Lesson Twenty-five B

How much is it for a kilogram

Listen

Conversation

 

Let’s hear the following conversation between A, a farmer and B, a customer.

 

    wèi,  mǎi cài,          mǎi cài,                   yòu   xīnxiān yòu piányi

A: 喂,买  菜,           菜,                     新鲜     便宜!

    hello buy vegetable buy vegetable            both fresh    and cheap

    Hi, come and buy some fresh and cheap vegetables!

 

    zěnme mài     yì  jīn  duōshǎo     qián

B: 怎么    卖?一    多少         钱?

 how    sell     1  jin   how much  money

    How do you sell them? How much for one JIN?

 

     xīhóngshì yì jīn  yí kuàiwǔ  báicài                  sān  máo  tǔdòu wǔ máo   húluóbo  bā  máo

A:  西红柿  一块                         ,   土豆    ,    胡罗卜   毛。

      tomato  1   jin 1 kuai  5   Chinese cabbage   3   mao   potato 5 mao    carrots    8  mao

     Tomato is one fifty for a JIN, Chinese cabbage is 3 mao, potato is 5 mao, Carrot is 8 mao.

 

    huángguā       ne

B:   黄瓜          呢?

  cucumber   NE

    How about cucumber?

 

      yí kuài  sì     yì  jīn

A:         斤。

     1   kuai  4     1 jin

    1 kuai 4 for a jin.

 

        o  tài  guì             le       néng     piányi    yìdiǎnr    ma

B:    噢,太               了。          便宜    一点   吗?

       oh    too expensive  LE      can       cheap    a bit        MA

   Oh, it’s too expensive. Could it be cheaper?

 

     gòu      piányi    le     nín   yào   duō  mǎi     jiù    suàn        yí  kuài   èr  ba

A:          便宜   了。             买,                       吧!

     enough cheap  LE     you  want a lot  buy  then  calculate   1 kuai    2   BA

   It is cheap enough already. One twenty if you buy more.

 

    hǎo   wǒ  mǎi  liù  jīn

B: 好,我        斤。

    good  I   buy    6  jin

  Alright, I buy six jin.

 

     nín  hái    yào biéde  ma

A:           别的   吗?

     you also  want other  MA

  Anything else?

 

     wŏ   yǐjīng    mǎi    le  hěn duō  shuǐguǒ    tài zhòng  le    wŏ   ná  bù    liǎo

B:     已经               水果,          了,我         了。

      I     already  buy LE very much fruit        too heavy LE   I     take not LIAO

  I have already bought a lot of fruit. It is too heavy for me to carry.

 

     wǒ  zhǎorén      gěi nín      sòng   dào  jiā        lǐ

A:                                     里。

       I   find people  for   you  deliver to   home  inside

  I will find some one to carry it to your home for you.

 

    hǎo   xièxie   nà    wǒ  zài     mǎi sān jīn xīhóngshì

B: 好,谢谢.                 西红柿。

    good thanks then  I    again  buy  3 JIN   tomato

 Good, thanks. Then I’ll buy three JIN of tomato.

 

Practice

 

1. Listen to the dialogue again and pay attention to the tones and pronunciation.

2.  Answer the following questions based on the dialogue.

   mài cài de rén shuō shénme

a.         什么?

What did the seller say?

   măi cài de rén wèn shénme

b.       什么

What did the customer ask?

   mài cài de rén mài shénme cài

c.           

What vegetables is the seller selling?

     tā  de  cài  zĕnmeyàng

d.        

How are his vegetables?

  huángguā   duōshao qián     yì  jīn

e. 黄瓜                    

How much is a jin of cucumber?  

  huángguā  guì    bu   guì

f. 黄瓜              贵?

Is the cucumber expensive?

  măi cài de rén măile  jĭ jīn  huángguā

g.       黄瓜?

How many cucumber has the customer bought?

   tā măi le hĕn duō shuĭguŏ ma

h.     水果   吗?

Has he bought a lot of fruit?

   tā măi de dōngxi hĕn zhòng ma

i.  东西          吗?

Are the things he has bought very heavy?

    tā  nádeliăo  ma

j.   拿得了  

Can he carry them?

   shéi  bāngzhu  tā  bă  dōngxi  nádào   jiāli

k.     帮助        东西    拿到   家里?

Who will help him to take them to his house?

     

3. Explain the following situation in Chinese.

Mr. Li went to a market 菜市场 càishìchăng to buy some fruit and vegetables yesterday morning. He was very happy as he bought a large quantity of fresh fruit and vegetable with a reasonable price. He bought so much that he could not carry it home. A person who worked in the market helped him to bring his shopping home.

 

4. Read the dialogue and the examples out loud.

 

5. Talk about your own experience of going shopping.

 

Tape version

 

Part one: new words

1.

[weight unit (500g)]

jīn

2.

both… and…

yòu… yòu…

3.

fresh

xīnxiān

4.

cheap

piányi

5.

sell

mài

6.

tomato

xīhóngshì

7.

Chinese leaves, Chinese cabbage

báicài

8.

money unit

máo

9.

potato

tǔdòu

10.

carrot

húluóbo

11.

cucumber

huángguā

12.

rather, really

gòu

13.

take… as…, settle it at

suàn

14.

already

yǐjīng

15.

fruit

shuǐguǒ

16.

heavy

zhòng

17.

[used after a verb as a complement to DE or bù]

liǎo

18.

find

zhǎo

19.

deliver

sòng

               

Part two: expressions

A

one JIN how much money

How much is it for half a kilo?

B

how sell

How do you sell this?

C

too expensive LE can cheap a bit MA

It’s too expensive. Could you make it a little cheaper?

D

also want  other MA

Anything else?

 

Part three: conversation

a.

hello buy vegetables buy vegetables both fresh and cheap

Hi, come and buy some fresh and cheap vegetables!

b.

how sell one JIN  how much money

How do you sell them? How much for one JIN?

a.

tomato one JIN one kuai five Chinese leaves  three mao

Tomato is one fifty for a JIN, Chinese cabbage is 3 mao,

 

potato   five mao  cucumber eight mao

potato is 5 mao, Carrot is 8 mao.

b.

cucumber NE

How about cucumber?

a.

one  kuai  four one JIN

1 kuai 4 for a JIN.

b.

Oh too expensive LE  can cheap  a bit  MA

Oh, it’s too expensive. Could it be cheaper?

a.

really cheap LE  you  if lot  buy then  settle it at one  kuai  two  BA

It is cheap enough already. One twenty if you buy more.

b.

good  I  buy six JIN

Alright, I buy six JIN.

a.

you  also want other MA

Anything else?

b.

I already buy le very lot fruit  too heavy LE  I take not  LIAO

I have already bought a lot of fruit. It is too heavy for me to carry.

a.

I  find  people for  you deliver to house  inside

I will find some one to carry it to your home for you.

b.

good  thanks in that case I  again buy  three  JIN  tomato

Good, thanks. Then I’ll buy three JIN of tomato.