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!
