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B: Y, although you asked me to forget the toothache, let’s not forget how to say it in Chinese:
Y: Dui. I’ve got a toothache.Wo3 ya2 teng2.
B: wo3 ya2 teng2.
Y: ya2 means tooth,
B: ya2,
Y: teng2 means ache,
B: teng2,
Y: wo3 ya2 teng2
B: wo3 ya2 teng2 I’ve got a toothache.
Conversation 1
A: 大夫,我牙疼。
B: 我看看。。。你有颗蛀牙。
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Y: Wo3 yao4 kan4 ya2 yi1
B: Wo3 yao4 kan4 ya2 yi1 I need to see a dentist.
Conversation 2
A: 我要看牙医。需要预约吗?
B: 不需要,直接去就可以了。
B: Time to hop on that torture chair, and I’d like to tell ya2 yi1, the dentist, I don’t want my
tooth pulled out.
Y: You could use sign language, but better still, say this, wo3 bu4 xiang3 ba2 ya2.
B: wo3 bu4 xiang3 ba2 ya2.
Y: bu4 xiang3 means don’t want something,
B: bu4 xiang3,
Y: ba2 ya2 means to pull out the tooth,
B: ba2 ya2,
Y: wo3 bu4 xiang3 ba2 ya2.
B: wo3 bu4 xiang3 ba2 ya2. I don’t want the tooth pulled out.
Conversation 3
A: 我不想拔牙。
B: 没事,不疼的。
Conversation 4
A: 大夫,我牙疼。
B: 我看看。。。嘴张大点。
B: Well Y, all’s well that ends well, I started the week looking like Dracula, and now here I am
the spitting image of Brad Pitt, complete with his dazzling smile.
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Y: I never like spoiling B’s illusions, they’re always so entertaining, I’ll humour you instead
Brad, I mean B. Anyway, million dollar smiler, what’s our question of the day?
B: We all like relaxed weekends, so here’s an easy question to fit the bill, how do you say
“Open Wide”?
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