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Buying fruit
Lesson 1 Meeting for the first time
Lesson 2 Self introduction
Lesson 3 Checking-in at a hotel
Lesson 4 I want to reserve a room
Lesson 5 Is there a bank nearby?
Lesson 6 Exchanging money
Lesson 7 In a restaurant
Lesson 8 Bars in Houhai
Lesson 9 Buying a shirt
Lesson 10 Buying fruit
Lesson 11 Taking a taxi
Lesson 12 Taking the subway
Lesson 13 How can I get to the Jingkelong...?
Lesson 14 The post office is opposite to...
Lesson 15 Making a phone call
Lesson 16 Wrong number!
Lesson 17 Weather forecast
Lesson 18 Seasons
Lesson 19 Seeing a doctor
Lesson 20 Getting medicine
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Instructor:
Candice
Length:
22:29
Introduction:
Ask for price and ask about characteristics, quality, and total number.
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买 水果
Buying fruit
A:老板,您 好!我 要 买 水果。
Hello Boss (referring to the store owner or manager), I want to buy some fruits.
B:您 要 买 什么 水果?
What fruits do you want to buy?
A:这 种 苹果 怎么 卖?
How much is this kind of apple?
B:十 块 钱 三 斤。
For 10 yuan, you can buy 1.5 kilograms.
A:我 要 四 个。
I want to buy four.
B:还 要 别的 吗?
What else do you want?
A:那 种 橘子 甜 吗?
Is that kind of orange sweet?
B:您 可以 尝尝。
You can taste it.
A:很 甜,要 三 斤。
Very sweet. Give me 1.5 kilograms.
B:一共 十四 块 六。
14.6 yuan in total.
A:谢谢。给 您 钱。
Thank you. Here is the money.
Vocabulary
Traditional Characters
水果
水果
n.
shuǐguǒ
fruit
怎么
怎麽
interrogative pron.
zěnme
how/ by what means, “怎么” is often used with a verb to ask about the means or method by which something can be done.
卖
賣
v.
mài
to sell
块
塊
measure word
kuài
the basic unit of money in China same as Yuan
还
還
adv.
hái
what else/also
这种
這種
zhè zhǒng
this kind
那种
那種
nà zhǒng
that kind
苹果
蘋果
n.
píngguǒ
apple
橘子
橘子
n.
júzi
orange
可以
可以
auxiliary v.
kěyǐ
can
斤
斤
measure word
jīn
half kilogram
尝尝
嘗嘗
chángchang
to taste
一共
一共
adv.
yígòng
total
甜
甜
adj.
tián
sweet
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Grammar
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Summary
Asking for price (part one)
Asking about price (two)
Asking about characteristics, quality, etc.
Asking about total number
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Asking for price (part one)
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Asking about price (two)
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Besides "…怎么卖?(...zěnme mài?)" there are two other sentence patterns often used when asking about unit price.
3.
Asking about characteristics, quality, etc.
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Asking about total number
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Exercises
Expansion
Fruits:
木瓜 (mùguā) papaya
西瓜 (xīguā) watermelon
哈密瓜 (hāmìguā) honey-dew melon
猕猴桃 (míhóutáo) kiwi fruit
桃子 (táozi) peach
梨 (lí) pea
火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ) Dragon fruit
橙子 (chéngzi) orange
Sentence Patterns
1. A: Zhè zhǒng píngguǒ zěnme mài?
这 种 苹果 怎么 卖?
a
How much is this kind of apple?
B: Shí kuài qián sān jīn.
十 块 钱 三 斤。
b
For 10 yuan, you can buy 1.5 kilograms.
2. A: Nà zhǒng júzi tián ma?
那 种 橘子 甜 吗?
c
Is that kind of orange sweet?
B: Nín kěyǐ chángchang.
您 可以 尝尝。
d
You can taste it.
3. A: Yígòng duōshao qián?
一 共 多少 钱?
e
How much is it, in total?
B: Yígòng shísì kuài liù.
一共 十四 块 六。
f
14.6 yuan in total.
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Discussion
You may already be familiar with pounds and ounces, but those aren’t used in China. Learn the unique measurement units used in China. Learn daily Chinese expressions such as
have a taste
,
this kind
and
that kind
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