Learn how to give your email address
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| Welcome to Can-Do Chinese by ChineseClass101.com. |
| 大家好，我是你们的老师李殷如。(Dàjiā hǎo , Wǒ shì nǐmen de lǎoshī Lǐ Yīn Rú.) |
| Hi everyone! I’m your teacher Yinru Li. |
| In this lesson, we will learn how to give your email address in Chinese. |
| This is Karen Lee, and she is at city hall. |
| The clerk asks her, “Please give me your email address,” which is |
| 请把你的邮箱地址给我 |
| Listen to the conversation, and focus on the response. |
| Clerk:请把你的邮箱地址给我。(Qǐng bǎ nǐ de yóuxiāng dìzhǐ gěi wǒ.) |
| Karen Lee: 我的邮箱地址是karen@jpod101.com。 (Wǒ de yóuxiāng dìzhǐ shì @jpod101.com diǎn com.) |
| Listen again to Karen’s response. |
| Karen Lee: 我的邮箱地址是karen@jpod101.com。 |
| Karen Lee: Wǒ de yóuxiāng dìzhǐ shì karen@jpod101.com diǎn com. |
| Listen again to Karen’s response with the English translation. |
| 我的邮箱地址是karen@jpod101.com。 |
| My email address is Karen@jpod101.com.com |
| Let’s take a closer look at the request and the response. |
| First the request. The clerk requests Karen’s email address by saying, “Please give me your email address.” |
| Clerk:请把你的邮箱地址给我。 |
| The key word here is 邮箱地址 “email address” 邮箱地址 |
| underline this word with your marker |
| the first part 邮箱 “mail box” 邮箱 |
| and the second part 地址 means “address” 地址 |
| Together, 邮箱地址 “email address” 邮箱地址 |
| Remember this because you’ll see it again in Karen’s response. |
| The rest of the phrase means, “Please give me your…” |
| 请 means “please.” 请 |
| 把...(什么）...给我 means “to give (something) to me”. 把...(什么）...给我 |
| 你的 means “your” 你的 |
| All together, it’s 请把你的邮箱地址给我。 “Please give me your email address.” |
| 请把你的邮箱地址给我。 |
| Let’s take a closer look at the response. |
| Karen says, “我的邮箱地址是Karen@jpod101.com。” |
| My email address is Karen@jpod101.com |
| This first part of the response is 我的 “my” 我的 |
| The word 我 means “I” 我, |
| and the second word 的 is the possessive marking particle. 的 |
| Together 我的 means “my” 我的 |
| underline 邮箱地址 with the same color used before |
| Next, remember this word? |
| 邮箱地址 meaning “email address” in Chinese. 邮箱地址 |
| Note, 邮箱 “mailbox” 邮箱 This can refer to a physical mailbox or electronic one. |
| To specify electronic mailbox add the word 电子 meaning “electronic” 电子 |
| together 电子邮箱 means “electronic mailbox” or “email”. 电子邮箱 |
| Combining the first two parts of the response, 我的邮箱地址 my email address 我的邮箱地址 |
| Next is the word 是 meaning “is” 是 |
| Combining this part of the response with the others, |
| 我的邮箱地址是... “My email address is...” 我的邮箱地址是... |
| This is an important pattern for your task. |
| And finally is Karen’s email address, |
| Karen@jpod101.com。 Karen@jpod101.com。 |
| First she spells out her name: “k-a-r-e-n.” |
| Next is @, pronounced “at” . “at” |
| If the person you’re speaking with speaks English, the person may pronounce it as “aite”, |
| Some Chinese may refer to this @ sign as “a 圈儿” . A is the letter a, and 圈儿 means “circle”. So if you say a 圈儿, people may understand you as well. |
| Next, “jpod 101.com” |
| “jpod 101.com” |
| 1 is pronounced as “yao” so it won’t sound like the number 7 “qi”. |
| Next, |
| the “dot” is 点, 点 |
| or 点儿 as people from North China will say it. |
| And finally, “com” “com” |
| Some people may also spell com out as c-o-m. |
| The email address all together is Karen@jpod101.com |
| Educated people in China, which will be most people you deal with in business, wouldn't have a problem pronouncing the letters of the alphabet. One thing to keep in mind is that they may speak English with a Chinese accent, just like I was trying to do throughout the lesson when saying the letters. When it comes to the 26 English letters, C, G, J, L, N, V are the most mispronounced ones for Chinese speakers. They may say the letter C as “sei”, G as “ji”, J also as “ji”, L as “aile”, N “ehn”, V as “wei”. Also people from different parts of the China have different accents when speaking English AND Mandarin. If you are not sure about what you heard, a good thing to do is to always check with the person you’re speaking with and make sure you got them right. |
| Let’s look at some examples. |
| Here are two email addresses. |
| y@jpod101.com |
| 123@jpod101.com |
| First, do you remember the phrase for “my”? |
| 我的, my, 我的 |
| And the word for “email address?“ |
| 邮箱地址, email address, 邮箱地址 |
| And do you remember the word for “is” |
| 是, is, 是 |
| These are pieces to the key sentence pattern 我的邮箱地址是, “My email address is….,” 我的邮箱地址是 |
| Imagine this is your email address: “y@jpod101.com” (say word in quotes in Chinese) |
| Use the response pattern to say, “My email address is “y@jpod101.com” (say word in quotes in Chinese) |
| The correct response is: |
| 我的邮箱地址是 y@jpod101.com。 |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| 我的邮箱地址是 y@jpod101.com。 |
| Let’s look at one more example: |
| Imagine this is your email address: “123@jpod101.com” |
| Say, “My email address is “123@jpod101.com” |
| The correct response: |
| 我的邮箱地址是 123@jpod101.com。 |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| 我的邮箱地址是 123@jpod101.com。 |
| Now, let's practice using these email addresses: |
| m@jpod101.com |
| ben@jpod101.com |
| Remember the request by the clerk: |
| “Please give me your e-mail address.” |
| Clerk:请把你的邮箱地址给我。 |
| Remember this request. In this practice section, you’ll respond after the clerk’s request. |
| Now, imagine you’re Mark. |
| Your e-mail address is “m@jpod101.com” |
| After the clerk’s request, use the sentence pattern to say, “My e-mail address is jpod101.com” |
| Ready? |
| 请把你的邮箱地址给我。 |
| The correct response is: |
| 我的邮箱地址是 m@jpod101.com。 |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| 我的邮箱地址是 m@jpod101.com。 |
| Let’s try one more. |
| Imagine you’re Ben. |
| Your e-mail address is “ben@jpod101.com” |
| Your email address again, “ben@jpod101.com.” |
| Ready? |
| 请把你的邮箱地址给我。 |
| The correct response: |
| 我的邮箱地址是 ben@jpod101.com。 |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| 我的邮箱地址是 ben@jpod101.com。 |
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