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The Luggage is too Heavy

M: ML!

S: dajia hao! Wo shi Stuart.

M: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! Please, qng, repeat the Chinese out loud with us.

S: First some tone practice. Remember the four tones, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

M: flat, up, down and up, down. Let's try ba BA BA ba. Ready, b b b b. Again, b b b

b.

S: ML, let's try something else. Instead of 1st tone to 4th, why not 4th to 1st. You do it with

ba.

M: no problem, mei wenti. Here goes. B b b b. All together, b b b b. Once

more, b b b b.

S: Great. That calls for a break! Then maybe we leave this jichang!

M: At last we're going to leave the But, too much luggage! Stuart,

! Ni de xingli tai duo!

S: ! wode xingli tai duo le!

M: Ni de xingli tai duo le. Ti TAI ti, means "too", as in too much'. Duo DUO, du, means

many or much. Ti du, too many', or too much'. Xingli tai duo le.

S: The little LE on the end doesn't have any real meaning. It's just a colloquial habit.

MRight. Stuart, ! Ni de xingli tai duo le!S: no problem, mei wenti. , wo lai na. I'll get it. Wo lai na. OOH! tai

zhong le! Wo de xingli tai zhong le.

M: Guessed what tai zhong means? dui le. Too heavy, tai zhong. Zhng ZHONG zhong,

4th tone, zhng. . His luggage is too heavy. Ta de xingli tai zhong le.

M: So much luggage! Now, you guys at home, follow and repeat this short dialogue. Stuart,

. Ni de xingli tai duo le.

S: Wo tongyi. . Wode xingli ti duo le.

M: Ni de xingli y tai zhong.

S: Shide, wo de xingli ye tai zhong. Wo de xingli ye tai zhong.

M: Did you hear a new word? Listen. Ni de xingli tai duo le. Ni de xingli y tai zhong le. I'm

sure you did. It's y YE ye, 3rd tone, y. Can you guess what it means? A clue. Too much

luggage, and also too heavy. Guessed? Right. Y y means also, or as well'.

S: So, can you say, Ok, you go, and I'll also go'. Remember how to say go'? Right, zu ZOU

zu, or q QU q. So try to say Ok, you go, and I'll also go'. ..

M: Did you sayHao, ni zou, wo ye zou. Or, Hao, ni qu, wo ye qu. Hen hao!

S: Ok, ML, it's time for us to go now. We'll also go. So, until next time, Zai jian.

M: Zai jian.

M: ML!

S: dajia hao! Wo shi Stuart.M: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! Please, qng, repeat the Chinese out loud with us.

S: First some tone practice. Remember the four tones, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

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M: flat, up, down and up, down. Let's try ba BA BA ba. Ready, b b b b. Again, b b b

b.

S: ML, let's try something else. Instead of 1st tone to 4th, why not 4th to 1st. You do it with

ba.M: no problem, mei wenti. Here goes. B b b b. All together, b b b b. Once

more, b b b b.

S: Great. That calls for a break! Then maybe we leave this jichang!

M: At last we're going to leave the But, too much luggage! Stuart,

! Ni de xingli tai duo!

S: ! wode xingli tai duo le!

M: Ni de xingli tai duo le. Ti TAI ti, means "too", as in too much'. Duo DUO, du, means

many or much. Ti du, too many', or too much'. Xingli tai duo le.

S: The little LE on the end doesn't have any real meaning. It's just a colloquial habit.

MRight. Stuart, ! Ni de xingli tai duo le!

S: no problem, mei wenti. , wo lai na. I'll get it. Wo lai na. OOH! tai

zhong le! Wo de xingli tai zhong le.

M: Guessed what tai zhong means? dui le. Too heavy, tai zhong. Zhng ZHONG zhong,

4th tone, zhng. . His luggage is too heavy. Ta de xingli tai zhong le.

M: So much luggage! Now, you guys at home, follow and repeat this short dialogue. Stuart,

. Ni de xingli tai duo le.

S: Wo tongyi. . Wode xingli ti duo le.

M: Ni de xingli y tai zhong.

S: Shide, wo de xingli ye tai zhong. Wo de xingli ye tai zhong.M: Did you hear a new word? Listen. Ni de xingli tai duo le. Ni de xingli y tai zhong le. I'm

sure you did. It's y YE ye, 3rd tone, y. Can you guess what it means? A clue. Too much

luggage, and also too heavy. Guessed? Right. Y y means also, or as well'.

S: So, can you say, Ok, you go, and I'll also go'. Remember how to say go'? Right, zu ZOU

zu, or q QU q. So try to say Ok, you go, and I'll also go'. ..

M: Did you sayHao, ni zou, wo ye zou. Or, Hao, ni qu, wo ye qu. Hen hao!

S: Ok, ML, it's time for us to go now. We'll also go. So, until next time, Zai jian.

M: Zai jian.