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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A Room for Two Weeks

Ask Auntie Ma a favour: say your parents are coming to stay for two weeks in September, report that your mother wants a quieter room, hear don't worry, and ask the price of a night with the softest sorry.

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Lesson 2 · A Room for Two Weeks

Mandarin Chinese · 30 minutes

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Auntie Ma's courtyard in the city on a hot August evening, the plum tree in leaf and the fan turning in the doorway.

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麻烦 您 一 件 事。máfan nín yí jiàn shìmay I trouble you with something, word for word trouble you one piece of matter
马 阿姨， 麻烦 您 一 件 事。mǎ āyí, máfan nín yí jiàn shìAuntie Ma, may I trouble you with something. Politely.
什么 事？ 说 吧。shénme shì? shuō baWhat is it? Go on.
麻烦 您 了。máfan nín leSorry to have troubled you. Politely.
住 两 个 星期。zhù liǎng ge xīngqīstay for two weeks
我 爸妈 九月 要 来 住 两 个 星期。wǒ bàmā jiǔyuè yào lái zhù liǎng ge xīngqīMy parents are coming to stay for two weeks in September.
太 好 了！ 住 我 这里 吧！tài hǎo le! zhù wǒ zhèli baWonderful! They'll stay here with me!
安静 一点 的 房间。ānjìng yìdiǎn de fángjiāna quieter room, word for word quiet a little of room; quiet is high and level, then falling
我 妈 说 她 要 安静 一点 的 房间。wǒ mā shuō tā yào ānjìng yìdiǎn de fángjiānMy mum said she wants a quieter room.
放心， 楼上 的 房间 最 安静。fàngxīn, lóushàng de fángjiān zuì ānjìngDon't worry, the room upstairs is the quietest.
不好意思， 一 个 晚上 多少 钱？bù hǎoyìsi, yí ge wǎnshang duōshao qiánSorry to ask, how much is one night?
老 朋友 了， 一 个 晚上 一百 五十 块。lǎo péngyou le, yí ge wǎnshang yìbǎi wǔshí kuàiOld friends now: a hundred and fifty kuai a night.