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B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese
Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan.
Y: And wo shi Y. A brand new week, and it’s time for us to learn more Chinese language tips.
B: That’s right. You know Y, I enjoyed being at the zoo so much last week, can we talk about
pets this week?
Y: Why not? I love pets! Let’s check our key words of the day.
Conversation 1
A: 你喜欢宠物吗?
B: 当然了。我很喜欢宠物。
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B: Do you keep any pets Y?
Y: Dang ran le. But ask me in Chinese. You can say 你养宠物吗?
B: Let’s have a go. ni2 yang3 chong3 wu4 ma?
Y: B, what does ni3 mean?
B: it means you. We mentioned it a lot.
Y: Right. yang3 means raise or keep a pet,
B: yang3,
Y: chong3 wu4, pet,
B: chong3 wu4. and ma is used to form a question in Chinese,
Y: Yes. ni2 yang3 chong3 wu4 ma?
B: So I’ll ask that again: Yajie, ni2 yang3 chong3 wu4 ma? Do you keep any pets?
Y: Yes. I’ve got a puppy.
B: How do you say puppy in Chinese?
Y: puppy in Chinese is xiao2 gou3,
B: xiao2 gou3,
Y: B. do you remember the Chinese for dog?
B: yeah… it’s gou3,
Y: and xiao3 here it means young,
B: xiao3,
Y: xiao2 gou3,
B: xiao2 gou3, puppy. Yajie, puppies are so cute. And how do we say kittens?
Y: Very easy, kitten is xiao3 mao1.
B: xiao3 mao1.
Y: cat in Chinese is mao1,
B: mao1,
Y: xiao3 means young,
B: xiao3,
Y: xiao3 mao1.
B: xiao3 mao1. kitten,
Conversation 2
A: 你养宠物吗?
B: 养啊。我家有只小狗。你呢?你养宠物吗?
A:以前我养过一只小猫。
B: Yajie, besides the cute puppies and kittens, people also like to raise some other pets. Like
pigeon… what’s the Chinese for that?
Y: it’s ge1 zi.
B: ge1 zi. and ge1 zi is the symbol of peace.
Y: That’s right. ge1 zi shi4 he2 ping2 de xiang4 zheng1.
B: ge1 zi shi4 he2 ping2 de xiang4 zheng1.
Y: shi4 means is,
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B: shi4,
Y: peace in Chinese is he2 ping2,
B: he2 ping2,
Y: symbol in Chinese is xiang4 zheng1,
B: xiang4 zheng1.
Y: ge1 zi shi4 he2 ping2 de xiang4 zheng1.
B: ge1 zi shi4 he2 ping2 de xiang4 zheng1. Pigeon is the symbol of peace.
Conversation 3
A:为什么要画只鸽子?
B: 因为鸽子是和平的象征。
B: Yajie, we still have some time left. Shall we learn more pets in Chinese? What is snake?
Y: it’s she2,
B: she2. And turtle?
Y: it’s wu1 gui1.
B: wu1 gui1. Last one, how about bird?
Y: it’s niao3.
B: niao3. Got it.
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