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Y: It’s not fun when you don’t have a place to live. In fact that’s the case with Raymond here;
he’s homeless. Dajia Hao, come on in, wo shi Y.
R: And wo shi R. Learning Chinese is great. How else am I going to find an apartment to live
in?
Y: That’s right and we’re going to help you learn the ways to do it. Here are some homegrown
key words.
R: I guess the next step for me is to ask the agent for an apartment. First of all, what’s an
agent in Chinese?
Y: you can call an agent: zhong1 jie4.
R: zhong1 jie4.
Y: zhong1 means intermediate,
R: zhong1,
Y: and jie4 literally is to introduce,
R: jie4,
Y: zhong1 jie4, an agent,
R: zhong1 jie4. So then how do you say this in Chinese: I would like to rent an apartment?
Y: here it is: wo3 yao4 zu1 fang2.
R: wo3 yao4 zu1 fang2.
Y: wo3 means I,
R: wo3,
Y: yao4, would like to do something,
R: yao4,
Y: zu1 is to rent,
R: zu1,
Y: fang2 is an apartment,
R: fang2,
Y: wo3 yao4 zu1 fang2
R: wo3 yao4 zu1 fang2 I would like to rent an apartment.
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Conversation 1
A: 我要租房。
B: 你可以找找中介。
Y: Good, now don’t you want to know how to say how much it is?
R: I think I know how, but it may be different for apartments. How do you say how much is
it for one month?
Y: you can say: yue4 zu1 shi4 duo1 shao3 ?
R: yue4 zu1 shi4 duo1 shao3 ?
Y: yue4 is monthly,
R: yue4,
Y: zu1 is short for zu1 jin1, and it’s rent,
R: zu1,
Y: shi4 duo1 shao3, literally it means is how much, as shi4 means is, and duo1 shao3 means
how much,
R: shi4 duo1 shao3
Y: yue4 zu1 shi4 duo1 shao3 ?
R: yue4 zu1 shi4 duo1 shao3 ? How much is it per month?
Conversation 2
A:月租是多少?
B: 2 千一个月。
R: You know I got to the agent and I told them I wanted an apartment. That was easy. But
now I have to figure out how to say the rooms.
Y: Oh you mean like bedrooms,
R: Yes and also dining rooms.
Y: Actually we learned how to say rooms before, but I guess we can review it again. Bedroom
is wo4 shi4,
R: wo4 shi4,
Y: wo4 to sleep,
R: wo4,
Y: shi4 is the room,
R: shi4,
Y: so a wo4 shi4 is a room for sleeping, a bedroom,
R: wo4 shi4, and how about a dining room?
Y: it’s can1 ting1.
R: can1 ting1.
Y: can1 means dining, and ting1 is the room,
R: Got it. So can1 ting1, dining room.
Conversation 3
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A: 你看这套房子怎么样?
B: 嗯,卧室不错,餐厅有点小了。
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