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Hi everyone, welcome back to learn how to Chinese! Last week we learned a lot of vocabulary
and sentences related to traveling on an airplane. This week, we will continue to learn additional
Chinese that will make your trip to China more fun and meaningful.
For those of you who are new to LearnHowToChinese, we will release a new video every Monday at 5 pm Eastern Time. So come back
each week to check out new video. And keep following us as we are taking you to China, learning the Chinese language used daily.
Taking a plane is called 坐飞机 [ zuò fēi jī ], literally it is translated into [ sitting airplane ].
The structure of "sitting whatever transportation" is commonly used to express the type of transportation you take from one
place to another. For example, when asked "how did you get here?" you can say
"by plane" 坐飞机 [ zuò fēi jī ], or "by bus" 坐公车 [ zuò gong chē ] which
translates into [ sitting bus] in Chinese. Keep in mind that this phrase only works as long as you
are the passenger. By that I mean if you are the driver, you need to use a different term.
For those of you who are new to LearnHowToChinese, we will release a new video every Monday at
5 pm Eastern Time, so come back each week to check out new video. And keep following
us as we are taking you to China, learning the Chinese language used daily.
The plane has now taken off. Last week we learned how to open up a causal conversation
with a Chinese person by saying "this is my first time going to China." Normally,
Chinese people are impressed by a foreigner who speaks or tryies to speak Chinese. So
you may get a response like this: "oh...you can speak Chinese!" 你会说中文 [ nǐ
huì shuō zhōng wén ]. 你 means you , 会 means can,说 is speak and 中文 means Chinese.
Or the person you talk to may respond to you with something else. As long as you understand
the key words such as 中文 Chinese,好good, 会can, you know this is a compliment. Now,
what would you say? Very often foreigners may say 马马虎虎 [ mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ ], meaning
so-so. This is what they learn from a textbook. But in everyday conversation,
Chinese people don't really use this phrase. So a better way to respond to someone's
compliment is either 谢谢 [ xiè xiè ], meaning thank you, or
我会说 一点点! [ wǒ huì shuō yī diǎn diǎn ], which means "I can speak a little bit." 我is "I",
we just learned that会说 means "can speak" and the useful phrase is here "一点点"
which means "a little bit". Just like in English, you can use "a little bit"
in many situations. If someone asks you "do you like spicy food"? You can say 一点点
[ yī diǎn diǎn ] "a little bit!" Now listen to the flight announcement.
It is the time to serve beverages. In Chinese, beverages are called饮料 [ yǐn liào ].
Here are seven common beverages passengers like and they are:
咖啡 [ kā fēi ] coffee Hot tea 茶 [ rè chá ]
Water 水 [ shuǐ ] Orange juice 橙汁 [ chéng zhī ]
Apple juice 苹果汁 [ píng guǒ zhī ] Cola 可乐 [ kě lè ]
Red wine 红酒 [hóng Jiǔ ]
Now if you want more water [ shuǐ ] , point to the water and say to the flight attendant
多一点点 [duō yī diǎn diǎn ], which means "a little bit more". 多[ duō ] is
more and 一点点 [ yī diǎn diǎn ] is "a little bit" . Together, you get the meaning
"a little bit more". And don't forget to say "thank you" 谢谢 [ xiè xiè ]
when given more water. That's all for today. Thanks for watching
Check out the other Real World Chinese lessons relating to our trip to China. Happy learning!
Bye.