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Apples are what color
M: Pngyumen ho! Hunyng shutng xinzi xuhny, wsh ML.
S: Djiho! Wsh Stuart. Today we'll learn something more about
fruit, plus a
few other things.
M: Stuart, apples are what color? Pnggu sh shnme ynsde?
S: It's red. Pnggu sh hngsde.
M:
S: It's orange. Chngsde.
M: What about bananas? Xingjione?
S: Yellow. Hungsde.
M: What color are kiwi fruit? mhuto sh shnme ynsde?
S: Green. Lde.
M: And grapes?
S: Purple. Zde.
M: Great!
M: Now let's look at the new stuff. I asked, Pnggu sh shnme
ynsde?'
Literally, apples are what color?
S: Yns, YAN SE, second tone fourth tone, color. I answered,
. The apple is red. Pnggu sh hngsde.
M: Hng, HONG, second tone, means red. And s' alone also means
color,
just the same as yns'. . . Yyng.
S: Or you can simply answer, hngde. Red. , which is the shortest
form.
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Hngde, hngsde, hng ynsde, all are ok.
M: Something What is the color of something? Besides color,
similarly we can ask, ' What is the taste of apple?
Wido,taste,
S: I could answer, pnggu sh tinde. The apple is sweet.
M: Good.
M: Now let's go back to our text. Then I asked Stuart, What
color are oranges? Chngzi sh shnme ynsde?
S: Orange. Chngsde. Chngsde.
M: Now listen carefully. If 'xngzhung, XING ZHUANG, second tone
fourth
tone, means shape, what does the following sentence mean? "
" Chngzi sh shnme xngzhungde?
S: Dule, it means what is the shape of the orange? Shape,
xngzhung
M: It's round. Chngzi sh yunde. Yun, YUAN, second tone,
round.
S: So, if square' in Chinese is fng, FANG, first tone, how do we
say, this
table is square' in Chinese? Remember, table' is zhuzi.
M: Zhizhng zhuzi sh fngde.
S: We've still got several colors left. Let's look at them
now.
M: They are yellow, green, and purple. Yellow is hungs',
HUANG, second tone. And green is l', LV, fourth tone.
S: z, purple, ZI, third tone, z.
M: And with that we come to the end of this lesson. We'll see
you next time.
S: Zijin!
