| Programme 6 : Buying souvenirs and shopping for food at a market | |||||
A customer is buying a vase at a market stall. | |||||
| Customer: | Duō shǎo qián yī gè? | How much is it (per piece)? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Yī bǎi wǔshí | One hundred and fifty. | |||
| Customer: | Guì le diǎnr, jiǔshí ba? | That's a bit expensive, how about 90? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Jiǔshí tài shǎo le. Jiā diǎnr. | Ninety is too little. Add a few (yuan). | |||
| Customer: | Nà, yī bǎi ba. | One hundred then. | |||
| Sales assistant: | Yī bǎi èr. | One hundred and twenty. | |||
| Customer: | Hǎo ba. | OK. | |||
| Sales assistant: | Màn zǒu. | Bye. (lit. mind where you go/walk slowly) | |||
A customer is looking at vases in an art shop. |
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| Customer: | Qǐng wèn, zhè gè duō shǎo qián? | How much is this one, please? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Zhè gè jiǔ bǎi kuài. | This is nine hundred kuai. | |||
| Customer: | Nà, zhè gè duō shǎo qián? | How much is this then? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Zhè gè bā bǎi kuài. | This is eight hundred kuai. | |||
| Customer: | Hǎo de. Wǒ xiǎng yī xiǎng. | OK. I'll think about it. | |||
A couple is buying a painting in an art shop. |
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| Customer 1: | Wǒ xǐhuān zhè fú huà. | I like this painting. | |||
| Customer 2: | Wǒ xǐhuān nà fú huà. | I like that painting. | |||
| Customer 1: | Nà fú huà duō shǎo qián? | How much is that painting? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Wǔ bǎi kuài. | Five hundred. | |||
| Customer 2: | Tài guì le. | That's too expensive. | |||
| Sales assistant: | Zhè fú yī bǎi èrshí kuài. Zhè fú yě shì yī bǎi èrshí kuài. Zhè fú bāshí kuài. | This one is one hundred and twenty kuai. This is also one hundred and twenty kuai. This one is eighty kuai. | |||
| Customer 2: | Wǒ xǐhuān zhè fú huà. | I like this painting. | |||
| Customer 1: | Wǒmen jiù yào zhè fú huà. | We'll have this painting. | |||
| Cashier: | Yī bǎi èrshí kuài. | One hundred and twenty kuai. | |||
A customer is buying some fruit at a market stall. |
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| Customer: | Wǒ yào sān gè mángguǒ, sì gè táo. | I'll have three mangos and four peaches. | |||
| Sales assistant: | Biéde hái xūyào shénme? | What else do you need? | |||
| Customer: | Wǒ yào yī jīn pútáo. yīgòng duō shǎo qián? | I'd like half a kilo of grapes. How much is it in total? | |||
| Sales assistant: | Yīgòng sānshí wǔ. | Thirty five altogether. | |||
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