Saturday, November 3, 2012

Learn Chinese in Manhattan UES: Shopping in China with Chinese

----Pútao duōshao qián yì jīn ?
---葡萄多少一斤?
----Liǎng kuài wǔ yì jīn.
----5一斤?
-----Nǐ yào jǐ jīn ?
----你要几斤?
-----Wǒ yào sān jīn bàn.
----我要3斤半。
Translation:
 ---How much per Jin of the grape?
 ---Two and half Yuan per Jin.
 ---How many Jin do you want?
----I want three and half Jin.
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---Nín hái yào shénme?

---您还要什么?

---hái yào sān jīn cǎoméi.

---还要三斤草莓。

     Xī guā zěnme mài?

     西瓜怎么卖?

---bā mǎo qían yì jīn.

---八毛钱一斤。

   Yì ge chà bù duō yǒu sì jīn.

   一个差不多有四斤。

---Zài lái yì gè xīguā.

---再来一个西瓜。


Translation:

---What else do you want?

---I also want three Jin Strawberry.

   How much of the watermelon?

---Eight dimes per Jin.

   Almost 4 Jin per one.

---Give me one watermelon.
 

---Yì gòng duō shǎo qían?

---一共多少钱?

---Yì gòng érshíjǐu kuài jǐu mǎo wǔ fēn.

---一共二十九块九毛五分.

--zhè shì wǔ shí kuài, nín zhǎo ba.

---这是五十块, 您找吧。

Translation:

---How much all together?

---Twenty nine Yuan and nine dimes five cents.

---This is fifty Yuan, please give me the changes.

Note: Jin is the Chinese weight unit, equals to 500g, a little bit more than pound in US.

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