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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Ring, on the Quiet

Buy a ring without anyone knowing: say what you'd like, hear is it for your girlfriend, say you're afraid it's too big, report that she doesn't like anything too expensive, and ask the jeweller to tell no one.

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THE STORY

A small jeweller's off a side street in Hangzhou, glass counters, a fan on the ceiling, and nobody Owen knows within a mile.

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您好！ 您 想 看 什么？nín hǎo! nín xiǎng kàn shénmeHello! What would you like to see? Politely.
一 个 戒指。yí ge jièzhia ring
我 想 买 一 个 戒指。wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí ge jièzhiI'd like to buy a ring.
送 女朋友 的 吗？ 看看 这个。sòng nǚpéngyou de ma? kànkan zhègeFor your girlfriend? Have a look at this one.
她 的 手 很 小。tā de shǒu hěn xiǎoher hands are small
恐怕 太 大 了。 她 的 手 很 小。kǒngpà tài dà le, tā de shǒu hěn xiǎoI'm afraid it's too big. Her hands are small.
那 这个 呢？ 八千 块。nà zhège ne? bāqiān kuàiThen this one? Eight thousand kuai.
能 不 能 便宜 一点？néng bu néng piányi yìdiǎnCould it be a bit cheaper?
不 喜欢 太 贵 的。bù xǐhuan tài guì dedoesn't like the too expensive kind
她 说 她 不 喜欢 太 贵 的。tā shuō tā bù xǐhuan tài guì deShe said she doesn't like anything too expensive.

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