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how to get to the restaurant for the reception

M: D ji ho. Hun yng n men do Xin zi Xu Hn y. W sh ML.

S: W sh Stuart. Ok, everybody say with ML, today we learn Lesson 83'.

M: Zhn bi, ki sh. jn tin w men xu d b sh sn k.

S: Hn ho.

M: Stuart, jn tin w men xu shn me?

S: Well, a friend of ours is getting married, wmen de y g

png you yo ji hn, and we've got to find out how to get to the restaurant for

the reception.

M: So, let's get going.

S: ML, where is the wedding ceremony being held? ? hn l zi

nr j xng?

M: hn l zi Bi jng fn din j xng.

S: How do we get there? ? w men zn me zu?

M: We can take the subway, wmen k y zu d ti. Or, hu zh,

we could take a bus, hu zh zu gng gng q ch.

S: Or a taxi? ? ch z ch xng ma?

M: ch z ch y xng.

S: Subway, bus or taxi. All will do. D ti, gng

gng q ch, ch z ch. du k y.

M: du, du k y.

S: Ho. Now let's go over the new things. I asked ML, where is the wedding

ceremony being held? ?

M: Hn l zi nr j xng? Remember get married"? Du le, ji hn. Well

HUN LI hn l 1st tone 3rd tone, is wedding ceremony. Zi nr j xng.

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JU XING j xng, 3rd tone 2nd tone, j xng is to hold', in the sense of hold a

meeting, or ceremony, or something.

S: So, literally, wedding ceremony where being held?' Hn l zi nr j xng?Hn l zi nr j xng?

M: In the Beijing Hotel. . That's easy.

S: ?

M: Wmen zn me zu? ZEN ME ze3me, remember, means how' or why'.

How do we get there? say it, w men zn me zu?

S: We can take the subway. .

M: W men k y zu d ti. ZUO zu, 4th tone, literally means to sit', as in

please sit down, qng zu. Here it means to go by' or take' a bus, or plane

or something.

S: d ti DI TIE di ti, is subway, underground. Zu d ti, take the

subway, zu d ti, zu d ti.

M: Or, HUO ZHE hu zh, or, hu zh. gng gng GONG GONG

gng gng, 1st tone 4th tone, means public'. Gong1gong4 qi4che1. QICHE qi4che, means car', automobile'. With gng gng it means public bus'.

, say it, zu gng gng q ch.

S: Finally, CHU ZU CHE ch z ch, means taxi'. Ch z ch. Say it, ch

z ch.

M: ch z ch y xng.

S: Good. Now we can xi k. Zi jin.