B-8: Money & Price
How to inquire about and negotiate prices.
How to ask and answer questions politely.
How to shop in China (culture differences).
Use "可以" to give permission and describe possibilities.
Differentiate "想" and "要"(wants and desires).
谢谢！ 不谢！
Auxiliary word 吧。
New Vocab
Must memorize all the Pinyin and Characters listed here!
New Phrases
Phrase Bank
Seller卖家：你好！你想买什么？what would you like to buy
我有________________。
Buyer买家: 你好！我想买 西瓜。I want to buy watermelon.
卖家： 好的，你要买几个？Ok, how many do you want?
买家：我要买 十 个，多少钱？I want to buy ten, how much?
卖家：一个 七块钱，十个西瓜 七十块钱。
Seven each, ten watermelons would be 70.
买家：太贵了，可以便宜一点吗?
So expensive, can you go cheaper?
五十块钱可以吗？Is 50 ok?
卖家： 不可以，六十块钱要不要？No, do you want it for 60?
买家：好，我要了。给你钱。Ok, I'll take it. Here's the money.
卖家：谢谢。给你西瓜。Thanks. Here's the watermelon.
买家：不客气，再见！You're welcome, bye!
Large Numbers
一二 三 四 五 六 七八 九 十
yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī bā jiǔ shí
bǎi百 hundred
qiān千thousand
wàn万ten thousand
bǎiwàn百万million
Examples:
37 三十七
156一百五十六
2348二千三百四十八
40,000四万
7,000,000七百万
Chinese Money:
Sentence Frames
Subject 可以不可以 do something?
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我可以不可以上厕所？
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我可以不可以买那本书？
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我们星期天可以不可以去踢足球？
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他哥哥可不可以开车去美国？
Subject + 多少钱?
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一个苹果多少钱？
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这条裤子多少钱？
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那条裙子多少钱？
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这只鸟多少钱？
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一杯咖啡多少钱？(cup杯bēi)
"太 + adj + 了！"
tài adj. le
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这条裤子太短了！
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那只狗太贵了！
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那个教室太黑了！
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这个汉堡太好吃了！
写功课/作业 do homework
太 + adj + 了
tài adjective le!
简单easy
难difficult
棒great
酷cool
老板，多少钱？*3
lǎobǎn, duōshǎoqián *3
这个(的)*4 多少钱？
zhègè(de)*4 duōshǎoqián?
repeat
一块，一块，一块钱*3
yíkuài, yíkuài, yíkuàiqián
两块钱 liǎng
三块钱 sān
很多钱 hěn duō qián
太贵了
tài guì le!
可以便宜点吗？
kěyǐ piányì diǎn ma?
便宜点，I want 便宜点。
piányì diǎn, I want piányì diǎn.
功课 作业
gōngkè zuòyè
老师说：太简单了
lǎoshī shuō: tài jiǎndān le
学生说：太难了
xuéshēng shuō: tài nán le
父母说：功课太好了
fùmǔshuō: gōngkè tài hǎo le
校长说：功课太少了
xiàozhǎng shuō: gōngkè tàishǎole
This is what I say with this situation;
This is what I say with no Frustration.
This is what I say with this situation;
This is what I say, This is what I say,
What I say...
太好了，太棒了，太酷了，
tàihǎole, tàibàngle, tàikùle,
我喜欢写功课。
wǒ xǐhuān xiě gōngkè.
Movie: Back to 20
Shen MengJun is a crotchety 70-year-old widow whose family decides its time for her to go to a nursing home. Feeling forlorn, she wanders the streets and impulsively decides to take a final portrait at a photo studio she happens by. Upon leaving, to her astonishment, she realizes that she has been transformed back into her 20-year-old self. Given a magical second chance at youth, she changes her name to Meng Li Jun and decides to chase her dream of becoming a singer. Will she find success and love this second time around?