Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to ask and answer the question, "How do you say this?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to ask someone how a word is pronounced. |
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
Listen to the dialogue. |
这个怎么说? (Zhège zěnme shuō?) |
“停车场”。 (“Tíngchē chǎng”.) |
Once more with the English translation. |
这个怎么说? (Zhège zěnme shuō?) |
“How do you say this?” |
“停车场”。 (“Tíngchē chǎng”.) |
"It's 'parking lot.'” |
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “How do you say this?” |
That's: |
这个怎么说? (Zhège zěnme shuō?) |
Listen to it again: |
这个怎么说?, 这个怎么说? (Zhège zěnme shuō?, Zhège zěnme shuō?) |
This Chinese sentence means something like " This how to say? ” But it means “How do you say this?” |
Now, how do you answer this question? |
The pattern is: |
[ ]。 ( [ ].) |
In Chinese , we only say the word as the answer . |
For example: |
"It's 'parking lot.'” |
“停车场”。, “停车场”。 (“Tíngchē chǎng”., “Tíngchē chǎng”.) |
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