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8 words of directions

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way， in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on
China Radio International. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Good morning I’m Cam. We have reached the end of the week once again.
Yajie: Yep, so soon. It’s time for us to review some of the words and phrases we learned this
past week. Let’s hear Sentences in the Week.

************** Sentences in the Week

This week we had 8 words of directions, and they are: 东边，西边，南边，北边，前面，后面，
左边，右边。 We also learned some useful sentences. They are: 日本在中国的东边，泰国在中国
的南边, 老师在前面。地铁在哪儿，王老师在哪儿。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: Cam do you still remember those direction words?

Cam: Sure I do. Test me.
Yajie: How do you say “east”?
Cam: 东。
Yajie: 东，west?
Cam: 西。
Yajie: 西，south?
Cam: 南。
Yajie: 南，north?
Cam: 北。
Yajie: 北。 And don’t forget to put “边” after them.
Cam: Yeah, 东边，西边，南边，北边。
Yajie: Right, we also learned a verb “在” which means at some place. 在东边，to the east, 在
北边。To the north.
Cam: 在东边，在北边。
Yajie: And remember we learned how to say Japan is to the east of China? 日本在中国的东边。
Cam: ri ben zai zhong guo de dong bian.
Yajie: And then we learnt more words for front, back, left and right, remember?
Cam: I think so.
Yajie: What’s front?
Cam: 前面。
Yajie: 前面，back?
Cam: 后面。
Yajie: 后面。And left is 左边；right is 右边。

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Cam: 左边，右边。
Yajie: 在前面，在后面，在左边，在右边。
Cam: 在前面，在后面，在左边，在右边。

************** Sentences in the Week

This week we learned 8 words of directions, and they are: 东边，the east side; 西边，the west
side; 南边，the south side; 北边，the north side; 前面，the front; 后面，the back; 左边，the
left side; 右边, the right side. We also learned some useful sentences. They are: 日本在中国
的东边，泰国在中国的南边, 老师在前面。地铁在哪儿，王老师在哪儿。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: We also learned how to ask for directions, “。。。在哪儿？” Which means where?
Cam: 在哪儿.
Yajie: 地铁在哪儿？where is the subway?
Cam: di tie zai nar?
Yajie: In order to ask questions politely we always put “请问” before it. 请问地铁在哪儿？
Cam: 请问地铁在哪儿？
Yajie: we can use “…在哪儿” when looking for someone. 王老师在哪儿？where is Mr.wang?
Cam: 王老师在哪儿？
Yajie: OK, that’s it for today. Hope you won’t be lost in China after these lessons! Don’s forget
you can win a CRI gift by asking and answering the question in Chinese: “Where is the
subway?”

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