Basic Spoken Mandarin      3. Taking a taxi

New words

Pronunciation

Chinese

Go

Where

năr

哪儿

Here

zhèr

这儿

To get off

xià chē

下车

Hotel, restaurant

fàndiàn

饭店

 

New phrases Pronunciation Chinese
Where are (you) going? nĭ qù năr ()去哪儿?
(I'm) going to ... wŏ qù ()...
(I'm) getting off here. wŏ zhèr xià chē ()这儿下车.
Give me a receipt Kāi zhāng shōujù 开张 收据

Do you remember that we said in the previous lesson: the subject of a sentence should be placed at the beginning and it should be followed by the predicate (verb and object)? Well, we have a complex sentence construction in this lesson. In this lesson you have to remember that Chinese word order often reflects sequence of actions. For example if you want to say a taxi driver "I am getting off here." In Chinese it will be in the following order I (am) here, getting off car: wŏ zhèr xià chē ()这儿下车.

Based on the above example, how do you say "I am getting off at the hotel"?