Newbie - Buying a Newspaper (A)

A: 有報紙嗎？
yǒu bàozhı̌ ma?
Do you have newspapers?

B: 有。要中文的還是英文的？
yǒu. yào Zhōngwén de háishi Yı̄ngwén de?
Yes. Do you want Chinese or English?

A: 中文的。
Zhōngwén de.
Chinese.

B: 一塊錢。
yı̄ kuài qián.
One RMB.

Key Vocabulary

有 yǒu to have

報紙 bàozhı̌ newspaper

要 yào to want

中文 Zhōngwén Chinese

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 還是 háishi or

英文 Yı̄ngwén English

一塊錢 yı̄ kuài qián one renminbi

Supplementary Vocabulary

雜志 zázhı̀ magazine

買 mǎi to buy

看 kàn to read

看報紙 kàn bàozhı̌ to read a newspaper

看不懂 kànbùdǒng to not understand

多少錢 duōshǎo qián how much money

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