S2 ~ 09 ~ 趕快進來坐！Part 2 + Questions

Mandarin From the Ground Up

We'll hear the line-by-line translation of the dialogue from S02 Episode 8, and then we'll further reinforce the vocabulary and practice answering some questions with a mock interview.

Lesson Outline:

1. [01:53] Dialogue (normal speed)
2. [03:19] Complete translation
3. [10:00] Explanation of 才對 and 我如果把車子先開到對面去
4. [12:35] Mock interview (reinforcement and speaking practice)
5. [14:40] Reference interview with A-Ming (阿明)

Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only):

• 小李：便利商店在哪裡？
• 阿明：那裡的路口有一家，我帶你去
• 小李：好，要走多久？我快熱死了！
• 阿明：差不多五分鐘，很近！
• 小李：好，走吧！
• 康太太：不好意思，不好意思
• 阿明：欸？我們嗎？
• 康太太：不好意思，我是你的鄰居！我姓康。
• 阿明：康太太你好，我叫阿明，這個是小李，小李才是你的鄰居
• 康太太：啊你是他的朋友！
• 阿明：對
• 康太太：這麼好！
• 阿明：對，然後我們正要去...
• 康太太：你知道嗎齁，這裡不能停車！
• 阿明：是喔...
• 康太太：是的！你要趕快開去對面的停車場才對
• 阿明：可是我們正要去買一點東西，然後我就要走了，很快，十分鐘就好！
• 康太太：不行，這裡常常會有警察來看
• 小李：阿明，怎麼辦？
• 阿明：那... 請問，康太太，我如果把車子先開到對面去，你可以給小李一杯冰水喝嗎？他覺得很熱！
• 康太太：沒問題，來我們家坐一下！
• 阿明：太感謝了！
• 小李：真的嗎？謝謝你！
• 康太太：不客氣，趕快進來坐！

Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation):

• 小李：便利商店在哪裡？
  • Xiǎo lǐ: Biànlì shāngdiàn zài nǎlǐ?
  • Where’s the convenience store?
• 阿明：那裡的路口有一家，我帶你去
  • Ā míng: Nàlǐ de lùkǒu yǒu yījiā, wǒ dài nǐ qù
  • The intersection over there has one, I’ll take you there.
• 小李：好，要走多久？我快熱死了！
  • Xiǎo lǐ: Hǎo, yào zǒu duōjiǔ? Wǒ kuài rè sǐle!
  • Okay, how long of a walk is it? This heat is killing me!
• 阿明：差不多五分鐘，很近！
  • Ā míng: Chàbùduō wǔ fēnzhōng, hěn jìn!
  • Around five minutes, it’s close!
• 小李：好，走吧！
  • Xiǎo lǐ: Hǎo, zǒu ba!
  • Okay, let’s go!
• 康太太：不好意思，不好意思
  • Kāng tàitài: Bù hǎoyìsi, bù hǎoyìsi
  • Excuse me, sorry...
• 阿明：欸？我們嗎？
  • Ā míng: Éi? Wǒmen ma?
  • Huh? You mean us?
• 康太太：不好意思，我是你的鄰居！我姓康。
  • Kāng tàitài: Bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ shì nǐ de línjū! Wǒ xìng kāng.
  • Excuse me, I’m your neighbor! My last name is Kang.
• 阿明：康太太你好，我叫阿明，這個是小李，小李才是你的鄰居
  • Ā míng: Kāng tàitài nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào ā míng, zhège shì xiǎo lǐ, xiǎo lǐ cái shì nǐ de línjū
  • Hello Mrs. Kang, I’m A-Ming, and this is Xiao-Li, Xiao-Li is actually your neighbor.
• 康太太：啊你是他的朋友！
  • Kāng tàitài: A nǐ shì tā de péngyǒu!
  • Oh you’re his friend!
• 阿明：對
  • Ā míng: Duì
  • Right.
• 康太太：這麼好！
  • kāng tàitài: Zhème hǎo!
  • That’s so great!
• 阿明：對，然後我們正要去...
  • Ā míng: Duì, ránhòu wǒmen zhèng yào qù...
  • Right, and we’re just about to go...
• 康太太：你知道嗎齁*，這裡不能停車！
  • Kāng tàitài: Nǐ zhīdào ma hou, zhèlǐ bùnéng tíngchē!
  • You know, you can’t park here!
• 阿明：是喔...
  • Ā míng: Shì ō...
  • Oh really...
• 康太太：是的！你要趕快開去對面的停車場才對
  • Kāng tàitài: Shì de! Nǐ yào gǎnkuài kāi qù duìmiàn de tíngchēchǎng cái duì
  • Really! You’ve gotta hurry up and drive across to the parking lot!
• 阿明：可是我們正要去買一點東西，然後我就要走了，很快，十分鐘就好！
  • Ā míng: Kěshì wǒmen zhèng yào qù mǎi yīdiǎn dōngxī, ránhòu wǒ jiù yào zǒule, hěn kuài, shí fēnzhōng jiù hǎo!
  • But we’re just about to go buy something, and then I’m going to leave, it’ll be fast, just ten minutes!
• 康太太：不行，這裡常常會有警察來看
  • Kāng tàitài: Bùxíng, zhèlǐ chángcháng huì yǒu jǐngchá lái kàn
  • No way, police often come by here to check.
• 小李：阿明，怎麼辦？
  • Xiǎo lǐ: Ā míng, zěnme bàn?
  • A-Ming, what are we going to do?
• 阿明：那... 請問，康太太，我如果把車子先開到對面去，你可以給小李一杯冰水喝嗎？他覺得很熱！
  • Ā míng: Nà... Qǐngwèn, kāng tàitài, wǒ rúguǒ bǎ chēzi xiān kāi dào duìmiàn qù, nǐ kěyǐ gěi xiǎo lǐ yībēi bīng shuǐ hē ma? Tā juédé hěn rè!
  • Well then... excuse me, Mrs. Kang, if I take my car across the way right now, can you give Xiao-Li a cup of ice water to drink? He feels really hot!
• 康太太：沒問題，來我們家坐一下！
  • Kāng tàitài: Méi wèntí, lái wǒmen jiā zuò yīxià!
  • No problem, come inside and sit down for a bit!
• 阿明：太感謝了！
  • Ā míng: Tài gǎnxièle!
  • Thank you so much!
• 小李：真的嗎？謝謝你！
  • Xiǎo lǐ: Zhēn de ma? Xièxiè nǐ!
  • Really? Thank you!
• 康太太：不客氣，趕快進來坐！
  • Kāng tàitài: Bù kèqì, gǎnkuài jìnlái zuò!
  • Don’t mention it, hurry up and come inside!

