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Learn Mandarin Chinese – Which + (Lesson 29)

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Using Chinese characters practice using the question word “neige” meaning “which” to ask “which one?” or “which person?”, and also replying with short answers.
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你住在哪儿? – 0:37
To Stay At – 0:46
To Stay At – 0:56
Hotel – 1:08
I’m Staying At The Beijing Hotel. – 1:20
To Stay At – 1:34
Hotel – 1:40
I’m Staying At The Beijing Hotel. – 1:45
你住在哪儿? – 1:56
你住在北京饭店吗? – 2:11
Yes, I’m Staying At… – 2:29
你住在民族饭店吗? – 2:59
Nationalities Hotel – 3:09
Bu Rises Before Falling – 3:28
Not To Stay At – 3:38
No, I’m Not Staying… – 3:53
你住在哪个饭店? – 4:26
Which – 4:34
Which Hotel Are You Staying At? – 4:46
I’m Staying At The Beijing Hotel. – 4:59
你住在哪个饭店? – 5:11
Which – 5:25
Which Hotel Are You Staying At? – 5:30

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Producer – Fame Ketover

Writers – John Harvey, Lucille Barale, Roberta Barry, Thomas Madden, Susan Pola

Script Supervisor – Fame Ketover

Chinese Speakers – Chuan Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-jung Chen, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, Tsung-mi Li, Yunhui Yang

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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.
Listen to this exchange.
○ 请问,你住在哪儿?
○ 我住在北京饭店。

The verb “to stay at” (“zhù zai”) is a compound made up of the verb “to live” (“zhù”) and the verb “to be at” (“zài”) which you already know.
Repeat the verb “to stay at”. Notice that the second syllable is in the neutral tone.
○ 住在
○ 住在
○ 住在

Repeat the word for “hotel”. Notice that both syllables have the falling tone.
○ 饭店
○ 饭店
○ 饭店

Repeat the sentence “I’m staying at the Beijing Hotel.”
○ 我住在北京饭店
○ 我住在北京饭店

What’s the verb “to stay at”?
○ 住在

What’s the word for “hotel”?
○ 饭店

How do you say “I’m staying at the Beijing Hotel.”?
我住在北京饭店

Try answering the next question. Say that you’re staying at the Bejing Ho…