CLO_125: What sports can you play?
Dialogue: Numbers
A: Ni3 hui4 da3 wang3 qiu2 ma?
B: Wo3 bu2 hui4 da3. Ke3shi4 wo3 xi3huan1 kan4 peng2you3 men da3.
A: Na4 ni3 xi3huan1 zuo4 shen2me yun4dong4?
B: You3 hen3duo1. Xiang4 lan2 qiu2, bang4 qiu2, zu2 qiu2, wo3 dou1 hui4.
A: Na4 ni3 wei4 shen2me bu4 da3 wang3 qiu2 ne?
B: Yin1wei4 wo3 jue2de hen3 nan2 xue2.
Dialogue: Tones
A: Nǐ huì dǎ wǎng qiú ma?
B: Wǒ bú huì dǎ. Kěshì wǒ xǐhuān kàn péngyǒu men dǎ.
A: Nà nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme yùndòng?
B: Yǒu hěnduō. Xiàng lán qiú, bàng qiú, zú qiú, wǒ dōu huì.
A: Nà nǐ wèi shénme bù dǎ wǎng qiú ne?
B: Yīnwèi wǒ juéde hěn nán xué.
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July 25th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I cannot figure out what word you guys are saying: rang wo men xian ting yi ci jin tian zheng chang _________ de dui hua. It sounds like yu sou but I can’t find that in any dictionary. As far as I can tell, this is the first time it’s used in the lessons and there’s no explanation. Please help.
:))
July 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Hi Rich,
It’s yǔsù, and was first taught in lesson 103. The first character comes from the word for spoken language - yǔyán, while the second comes from the word for speed - sùdù. So together it refers to the speed at which the language is spoken. We use this word in lessons that have dialogues (and later lessons that have articles) - where we first listen to the dialogue at a normal speed, and later at a slower speed.
The previous few lessons here didn’t have dialogues, which is why you didn’t see this word. However we’ve used it before that - the next lesson before this was 120. From that lesson down to 103, most lessons (if not all) should have that word used in them.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:22 am
Adam,
Thanks so much for your insightful and quick response. I love this website.
-Rich