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Restaurant Settings 2

R: Hungry Hungry Hungry, Wo shi Raymond

Y: Not Hungry. Wo Shi Yajie
R: We’re back and we’re still here in the Restaurant of Chinese Studio.
Y: Yep, but we’re going to find out more about what to say during our restaurant settings.
R: Here are some key words of the day.

Key Words of the Day

Menu 菜单 Do you have a menu in English? 有英文的菜单吗？I am ready to order.可以点菜
了 All in today’ Chinese Studio.

R: Still hungry. How about you?

Y: Getting there, since we’ve been here for a long time.
R: Ok First I want to ask about whether they have an English menu.
Y: Then you should first learn the noun: menu. cai4 dan1, dish list,
Y: Then you should know: a menu in English ying1 wen2 de cai4 dan1. de is used after an
attribute, when the attribute modifies the noun: ying1 wen2 de cai4 dan1. an English menu
or a menu in English

Y: Then have in Chinese is you3,

Y: how do you say “a menu in English” again?

Y: the syllable ma is used to form a question,

Together: Do you have a menu in English? 有英文的菜单吗？you3 ying1 wen2 de cai4 dan1
ma?

Conversation 1
A: 有英文的菜单吗？

Y: Hurry up Raymond. Its going to be Christmas before we eat anything.

R: Okay, I’m ready to order. Wait… how do you say that in Chinese?
Y: First of all, you need to learn how to say be ready in Chinese---ke2 yi3, Ke2 yi3, be okay,
be ready to do sth.
Y: Then you need to learn how to say order in Chinese Order 点菜，dian3 cai4, order the dish,
Y: Finally you need to put “le” at the end, it symbolizes the completion of the action, I’m
ready to order. 可以点菜了。Ke2 yi2 dian3 cai4 le.

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Conversation 2
A: 服务员，可以点菜了。

Y: That is no man. That is an eating machine. Arrrr.

R: Bleh, I resent that comment, though I do need another plate of food.
Y: Before we feed the machine, lets do the quiz of the day. How do you say “Do you have an
English menu” in Chinese?

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