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Advanced Office Chinese 1

R: Hey, were out of coffee again! Dajia Hao, wo shi Raymond.

Y: And wo shi Yajie. Oh no, I cant live without coffee! The machine is broken!

R: I guess were just going to do this edition of Chinese studio without coffee.

Y: Well lets wait here for it to get fixed. Meanwhile well talk about Advanced Office Chinese.

R: Here are some key words of the day.

Key Words of the Day

Coffee machine, The coffee machine is broken I have a meeting right now

Please give me back my stapler All on todays Chinese

studio

Y: Hey, somethings wrong here.

R: It looks like something is broken.

Y: Nothing is coming out of this black machine.

R: Well it could be the coffee machine.

Y: Oh no! We better learn how to say, the coffee machines is broken! This is how you can say

it: ka1 fei1 ji1 huai4 le.R: ka1 fei1 ji1 huai4 le.

Y: ka1 fei1 is coffee in Chinese,

R: ka1 fei1,

Y: ji1 is machine,

R: ji1,

Y: huai4 le means something is broken, something doesnt work.

R: huai4 le,

Y: ka1 fei1 ji1 huai4 le.

R: ka1 fei1 ji1 huai4 le. The coffee machine is broken.

Conversation 1

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B:

R: Quick quick, I need my TPS reports. Where are they?

Y: What are you talking about?

R: I have a meeting right now. I gotta show them my TPS reports or theyll fire me.

Y: Ok here they are, but first Im going to teach you how to say I have a meeting right now.

Wo2 ma3 shang4 yao4 kai1 ge4 hui4.

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R: Wo2 ma3 shang4 yao4 kai1 ge4 hui4.

Y: wo3 means I,

R: wo3,

Y: ma3 shang4, right now,

R: ma3 shang4,

Y: yao4 is going to do something,

R: yao4,

Y: kai1, literally means to open, in this case it means to have a meeting,

R: kai1,

Y: ge4 is short for yi2 ge4, which means one,

R: ge4,

Y: hui4 is meeting,

R: hui4,

Y: Wo2 ma3 shang4 yao4 kai1 ge4 hui4.

R: Wo2 ma3 shang4 yao4 kai1 ge4 hui4. I have a meeting right now.

Conversation 2

A:

B:

R: Hey that guy Lumberg took my stapler!

Y: Uh oh, was it your favorite stapler? He better not push you to the edge.

R: Im going to ask him to give me back my red stapler. How do you say give me back mystapler

Y: here it is: qing2 ba3 ding4 shu1 ji1 huan2 gei2 wo3.

R: qing2 ba3 ding4 shu1 ji1 huan2 gei2 wo3.

Y: dont forget to use please, its qing3 in Chinese,

R: qing3,

Y: ba3 is put before the object,

R: ba3,

Y: ding4 shu1 ji1, stapler.

R: ding4 shu1 ji1,

Y: as ding4 is to bind, shu1 literally means book and ji1 is the device,

R: ding4 shu1 ji1,

Y: huan2 is to return, to give it back,

R: huan2,

Y: gei2 wo3, to me,

R: gei2 wo3,

Y: qing2 ba3 ding4 shu1 ji1 huan2 gei2 wo3.

R: qing2 ba3 ding4 shu1 ji1 huan2 gei2 wo3. Please give me back my stapler.

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Conversation 3

A:

B:

R: Well a stapler is all we need now to be one happy family.

Y: The circle is complete. Well Im glad that we learned about all of this.

R: Time for the quiz of the day. How do you say give me back my stapler in chinese?

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