We're excited to announce that 席爱娜 Xi Aina (Diana) has just published "Newbie #19: Go To Restaurant #4", a new Newbie level Mandarin Chinese lesson, on Language Mentor!
Lesson Script
Announcer:
Go To Restaurant #4
Newbie 19: Go To Restaurant 4
Vocabulary
Cíhuì
词汇
A:
Meaning
Yìsi
意思
B:
Or
Huòzhě
或者
A:
Barbequed
Kǎo
烤
B:
Slow
Màn
慢
A:
Say
Shuō
说
B:
Specialty dish
Tèsècài
特色菜
A:
Deep fried
Yóuzhá de
油炸的
B:
Sheep
Yáng
羊
A:
Sheep meat
Yángròu
羊肉
B:
Mutton kebab
Yángròuchuànr
羊肉串儿
Announcer:
Dialogue
Duìhuà
对话
A:
You have what specials?
Nǐmen yǒu shénme tèsècài?
你们有什么特色菜?
Waiter:
Our mutton kebab - very good.
Wǒmen de yángròuchuànr hěn hǎo.
我们的羊肉串儿很好。
A:
Mutton kebab - is spicy?
Yángròuchuànr shì là de ma?
羊肉串儿是辣的吗?
Waiter:
Isn't spicy.
Bú shì là de.
不是辣的。
A:
Mutton kebab - is deep fried?
Yángròuchuànr shì yóuzhá de ma?
羊肉串儿是油炸的吗?
Waiter:
Isn't deep fried.
Bú shì yóuzhá de.
不是油炸的。
Is barbequed.
Shì kǎo de.
是烤的。
B:
Have what dishes that have beef?
Yǒu shénme cài yǒu niúròu?
有什么菜有牛肉?
Waiter:
We have Braised Beef Potatoes.
Wǒmen yǒu Niúròu Dùn Tǔdòu.
我们有牛肉炖土豆。
B:
Please speak - slow - a little.
Qǐng shuō màn yìdiǎnr.
请说慢 一点。
Waiter:
We have Braised Beef Potatoes.
Wǒmen yǒu Niúròu Dùn Tǔdòu.
我们有牛肉炖土豆。
B:
"Dun" is what meaning?
"Dùn" shì shénme yìsi?
"炖"是什么意思?
Waiter:
Dun's meaning is "stewed" or "braised".
Dùn de yìsi shì "stewed" huòzhě "braised".
炖的意思是"stewed"或者"braised"。
B:
"Tudou" is what meaning?
"Tǔdòu" shì shénme yìsi?
"土豆"是什么意思?
Waiter:
Tudou is "potato".
Tǔdòu shì "potato".
土豆是"potato"。
You like to eat potatoes?
Nǐ xǐhuān chī tǔdòu ma?
你喜欢吃土豆吗?
B:
I - very - like to eat.
Wǒ hěn xǐhuān chī.
我很喜欢吃。
A:
Potatoes very delicious.
Tǔdòu hěn hǎochī.
土豆很好吃。
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