Buying things & Prices

Vocabulary (Each word/phrase was repeated once. You can find the them on Page 41).

Text (slow speed)

Text (normal speed)

About 'Measure word'/量词 in Chinese

Measure words also exist in English, but are usually used for uncountable nouns such as water or tea. For example, a cup of tea, a glass of water, and a flock of sheep. While measure words are required for most nouns in Chinese, the common used ones are only about 40, many of which are nouns themselves. In addition, they also follow certain general guidelines. This means that the use of the measure words is not as complicated as they may seem to be.

So far, we have learned the following measure words；

个 (gè ): a general measure word (probably the most widely used one)
瓶 （píng) : bottle of; bottle
盒 （hé):　　carton/box/pack of ; carton/box/pack
块 （kuài): block of; block
杯 （bēi):　　cup/glass of; cup/glass
碗 （wan): bowl of; bowl
盘 （pán）： plate/dish of; plate
把 （ba): handful of
斤 （jīn): 500 gram
张 (zhāng): piece of
包 （bāo): bag of; bag

Now, can you give the right measure word(s) to the following nouns?

a. 1 ( ) 报纸
b. 5 ( ) 地图
c. 4 ( ) 口香糖
d. 7 ( ) 牛奶

Could you please leave your answers using the comment function of this blog? I'll reveal the right answer some time later. ：）

Have fun,
Lijing

How much in total -- 'Yi gong duo shao qian'

Hi, everyone

Last week, we learned how to do a bit shopping in Chinese. :)

Please use the following audio files to practice your speaking and listening skills.

1. Text (slow speed)
2. Text (normal speed)
3. Structures for shopping

In the resturant

Hi, everyone,

Last week, we learned how to order food and asking bills in Chinese. I have made 3 audio files for you.

This is the voculary of the text we learned.

This is the text at a slow speed.

This is the text at a normal speed.


I hope you find it's easy to use these files. Any problems or comments, please let me know. :)