Hello Chinese Book 1: Lesson 3

第三课

lesson 3

你买什么

What do you want to buy?

你知道吗

Do you know?

块

piece; block; yuan

元

first; yuan; origin; head

角

0.1 yuan / 10 cents

毛

0.10 yuan / 10 cents

买

to buy

什么

what

面包

bread

甜

sweet

和

and

咸

salty

的

a possessive or modifying particle

哪

which

种

kind, type

多少

how many, how much

钱

money

个

a widely used measure word

大

big

块

a measure word for money, etc.

小

small, little

好的

ok

这

this

谢谢

to thank

你买哪种

Which kind do you want to buy?

我买大的

I’ll buy a big one.

面包多少钱一个

How much does a loaf of bread cost?

十快一个

ten kuai for one loaf

你买几个

How many do you want to buy?

我买两个

I will buy two.

你好！你买什么？

Hello! What do you want to buy?

我买面包

I want to buy some bread.

我们有甜的和咸的，你买哪种？

We have salty and sweet ones, which one would you like?

我买甜的。多少钱一个？

I’ll buy the sweet one. How much is one?

大的十快。小的五块五。你买哪种？

The large one is 10 yuan. The small one is 5 yuan and fifty cents. Which one would you like?

小的。

Small one.

好的，你买几个？

Okay, how many do you want to buy?

我买两个。

I’ll buy two.

这是你的面包，一共十一块钱。

Here’s your bread. It’ll be 11 yuan in total.

咖啡

coffee

苹果

apple

面包

bread

牛奶

milk

蛋糕

cake

这里有什么？

What’s here?

这里有…

There are…

一共多少钱？

What's the total?

面包是甜的

The bread is sweet.

请问

May I ask…

件

piece, item

毛衣

sweater

颜色

color

白

white

试

to try

有点热

a bit, a little

有

to have

太

too much

贵

expensive

便宜

cheap

一点人

a bit, a little

行

okay, fine

红

red

绿

green

黄

yellow

灰

gray

蓝

blue

黑

black

白

white

紫

purple

颜色

colors