Shū xiānshēng hěn ài nǐ (Mr. Book loves you very much.)
Wǒ zhīdào (I know.)
dànshì nǐ měi gè xīngqí yī dào xīngqíwǔ dōu gēn wǒ zài yīqǐ (But you are with me from every Monday to Friday.)
Xīngqíliù xīngqítiān gēn diànshì zài yīqǐ (On Saturday and Sunday, you are together with TV.)
Dōu méiyǒu kànshū xiānshēng (You never go see Mr. Book.)
Diànnǎo (Computer.)
Wǒ... (I...)
Wǒ hái ài tā (I still love him.)
Hǎo! Nǐ qù kàn tā! (Good! Go see him!)
Hǎo! (Fine!)
Wǒ qù! (I am going!)
Nǐ shì bùshì bù ài wǒle? (Do you not love me anymore?)
Bùshì de (No.)
Shū (Book.)
Wǒ zài xuéxiào, zàijiā dōu xiǎng gēn nǐ zài yīqǐ (I want to be with you when I am both at school and home.)
Wǒ ài nǐ, shū (I love you, Book.)
Hǎo, nà nǐ yě yào xué zěnme xiě hànzì (Alright, then you also have to learn how to write Chinese characters.)
Wèi shén me? (Why?)
Wǒmen yào yīqǐ xiě yī běn xiǎoshuō (We are going to write a novel together.)
Nǐ, wǒ hé yī běn xiǎoshuō (You, a novel and I.)
Yījiā rén (A family.)
Wǒ huì! (I will!)
Wǒ ài nǐ, shū (I love you, Book.)
Alright, vocab time.
先 生 xiān shēng
"Mister/Sir"
家 人 jiā rén
"Family members"
爱 Ài
Love
我 爱 我 的 家 人 wǒ ài wǒ de jiā rén
"I love my family members."
电 视 diàn shì
"TV"
哥 哥 看 电 视 gē ge kàn diàn shì
"Brother watches TV."
电 脑 diàn nǎo
"Computer"
那 是 张 先 生 的 电 脑 nà shì zhāng xiān shēng de diàn nǎo
"That is Mr. Zhang's computer."
书 shū
"Book"
小 说 xiǎo shuō
"Novel"
小 xiǎo
"Small, a little"
And
说 shuō
"To speak"
Together...
小 说 xiǎo shuō
"Novel"
本 běn
This is a measure word for books.
一本书 Yī běn shū
"A book"
一本小说 Yī běn xiǎo shuō
"A novel"
写 xiě
"To write"
汉字 Hànzì
"Chinese characters"
你会写汉字吗？ nǐ huì xiě hàn zì ma?
"Can you write Chinese characters?"
Mr. Book loves you very much.
I know.
But you are with me from every Monday to Friday.
On Saturday and Sunday, you are together with TV.
You never go see Mr. Book.
Computer.
I...
I still love him.
Good! Go see him!
Fine!
I am going!
Do you not love me anymore?
No.
Book.
I want to be with you when I am both at school and home.
I love you, Book.
Alright, then you also have to learn how to write Chinese characters.
Why?
We are going to write a novel together.
You, a novel and I.
A family.
I will!
I love you, Book.
Did you hear 也 (yě) and 但是 (dànshì) in the dialogue?
Let's review these sentence patterns together.
First one...
也 yě
"Also/Too"
And the formula is:
Subject +也 (yě) + verb phrase.
(我) 也 (喜欢汉语) (Wǒ) yě (xǐhuān hànyǔ)
"I also like Chinese."
(安娜) 也 (可以开车去工作) (Ānnà) yě (kě yǐ kāichē qù gōngzuò)
"Anna can also drive to work."
(你) 要不要 (也) 跟乔治一起去公园? (nǐ) yào bùyào (yě) gēn qiáozhì yīqǐ qù gōngyuán?
"Do you also want to go to the park with George?"
Next...
但 是 dàn shì
"But/however"
A Statement + 但是 (dànshì) + contrasting statement.
(小猫喜欢小狗) 但是 (小狗不喜欢小猫) (Xiǎo māo xǐhuān xiǎo gǒu) dànshì (xiǎo gǒu bù xǐhuān xiǎo māo)
"The little cat likes the little dog, but the little dog doesn't like the little cat."
(我饿了) 但是 (我不想做菜) (Wǒ èle) dànshì (wǒ bùxiǎng zuò cài)
"I'm hungry, but I don't want to cook."
(凯利想去公园)，但是 (天气太热了) (Kǎilì xiǎng qù gōngyuán), dànshì (tiānqì tài rèle)
"Kelly wants to go to the park, but it (the weather) is too hot."
Now here's one omnipresent Chinese word you have to know.
都 dōu
is used to express the meaning of "all" and "both".
And this is the formula to help you to form sentences with 都 (dōu):
Subject + 都 (dōu) + verb phrase.
(詹姆斯和布莱恩) 都 (是我的朋友) (Zhānmǔsī hébù lái'ēn) dōu (shì wǒ de péngyǒu)
"James and Brian are both my friends.:
(中国菜跟美国菜我) 都 (喜欢) (Zhōngguó cài gēn měiguó cài wǒ) dōu (xǐhuān)
I like both Chinese food and American food.
(他们每个晚上) 都 (做什么)? (Tāmen měi gè wǎnshàng) dōu (zuò shénme)?
"What do they do every night?"
Shū xiānshēng hěn ài nǐ (Mr. Book loves you very much.)
Wǒ zhīdào (I know.)
Dànshì nǐ měi gè xīngqí yī dào xīngqíwǔ dōu gēn wǒ zài yīqǐ (But you are with me from every Monday to Friday.)
Xīngqíliù xīngqítiān gēn diànshì zài yīqǐ On Saturday and Sunday, you are together with TV.
Dōu méiyǒu kànshū xiānshēng (You never go see Mr. Book.)
Diànnǎo (Computer.)
Wǒ... (I...)
Wǒ hái ài tā (I still love him.)
Hǎo! Nǐ qù kàn tā! (Good! Go see him!)
Hǎo! (Fine!)
Wǒ qù! (I am going!)
Nǐ shì bùshì bù ài wǒle? (Do you not love me anymore?)
Bùshì de (No.)
Shū (Book.)
Wǒ zài xuéxiào, zàijiā dōu xiǎng gēn nǐ zài yīqǐ (I want to be with you when I am both at school and home.)
Wǒ ài nǐ, shū (I love you, Book.)
Hǎo, nà nǐ yě yào xué zěnme xiě hànzì (Alright, then you also have to learn how to write Chinese characters.)
wèi shén me? (Why?)
Wǒmen yào yīqǐ xiě yī běn xiǎoshuō (We are going to write a novel together.)
Nǐ, wǒ hé yī běn xiǎoshuō (You, a novel and I.)
Yījiā rén (A family.)
Wǒ huì! (I will!)
Wǒ ài nǐ, shū (I love you, Book.)
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