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Basic Spoken Mandarin

5. shopping 

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New words New phrases Additional phrases and words
This How much is this? 这个多少钱 Many
[A common measure word for objects] Is this for sale? 这个卖不卖? few
How much 多少 It's too expensive. 太贵了 That
Money Do you have anything cheaper? 有便宜的吗 Big
Sell I'm not going to buy this. 不买 Small
Extremely, too     No good 不好
Expensive I am having a look 我看看 123456789,  10 123456789,10
Cheap, reasonable (price) 便宜 What would you like (to buy)? 买什么 Hundred
[A sentence particle implies excessiveness]     I, me
Buy        

Exercises

How do you say

How much is that? This is too expensive. That is too big. Do you have anything cheaper? Is this for sale? I don't have much money. This one is no good, that one is good.

It's too much / many.

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