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We Discuss Buying a Car 討論買一部車子 in Chinese

May 20, 2016 by Laura Blodgett

discuss buying a car討論買一部車子

(討論)(買)(一部)(車子)

(ㄊㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄣˋ)(ㄇㄞˇ)(ㄧㄅㄨˋ)(ㄔㄜ ㄗ)

(tǎo lùn)(mǎi)(yī bù)(chē1 zi.)

(to discuss)(to buy)(a)(car)

discuss buying a car

 


As I promised, here is what I wanted to tell my Chinese tutor I was discussing with my husband. She had also just given me the assignment of writing out a conversation in Chinese, in order to practice using the authentic conversational sounds she had been teaching me more about. I choose a representation of our conversation about buying a car. The original conversation was actually in English, as my husband is not learning Chinese (although he fakes it quite humorously sometimes in the background during a lesson). So, I did my best to base the Chinese version on what we were talking about, then my Chinese tutor corrected a couple of things and here it is!

 

老公:我在想關於為妳買一部小車子呦。

(老公):(我)(在)(想)(關於)(為)(妳)(買)(一部)(小)(車子)(呦)

(ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ): (ㄨㄛˇ) (ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄒㄧㄤˇ)(ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˊ)(ㄨㄟˋ)(ㄋㄧˇ)(ㄇㄞˇ)(ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ)(ㄒㄧㄠˇ)(ㄔㄜ ㄗ˙)(ㄧㄡ)

(lǎo gōng): (wǒ)(zài)(xiǎng)(guān yú)(wèi)(nǐ)(mǎi)(yī bù)(xiǎo)(chē zi.)(yōu)

(husband): (I)(indicates progressive tense of following verb, -ing)(to think)(about, a matter of)(for)(you)(to buy)(one)(small)(car)(conversational sound)

Husband: I am thinking of buying you a small car.

 

我:真的嗎 !? 我很想要開小車子噢!

(我):(真)(的)(嗎)!? (我)(很)(想要)(開)(小)(車子)(噢)

(ㄨㄛˇ): (ㄓㄣ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄇㄚ)!? (ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄏㄣˇ)(ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄠˋ)(ㄎㄞ)(ㄒㄧㄠˇ)(ㄔㄜ ㄗ˙)(ㄡ)

(wǒ): (zhēn)(de.)(ma.)!? (wǒ)(hěn)(xiǎng yào)(kāi)(xiǎo)(chē zi.)(ōu)

(me): (really)(adjective marker)(question sound/marker) !? (I)(very)(to think to want)(to drive)(small)(car)(conversational sound)

Me: Really!? I very much want to drive a small car!

 

老公:妳看到這三部車款嗎?妳應該比較比較它們吧 !

(老公):(妳)[(看)(到)](這)(三)(部)(車)(款)(嗎)?

(ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ): (ㄋㄧˇ)[(ㄎㄢˋ)(ㄉㄠˋ)](ㄓㄜˋ)(ㄙㄢ)(ㄅㄨˋ)(ㄔㄜ)(ㄎㄨㄢˇ)(ㄇㄚ˙)

(lǎo gōng): (nǐ)[(kàn)(dào)](zhè)(sān)(bù)(chē)(kuǎn)(ma.)?

(husband): (you)[(to see)(to arrive)](this)(three)(measure word for car)(car)(style)(question marker)?

…..(妳)(應該)(比較)(比較)(它們)(吧)

……(ㄋㄧˇ)(ㄧㄥㄍㄞ)[(ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ)(ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ)](ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄅㄚ˙)

……(nǐ)(yīng gāi)[(bǐ jiào)(bǐ jiào)](tā men.)(ba.)

……(you)(should)[(to compare)(to compare)=compare to each other](them)(suggestion sound)

Husband: Did you see these three cars? You should compare them.

 

我:我找到其他的車子,你想可能可以吧 !?

(我):(我)[(找)(到)](其他)(的)(車子),

(ㄨㄛˇ): (ㄨㄛˇ) [(ㄓㄠˇ)(ㄉㄠˋ)](ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄚ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄔㄜ ㄗ˙)

(wǒ): (wǒ)[(zhǎo)(dào)](qí tā)(de.)(chē zi.),

(me): (I)[found](other)(adjective marker)(car),

…..(你)(想)(可能)(可以)(吧)

……(ㄋㄧˇ)(ㄒㄧㄤˇ)(ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ)(ㄎㄜˊ ㄧˇ)(ㄇㄚ˙)

……(nǐ)(xiǎng)(kě néng)(ké yǐ)(ba.)

……(you)(to think)(possibly)(okay)(suggestion sound)

Me: I found another car, do you think it might be okay?

 

老公:啊! 這部車子很有趣喔 ! 我們可以去試車呦 !

(老公):(啊)! (這)(部)(車子)(很)(有趣)(喔) ! 

(ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄥ): (ㄚ)! (ㄓㄜˋ)(ㄅㄨˋ)(ㄔㄜ ㄗ˙)(ㄏㄣˇ)(ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩˋ)(ㄛ)

(lǎo gōng): (ā)! (zhè)(bù)(chē zi.)(hěn)(yǒu qù)(ō)

(husband): (ah) (this)(measure word for car)(car)(very)(to have interest)(conversational sound)!

…..(我們)(可以)(去)(試車)(呦)

……(ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄎㄜˊ ㄧˇ)(ㄑㄩˋ)(ㄕˋ ㄔㄜ)(ㄧㄡ)

……(wǒ men.)(ké yǐ)(qù)(shì chē)(yōu)

……(we)(can, okay)(to go)(test + car = test drive)(conversational sound)

Husband: Ah!. This car is very interesting! We can go test drive it.

 

我:很好玩啊!這會是很好玩的約會啊!

(我):(很)(好)(玩)(啊)!

(ㄨㄛˇ): (ㄏㄣ)(ㄏㄠˇ)(ㄨㄢˊ) (ㄚ)

(wǒ): (hěn)(hǎo)(wán) (ā)!

(me): (very)(good)(to play with, to amuse, fun)(conversational sound)! !

…..(這)(會)(是)(很)(好)(玩)(的)(約會)(啊)!

……(ㄓㄜˋ)(ㄏㄨㄟˋ)(ㄕˋ)(ㄏㄣˇ)(ㄏㄠˇ)(ㄨㄢˊ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄩㄝ ㄏㄨㄟˋ)(ㄚ)

……(zhè)(huì)(shì)(hěn)(hǎo)(wán)(de.)(yuē huì)(ā)

……(this)(will)(to be)(very)(good)(fun)(date)(conversational sound)

Me: How fun! This will be a very fun date!

 

老公: 對啊!

(老公):(對)(啊)!

(ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄨㄥ): (ㄉㄨㄟˋ)(ㄚ)

(lǎo gōng): (duì)(ā)

(husband): (correct, right)(conversational sound)

Husband: Yes!

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