Y: It's pet week on Chinese Studio, Welcome in everyone, especially those pet lovers. Wo shi Y.
B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. It's also the weekend, time for us to really take good care of our pets and also to review what we've learned during the week.
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Sentences of the week
Do you like pets? 你喜欢宠物吗? It's time for a walk 该去遛狗了。Goldfish 金鱼. The water needs changing. 该换水了。All in today's Chinese Studio.
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B: Y, let's first review the Chinese word for pets.
Y: it's 宠物
B: chong3 wu4.
Y: 宠 chong3 means particularly cherished,
B: chong3,
Y: 物 wu4 means animal,
B: wu4,
Y: 宠物 chong3 wu4.
B: chong3 wu4. Do you like pets, what's the Chinese for that?
Y: 你喜欢宠物吗?
B: ni2 xi3 huan chong3 wu4 ma?
Y: 你 ni3 means you,
B: ni3,
Y: 喜欢 xi3 huan means like something,
B: xi3 huan,
Y: 宠物 chong3 wu4, pets. And questions are formed in Chinese by adding the syllable 吗 at the end of a statement.
B: ma .
Y: 你喜欢宠物吗 ni2 xi3 huan chong3 wu4 ma?
B: ni2 xi3 huan chong3 wu4 ma? Do you like pets?
Conversation 1:
A: 你喜欢宠物吗?
B: 当然了。我很喜欢宠物。
B: Now it's time for a walk. How do I say it in Chinese?
Y: You can say: 该去遛狗了 gai1 qu4 liu4 gou3 le.
B: gai1 qu4 liu4 gou3 le.
Y: 该 gai1 means it's time to do something,
B: gai1,
Y: 去qu4 means go outside,
B: qu4,
Y: 遛狗 liu4 gou3 means to walk a dog,
B: liu4 gou3,
Y: 该去遛狗了 gai1 qu4 liu4 gou3 le.
B: gai1 qu4 liu4 gou3 le. It's time to walk a dog.
Conversation 2:
A: 时间到了,该去遛狗了。
B: 我能一起去吗?
A: 当然了,走吧。
Y: Do you have any other pets, B?
B: I've also got some goldfish. What do we call them Y?
Y: it's 金鱼 jin1 yu2.
B: jin1 yu2,
Y: 金 jin1 means gold or the color of gold,
B: jin1
Y: 鱼 yu2 means fish,
B: yu2,
Y: 金鱼 jin1 yu2,
B: jin1 yu2, goldfish. I think the water needs changing. Help me to say that in Chinese.
Y: hao de, You can say 该换水了。
B: 该换水了 gai1 huan4 shui3 le.
Y: 该 gai1 means should do sth,
B: gai1,
Y: 换 huan4 means change,
B: huan4,
Y: 水 shui3 means water,
B: shui3,
Y: 该换水了 gai1 huan4 shui3 le
B: gai1 huan4 shui3 le The water needs changing.
Conversation 3:
A:看看我的金鱼,不错吧。
B: 金鱼是不错。但是你该换水了。
B: Fido's rearing to go for his walk so we better get going.
Y: I could do with the exercise too. What's today's question B?
B: Ok, how do we say, "Do you like pets? " in Chinese?
