你好，ChinesePod，my name is Grace. 我是Jenny。
So what's like the first thing that you do
when you get off the plane?
找网络，需要网络。
Yes, I look for WiFi, especially if I'm in a different country
like that's the first thing I am hunting for.
so we're gonna have a fun and quick dialogue on
how to find WiFi.
我们现在一起来听。
请问你们这儿有网络吗？
没有，抱歉，我们没有。
你知道哪里有吗？
在街边那里有网吧、
咖啡店、图书馆，他们有网络。
谢谢。
请问你们这儿有网络吗？
Excuse me, do you have WiFi available?
So, excuse me. 请问。
What are some other ways we can, you know, be polite,
before we're asking a question?
Very polite way is " 对不起，打扰你 ”.
打扰你，打扰一下。
对不起，打扰你。
So, excuse me, I want to bother you.
Yes, bother. 麻烦你一下。
Okay, 麻烦你一下。
So you were say that a lot in China. " 请问 "
I think the easiest way to say is " 请问 " .
或者你可以说 ” 对不起，打扰你一下 “。
Or sometimes you can just tap on the shoulder and say ” 对不起 “.
Okay. Yeah, just kind of little intro
before you ask someone, a stranger a question
Alright, so we have a very specific word here
that kind of changes with location.
这里，这里。 Here, here.
And northern, 北方是说 ” 这儿 “。 这儿。
So I wanna make sure that you guys know
even in the states,
you know, North and South we say things very differently
So I want to prepare you that you're gonna hear some
words that mean the exact same thing,
but are said completely differently
So what's north again?
这儿。 And then what South?
这里。 这里。
好，这里 and 这儿。
你也可以说这个地方。
这个地方。 And this is specifying the exact place.
这个地方。 这个地方有网络吗？
这里…… Does this place have WiFi?
这里有网络吗？
你也可以说 ” 这儿有网络吗 “ ?
Alright, and it's all the same using the same word here
but said differently.
好，然后……
在下一个是网络。 OK.
他说你有网络吗？
网，is the word net.
And actually kinda...to me it looks like a little
swamp net that you kill mosquito with.
If you want to say go online, to 上网
上网, so you're on the net. And in Chinese,
It is actually the net. But we say it on the Internet.
上网。 网络也可以说无线网络。
Is umm...wireless Internet.
So 无线网络. 无线网络。
无线网络。And again, WiFi is just " 网络 ”.
I think is easier just say " 请问你有网路吗 " ？
OK. Keeping it simple. Yes
请问有网络吗？
好，他们说什么？
再来她说 “ 没有，抱歉，我们没有 ”。
No, I'm sorry, we don't.
So here they're also using that " I'm sorry, excuse me " word
that we were using earlier.
抱歉，对不起，抱歉。
Can you expand for me for a second?
If I really want to emphasize how sorry I am.
实在对不起。 实在对不起。
Honestly, 对不起.
真的对不起. I truly truly sorry. 所以现在……
So what's the honestly part and the...
“ 我实在 ”。
我实在……实在对不起。 我实在对不起，我是真的对不起。
You can say very sorry. 很对不起，很抱歉。
实在很抱歉。
Okay. Perfect. Yeah, so many way you can emphasize,
you can say " sorry, I apologize ".
So you're gonna be fine.
Right.
你知道哪里有吗？
Do you know somewhere that does？To know.
知道。 知道，知……道。
知……道。
First tone and then a fourth tone. 知道。
我知道他。
I know him.
我知道这个商店。
I know this store. I know this place.
Alright. " 知道 ". So this is something to know.
There's another word like you can say, ummm...
" I don't know ".
我不知道。 Alright.
But if they're looking at you
like I don't know what you're saying
That means that they don't understand you.
I...I hear a lot of people were say " 我听不懂 “.
Yeah, I don't understand like my 听... so
I'm hearing like what I'm hearing. I am not
understanding what you're trying to say.
So they may be saying " repeat yourself ".
Or you need to say that to them like
what you've just said was too fast
我不懂。 我不懂。
我听不懂。 Yeah, I...我听不懂。
So you can make it lengthier - 我听- 不懂.
I don't understand.
So if they're responding to you or something like...
I know you're trying to help me but 我听不懂...
like slow down a bit help me out here...
So " 懂 " is to understand,
and " 知道 " is to know.
So what's another sentence for " 懂 ” ？
“ 我不懂这个字。” I don't understand this word.
我不懂这个字，我不懂。 我不懂，好，好。
Or you could say " 我不知道这个字 “, is
I don't know this word. I don't know.
Yeah, I don't know before, I never know.
See that's a good...right.
So there's a difference between " I don't understand
what you're saying, I'm trying to " or
" hey, I don't know what you're saying at all or
I don't know how to help you " .
Yeah. 所以 ” 知道 “ 和 ” 懂 “ 不一样。
好, not the same.
Alright, and here we have another word
where it's the same meaning,
But it's pronounced differently just like in sentence one.
Yes. Sentence one " 这里 ”、“ 这儿 ”、“ 这个地方 ”.
Here will be " 哪里 “、” 哪儿 “、” 哪个地方 “
好. So again three different ways and it's all the same.
So let's make a sentence of " 哪里 ”.
Okay, “ 哪里卖早餐？”
So where can I go that selling breakfast?
哪里卖早餐？哪里有网络？
Where... I'm gonna do literal.
Where has WiFi?
What I love about the sentence structure
is you're taking the question word
" 哪里 “ where has to have and then the blank.
哪里买裤子？
Alright, where sells pants?
Yeah, so this is a very simplified sentence structure.
Yes. 哪里去买裤子？ Where to go buy pants?
哪里卖裤子？Where to s...you know...
Where do they sell pants?
哪里有卖裤子？哪里买裤子？” 买 “，” 卖 “
I'm so glad you talk about the word,
especially for the newbie, they usually...
kind of want to know " buy " " 买 ”
m, a, i, mai, mai mai, so third tone means
Buy. To buy.
Fourth tone, 卖 卖, that means to sell.
卖。 OK.
So, 买 is to buy, and 卖 is to sell.
So it's a little fine difference, okay?
So that's a thing to kind of like brush up on your tones.
So 买 and 卖.
在街边那里有网吧、咖啡店、图书馆，
他们有网络。
There's an internet cafe, coffee shop
and library down the street. They have WiFi.
街上。 Alright, so street is 街，
and 上 is on, so, on the street.
在街上买东西。
On the street, buying things.
旁边。
边 is on the sides. So right now my mom is beside me beside
也可以说左边。
Left.
右边。
Right side.
So they're are good for giving directions.
So, the guy saying " hey, look, I know you can find WiFi,
can help you just keep following along ".
So how do we say...
在街边，沿着街边，yes. 在街边，沿着，so that's kind of following line.
So we have an internet cafe.
Yes, 网吧.
网吧。So 网……吧 is an internet...net bar.
And then coffee shop is literal. 商……咖啡店，商店。
Right. So it's a coffee store just like in English literal.
And then we have a library.
So with all this the person was so happy
to finally find WiFi which I would be ecstatic.
They said...
谢谢。 Thank you.
All right, thank you for watching our lesson.
And I hope that you find that WiFi that you're
so desperately searching for. And when you do find it
wherever you are, make sure
to check out more of our ChinesePod lessons.
再见。