* 齁 (hou) is a particularly Taiwanese auxiliary word, said with a nasal sound. In this case when Mrs. Kang uses it, it's sort of to emphasize or reaffirm the feeling of "you know, right?"

Interview with A-Ming (阿明)：

• Q：你家住在什麼路口？
  • Q: Nǐ jiā zhù zài shénme lùkǒu?
  • What intersection do you live at?
• 阿明：我住在中山北路跟民族東路附近。
  • Ā míng: Wǒ zhù zài zhōngshān běi lù gēn mínzú dōnglù fùjìn.
  • I live near Zhongshan North Road and Minzu East Road.
• Q：你很常去便利商店嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ hěn cháng qù biànlì shāngdiàn ma?
  • Do you often go to convenience stores?
• 阿明：對，幾乎每天都會去。
  • Ā míng: Duì, jīhū měitiān dūhuì qù.
  • Yeah, I go almost every day.
• Q：你去便利商店你會買什麼？
  • Q: Nǐ qù biànlì shāngdiàn nǐ huì mǎi shénme?
  • When you go to a convenience store, what do you buy?
• 阿明：有時候買水，有時候買咖啡，有時候也會買啤酒。
  • Ā míng: Yǒu shíhòu mǎi shuǐ, yǒu shíhòu mǎi kāfēi, yǒu shíhòu yě huì mǎi píjiǔ.
  • Sometimes I buy water, sometimes I buy coffee, and sometimes I buy beer.
• Q：你比較怕熱嗎？還是比較怕冷？
  • Q: Nǐ bǐjiào pà rè ma? Háishì bǐjiào pà lěng?
  • Are you relatively afraid of heat? Or relatively afraid of the cold?
• 阿明：我比較怕冷！我不太會怕熱。
  • Ā míng: Wǒ bǐjiào pà lěng! Wǒ bù tài huì pà rè.
  • I'm more afraid of the cold! I don't really mind heat.
• Q：你夏天都喝什麼？
  • Q: Nǐ xiàtiān dū hē shénme?
  • What do you drink in the summer?
• 阿明：我夏天最喜歡喝冰拿鐵。
  • Ā míng: Wǒ xiàtiān zuì xǐhuān hē bīng ná tiě.
  • In the summer I most like drinking iced lattes.
• Q：你會開車嗎？你喜歡停車嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ huì kāichē ma? Nǐ xǐhuān tíngchē ma?
  • Can you drive? Do you like parking?
• 阿明：我會開車啊！但我覺得停車很麻煩。
  • Ā míng: Wǒ huì kāichē a! Dàn wǒ juédé tíngchē hěn máfan.
  • I can drive! But I feel that parking is a nuisance.
• Q：你有認識警察嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ yǒu rènshí jǐngchá ma?
  • Do you know any police?
• 阿明：有！我姊姊就是警察！
  • Ā míng: Yǒu! Wǒ jiě jie jiùshì jǐngchá!
  • I do! My older sister is a police!
• Q：你認識你的鄰居嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ rènshí nǐ de línjū ma?
  • Do you know your neighbors?
• 阿明：我認識他們啊，我家對面的鄰居人都很好。
  • Ā míng: Wǒ rènshí tāmen a, wǒjiā duìmiàn de línjū rén dōu hěn hǎo.
  • I know them. The neighbors across from my home are all really nice.
• Q：你的鄰居來過你家嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ de línjū láiguò nǐ jiā ma?
  • Have your neighbors come over to your house before?
• 阿明：他們好像沒有來過欸～
  • Ā míng: Tāmen hǎoxiàng méiyǒu láiguò āi ~
  • It seems they haven't been over before!
• Q：你去過鄰居的家嗎？
  • Q: Nǐ qùguò línjū de jiā ma?
  • Have you been to your neighbors' house before?
• 阿明：我去過幾次，上個月我去他們家唱歌！
  • Ā míng: Wǒ qùguò jǐ cì, shàng gè yuè wǒ qù tāmen jiā chànggē!
  • I've been several times. Last month I went there to sing karaoke!

Thanks for listening!

Wan...