CLO_032: Very troublesome
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?
B: A, wo3 kai1 che1 qu4 shang4 ban1.
A: Kai1 che1? Zhe4ge fang1fa3 zen3me yang4?
B: Hen3 ma2fan2. Yi4zhi2 you3 sai1che1.
du3 che1
gong1 gong4 qi4 che1
gong1 che1
chu1zu1 che1
ji4cheng2 che1
huo3che1
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?
B: A, wǒ kāi chē qù shàng bān.
A: Kāi chē? Zhège fāngfǎ zěnme yàng?
B: Hěn máfán. Yìzhí yǒu sāichē.
dǔ chē
gōng gòng qì chē
gōng chē
chūzū chē
jìchéng chē
huǒchē
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PDF Notes: 
November 24th, 2006 at 8:14 am
There was a mistake in the original lesson as sāichē was explained as having a falling tone when it is in fact a high tone. This has been corrected. Please check the included transcript in your lesson to see which tone it has. If it has a falling tone, please redownload this lesson. Sorry for the trouble! -Adam
July 18th, 2007 at 3:24 am
I think the translation “traffic” is wrong, it should be “traffic jam”. So:
traffic jam = 塞車 sāichē or 堵車 dǔchē
traffic = 交通 jiāotōng
July 18th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Good point - in English “traffic” and “traffic jam” are sometimes used interchangeably whereas there are separate words in Chinese. Thanks!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
大家好！我有一个问题… in the exercises of this lesson we can find the expression “坐火车” and “坐公车”. Is this the way you say in chinese “to take the train” (or the bus)?
In the same phrase: 我坐火车因为开车会堵车”, I can understand the meaning, but could you explain the meaning of 会 in this context?
谢谢！
Alessio
February 9th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Hi Alessio,
1. Yes this is how we say to take the train or bus.
2. The literal meaning of 我坐火车因为开车会堵车 can be thought of as meaning “I take train because driving would encounter traffic.” The 会 represents “will” or “would” in this case.
Hope that helps!
February 10th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Hi Luise，
thank you very much. I’m now on the lesson 33 and I’ve found the answer there too (for instance 坐飞机)!! next time I will just wait a moment befor asking…
Thaks a lot to the whole staff for you help… you make a great job and I’m learning a lot…
谢谢你们！
Alessio
May 10th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
The pinyin for 租in the the new characters PDF files is not correct. It should be “zū”, not “zhū”