CLO_031: Please repeat that
Listen to this lesson, to learn what the following means:
Dialogue: Numbers
A: Ni3 zen3me qu4 shang4 ban1?
B: Dui4buqi3, wo3 ting1 bu2 tai4 dong3. Qing3 ni3 zai4 shuo1 yi1ci4.
A: Ni3 zen3me qu4 shang4 ban1?
kai1shi3
fan1yi4
Dialogue: Tones
A: Nǐ zěnme qù shàng bān?
B: Duìbuqǐ, wǒ tīng bú tài dǒng. Qǐng nǐ zài shuō yīcì.
A: Nǐ zěnme qù shàng bān?
kāishǐ
fānyì
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March 27th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Hello
In this lesseon and in your introduction you are using the following sentence, can you please explain the word yi1qi4de. How do you translate that word
J1n1 tian1 gen1 women3 yi1qi4de di2er4ge lao3 sh13 sh13 = today the second teacher with us is.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Yīqí means “together” and is frequently used with “gēn” (with). So in your example above the literal translation would be “Today with us together’s second teacher is” Does that help?
September 1st, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I quite like this new lesson format
Btw, what exactly is the difference between 开始 and 上 as they both mean “to start”?
In the lesson exercises you can find the sentence “你什么时候开始上班?” which would literally mean something like “When do you start the beginning of work?” Maybe 上 is only used in compound words?
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:14 am
Hi Luís,
Actually 上班 can also be though of as meaning “to be at work” while 下班 would be “to be off work”. So in that sense, the sentence could literally mean “When do you start to be at work?” 上课 (to be in class) has a similar usage.
Hope that helps.