You can use this for dogs too. So our next vocab word. |
| Echo: 狗 (Gǒu) |
| Anthony: Dog. |
| Echo: 狗 (Gǒu) |
| Anthony: That’s third tone. |
| Echo: 我养狗。(Wǒ yǎng gǒu.) |
| Anthony: I raise dogs. |
| Echo: 你养狗吗 (Nǐ yǎng gǒu ma) Anthony？ |
| Anthony: I’ve raised a few in my day. Turned out pretty well. |
| Echo: 金鱼 (Jīnyú) |
| Anthony: Koi fish. |
| Echo: 他有四条金鱼。(Tā yǒu sìtiáo jīnyú.) |
| Anthony: He has four Koi fish. |
| Echo: 他有四条金鱼。(Tā yǒu sìtiáo jīnyú.) |
| Anthony: So Echo, what’s the measure word used for fish here? |
| Echo: 条 (Tiáo) |
| Anthony: Second tone. |
| Echo: Yes 条 (Tiáo) |
| Anthony: And we want to use this measure word for all types of fish. |
| Echo: Right no matter how big it is or how small it is. |
| Anthony: Okay our next two vocab words are cute. |
| Echo: 小猫 (Xiǎo māo) |
| Anthony: Kitten. |
| Echo: 小猫。你的小猫多大？(Xiǎo māo. Nǐ de xiǎo māo duōdà?) |
| Anthony: How old is your kitten? |
| Echo: 你的小猫多大？(Nǐ de xiǎo māo duōdà?) |
| Anthony: Echo, what do you think the age is where a kitten turns into a cat? |
| Echo: I think after one. |
| Anthony: After one year? |
| Echo: Yeah. |
| Anthony: So one year is the cutoff point. Okay our next one, puppy. |
| Echo: 小狗 (Xiǎo gǒu) |
| Anthony: It’s a little dog. |
| Echo: Yeah 小狗 (Xiǎo gǒu) |
| Anthony: My puppy is one year old. |
| Echo: 我的小狗一岁。(Wǒ de xiǎo gǒu yī suì.) |
| Anthony: But when it hits two, it’s going to turn into a dog. Okay so we have a few words coming up that you can use to describe your pets. |
| Echo: Right. First one is 可爱 (Kě'ài) |
| Anthony: Cute. |
| Echo: 可爱。牠真可爱。(Kě'ài. Tā zhēn kě'ài.) |
| Anthony: It’s really cute. |
| Echo: 牠真可爱。(Tā zhēn kě'ài.) |
| Anthony: Okay. If it’s not being cute, it’s been |
| Echo: 淘气 (Táoqì) |
| Anthony: Naughty. |
| Echo: 淘气。他有点淘气。(Táoqì. Tā yǒudiǎn táoqì.) |
| Anthony: It’s a little naughty. |
| Echo: 他有点淘气。(Tā yǒudiǎn táoqì.) |
| Anthony: And instead of having a cute dog, I rather have this kind of dog. |
| Echo: 乖 (Guāi) |
| Anthony: Well behaved dog. |
| Echo: 乖。我的小猫很乖。(Guāi. Wǒ de xiǎo māo hěn guāi.) |
| Anthony: Yeah my kitten is very well behaved. |
| Echo: Or 我的小狗很乖。(Wǒ de xiǎo gǒu hěn guāi.) |
| Anthony: My puppy is very well behaved. Okay so to review, we’ve gone over a few pets. For example |
| Echo: 猫 (Māo) |
| Anthony: Cat. |
| Echo: 狗 (Gǒu) |
| Anthony: Dog. |
| Echo: 小猫 (Xiǎo māo) |
| Anthony: Kitty. |
| Echo: 小狗 (Xiǎo gǒu) |
| Anthony: Puppy. |
| Echo: And 金鱼 (Jīnyú) |
| Anthony: Koi fish or goldfish. |
| Echo: Right. |
| Anthony: Also we’ve gone over couple of adjectives that you can use to describe your pets. |
| Echo: 可爱 (Kě'ài) |
| Anthony: Cute. |
| Echo: 淘气 (Táoqì) |
| Anthony: Naughty. |
| Echo: Or your favorite 乖。(Guāi.) |
| Anthony: Well behaved. So that does it for our vocab section, Let’s go into the grammar point. |
| Echo: Okay. |
Lesson focus |
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| Anthony: In today’s grammar focus, we are going to be reviewing the verb |
| Echo: 叫 (Jiào) |
| Anthony: And this is to be called. We saw it used in this sentence in our dialogue. |
| Echo: 她叫什么？(Tā jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: What is her name? |
| Echo: 她叫什么？(Tā jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: And the literal translation is her to be called what. |
| Echo: Right and the answer was 她叫咪咪。(Tā jiào mī mī.) |
