Learn Mandarin Chinese – Buying Food 2 + (Lesson 72)

Using the Chinese characters, practice using more phrases used in buying things/food, turning adjectives into objects, and practicing another use of the word “shénme”.
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大苹果多少钱？ – 0:38
Apple – 0:46
To Be Large – 0:55
How Much Are The Large Apples? – 1:04
The Large Ones Are 45 Cents A Catty. – 1:28
The Large Ones – 1:51
The Large Ones Are 45 Cents A Catty. – 2:01
小的多少钱一斤。 – 2:41
To Be Small – 2:47
The Small Ones – 2:58
How Much Are The Small Ones A Catty? – 3:06
Shortened Amounts – 3:31
Thirty-five Cents – 3:45
请给我三斤那个小的。 – 3:56
Give Me 3 Catties Of The Small Ones. – 4:04
All Right, Three Catties Are ￥1.05 – 4:59
Zero – 5:18
￥1.05 – 5:25
Three Catties Are ￥1.05 – 5:35
您还要什么？ – 6:07
Shénme – 6:15
I Don’t Want Anything Else. – 6:29

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Partial transcript
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Hi, I’m Fame Ketover of Lenguin.com and this is Mandarin Chinese. Now it’s your turn to say the things you learned in the last lesson. Plus you’ll learn the Chinese characters.
Alright, let’s get started.
Listen to this exchange.
○ 大苹果多少钱？
○ 大的四毛五分钱一斤。

Repeat the word for “apple”.
○ 苹果
○ 苹果

Repeat the adjectival verb “to be large”.
○ 大
○ 大

Repeat “How much are the large apples?”
○ 大苹果多少钱？
○ 大苹果多少钱？

Ask the question yourself. “How much are the big apples.”
大苹果多少钱？
大的四毛五分钱一斤。

Let’s listen to the reply again.
大的四毛五分钱一斤。

In this sentence, the use of the marker
“de”

after the adjectival verb
“dà”

allows us to drop the modified noun, here
“píngguǒ”,

which would usually follow. So instead of “large apples”
(“dà píngguǒ”)

we have “the large ones”
(“dàde”).

Repea…