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At The Bookstore I: Key Words of The Day

Brendan and Y are preparing to visit a bookstore. They review key Chinese words related to books and bookstores, including "book" which is "shu1", and "bookstore" which is "shu1 dian4". Brendan asks how to ask where a good bookstore is, and Y teaches him to say "na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4". Brendan also learns how to ask where the English language novels are by saying "ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2". They role play conversations about finding a bookstore and the floor for novels. Finally, before leaving for the bookstore

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At The Bookstore I: Key Words of The Day

Brendan and Y are preparing to visit a bookstore. They review key Chinese words related to books and bookstores, including "book" which is "shu1", and "bookstore" which is "shu1 dian4". Brendan asks how to ask where a good bookstore is, and Y teaches him to say "na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4". Brendan also learns how to ask where the English language novels are by saying "ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2". They role play conversations about finding a bookstore and the floor for novels. Finally, before leaving for the bookstore

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At the Bookstore I

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese
Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan.
Y: And wo shi Y

B: You know Y, it’s fun learning Chinese here in the Chinese Studio, but I think I need to do
a bit more study. I want to go to a decent bookstore and stock up on some language learning
books, and some good novels too of course.

Y: Good idea, to the bookstore we shall go. Let’s check our key words of the day.

Key words of the day


Book 书 bookstore, 书店Novels 小说tapes 磁带 Where’s a good bookstore? 哪儿有好的书
店？Where are the English language novels? 英文小说在几层？On the fourth floor 在四层 All in
today’s Chinese Studio.

B: First up, what’s a book, I should know how to say that in Chinese, but I’ve forgotten. Help
me out Yaj.
Y: Mei wenti, it’s shu1,
B: shu1. that’s easy. And what about a bookstore?
Y: it’s shu1 dian4. as dian4, here it means a shop selling books,
B: I see… shu1 dian4. Then where’s a good bookstore?
Y: I know there are some good ones in downtown Beijing. If you want to ask it in Chinese, you
may say 哪儿有好的书店？
B: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4.
Y: na2er means where,
B: na2er,
Y: you3 literally means have,
B: you3,
Y: hao3 de means good,
B: hao3 de,
Y: shu1 dian4 is bookstore,
B: shu1 dian4,
Y: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4.
B: na2er you3 hao3 de shu1 dian4. Where is a good bookstore?

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Conversation 1
A: 哪儿有好的书店？
B: 去王府井看看. 那儿有个不错的书店。.

B: Hey while I’m here Y, I might have a look at the novels too.
Y: I’d like to find something to read as well. We’re looking for 小说。
B: xiao3 shuo1. And I bet in the big bookstores, the English language novels are probably
upstairs somewhere. How do I ask them where are the English language novels?
Y: you may ask: 英文小说在几层？
B: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2?
Y: ying1 wen2 means English language,
B: ying1 wen2,
Y: xiao3 shuo1, novels,
B: xiao3 shuo1,
Y: zai4 means on which floor,
B: zai4,
Y: ji3 ceng2 means which floor,
B: ji3 ceng2.
Y: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2?
B: ying1 wen2 xiao3 shuo1 zai4 ji3 ceng2? Where are the English language novels? Let’s
say they’re on the fourth floor, what will the shop assistant tell me?
Y: He or she may tell you: 在四层。
B: Let me try that, zai4 si4 ceng2.
Y: zai4 means on,
B: zai4,
Y: si4 means the fourth,
B: si4,
Y: ceng2 means floor,
B: ceng2.
Y: zai4 si4 ceng2
B: zai4 si4 ceng2 on the fourth floor.

Conversation 2
A: 英文小说在几层？
B: 在四层。

B: I’ve found a swag of good novels, but I better get back to looking for some Chinese
learning material. I like listening to things, what you call language tapes, as they’re very
useful for learning.
Y: … type in Chinese is 磁带。
B: ci2 dai4. Great, but sometimes types are not so convenient. Let’s also look for some CDs,
ok?

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Y: Xing, we call those CD too in Chinese
B: Great… Now it’s much easier to listen to CDs through my mp3 player when I’m out walking
or riding my zixingche, my bike.

Conversation 3
A: 我想买一套学中文的教材。
B: 您是要磁带还是 CD？
A: 最好是 CD。

Key words reminder


Book 书 bookstore, 书店Novels 小说tapes 磁带 Where’s a good bookstore? 哪儿有好的书
店？Where are the English language novels? 英文小说在几层？On the fourth floor 在四层 All in
today’s Chinese Studio.

B: I’m itching to get into these new books.


Y: Before we go, here’s our question. How do you say, “bookstore” in Chinese of course.

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