CLO_108: A healthy body is very important
Dialogue: Numbers
B: Shi4 de. Wo3 kan4 chu1 lai2 le. Ta1 shi4 zen3me jian3fei2 de?
A: Ta1 zhi3 chi1 jian4kang1 shi2pin3. Bing4qie3 zuo4 hen3duo1 de yun4dong4.
B: Na4me wo3 ye3 ying1gai1 na4 yang4 zuo4. Zai4 zhao3 yi1ge hao3 yi1dian3 de jian4shen1fang2.
A: Hao3 zhu3yi4. Shen1ti3 jian4kang1 hen3 zhong4yao4. Zhu4 ni3 hao3 yun4!
Dialogue: Tones
B: Shì de. Wǒ kàn chū lái le. Tā shì zěnme jiǎnféi de?
A: Tā zhǐ chī jiànkāng shípǐn. Bìngqiě zuò hěnduō de yùndòng.
B: Nàme wǒ yě yīnggāi nà yàng zuò. Zài zhǎo yīge hǎo yīdiǎn de jiànshēnfáng.
A: Hǎo zhǔyì. Shēntǐ jiànkāng hěn zhòngyào. Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn!
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June 7th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I’m not sure about anyone else but I am having trouble playing this lesson. It will not download/play for me.
June 7th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
wo ye yiyang de, bu neng ting, nu neng xiazai zhe ge zhongwen ke ne
zaogao eheheh
June 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
There is a problem that I’m trying to fix. Please try again in a few hours. Hěn bào qiàn!
June 29th, 2007 at 9:09 am
HI, MR ADAM. I’M AN ITALIAN GIRL. I HAVE A PROBLEM AND I NEED FOR SOME HELP: I DON’T KNOW HOW TO WRITE IN CHINESE CHARACTERS ON COMPUTER. IF I HAVE TO WRITE A DOCUMENT ON MICROSOFT OFFICE AND I NEED TO PUT SOME CHINESE WORD, HOW CAN I DO THAT?
THANKS
June 29th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Hello Simona,
I’ve emailed you detailed instructions that I hope will help. Good luck!
-Adam
August 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Can you please explain why “a healthy body” is shēntǐ jiànkāng rather than jiànkāng de shēntǐ? Thanks.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Hi Bryan,
In “shēntǐ jiànkāng” the “jiànkāng” functions as a verb, so this means “body (is) healthy.”
In “jiànkāng de shēntǐ” the “jiànkāng” functions as an adjective giving us “a healthy body.” In this particular example, both forms would be acceptable.
However, if you were to say “Shēntǐ jiànkāng le” ((My) body is now healthy), only the “noun-verb” version would work.
Does that answer your question?
August 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Yes, Adam. That clears thing up for me. I guess I’m more accustomed to seeing a hen3 thrown in there when a word is functioning in a “to be”/verb situation. For example, as in “Ta1 hen3 piao4liang” rather than “Ta1 piao4liang”. I guess things might be different in the case of this dialogue since it seems to be referring to body health in general rather than a specific person’s body?