| Anthony: Her name is meme. |
| Echo: 她叫咪咪。(Tā jiào mī mī.) |
| Anthony: She to be called meme. |
| Echo: Right. The verb 叫 (Jiào) connects our pronoun 她 (Tā) with our name meme. |
| Anthony: Yeah and this is the most useful way to introduce either yourself or a pet in Chinese. |
| Echo: Right. This structure can be used in both casual and formal situations. |
| Anthony: Now we are going to go over some common sample sentences that you can use when asking about pet names. |
| Echo: 你们的小狗叫什么？(Nǐmen de xiǎo gǒu jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: What’s your puppy’s name? |
| Echo: 你们的小狗叫什么？(Nǐmen de xiǎo gǒu jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: Or literally your puppy to be called what. |
| Echo: Yes. |
| Anthony: Now the response to this question can be |
| Echo: 我们的小狗叫旺旺。(Wǒmen de xiǎo gǒu jiào wàngwàng.) |
| Anthony: Our puppy’s name is Wang Wang. |
| Echo: 我们的小狗叫旺旺。(Wǒmen de xiǎo gǒu jiào wàngwàng.) |
| Anthony: Literally it’s our puppy to be called Wang Wang. |
| Echo: Yeah Wang Wang is the way Chinese dogs bark. |
| Anthony: Yeah instead of Roof Roof it’s Wang Wang. |
| Echo: Yes Wang Wang It’s cute. 他们的小猫叫什么？(Tāmen de xiǎo māo jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: What’s their kitty’s name? |
| Echo: 他们的小猫叫什么？(Tāmen de xiǎo māo jiào shénme?) |
| Anthony: Yes their kitten to be called what? |
| Echo: 他们的小猫叫嘻嘻。(Tāmen de xiǎo māo jiào xī xī.) |
| Anthony: Their cat’s name is Xixi. |
| Echo: 他们的小猫叫嘻嘻。(Tāmen de xiǎo māo jiào xī xī.) |
| Anthony: Their kitten to be called Xixi. |
| Echo: Also you can put 名字 (Míngzì)“name” in the sentence. 她叫什么名字？(Tā jiào shénme míngzì?) |
| Anthony: Her to be called what name? |
| Echo: 她叫什么名字？(Tā jiào shénme míngzì?) |
| Anthony: Or what is her name. |
| Echo: To answer this, you can say 她的名字叫小淘气。(Tā de míngzì jiào xiǎo táoqì.) |
| Anthony: Her name is little rascal. |
| Echo: 她的名字叫小淘气。(Tā de míngzì jiào xiǎo táoqì.) |
| Anthony: Okay so we are going to give you two more sample sentences using the verb to be called. |
| Echo: 叫。你的鱼叫什么名字？(Jiào. Nǐ de yú jiào shénme míngzì?) |
| Anthony: What’s the name of your fish? |
| Echo: 你的鱼叫什么名字？(Nǐ de yú jiào shénme míngzì?) |
| Anthony: Or literally your fish to be called what name. |
| Echo: 我的鸟叫Polly。(Wǒ de niǎo jiào Polly.) |
| Anthony: My bird’s name is Polly. |
| Echo: 我的鸟叫Polly。(Wǒ de niǎo jiào Polly.) |
| Anthony: My bird to be called Polly. |
| Echo: Yeah. |
| Anthony: To review. When using the verb to be called, we want to follow this structure. |
| Echo: Subject plus 叫 (Jiào) plus the name. |
| Anthony: Now if you want to add the word name |
| Echo: 名字 (Míngzì) |
| Anthony: You just put it before to be called. |
| Echo: Right 她的名字叫咪咪。(Tā de míngzì jiào mī mī.) |
| Anthony: Yeah her name to be called is meme. |
| Echo: Right. |
Outro |
| Anthony: Okay so that’s it and that’s the end of our podcast. |
| Echo: Right. |
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| Echo: Just come to chineseclass101.com and enter your email address. |
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| Echo: Right. |
| Anthony: Okay so with that said, from Beijing, I am Anthony. |
| Echo: 我是 (Wǒ shì) Echo。 |
| Anthony: Thanks for listening and we will see you next time. |
| Echo: 下次见，(Xià cì jiàn,) Bye bye. |
| Anthony: Bye bye. |
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