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You will find this transcript helpful if: 1. You are a visual learner. 2. Learning to read Chinese is just as important to you as learning to speak it. 3. You dont want to rely on pinyin. 4. You prefer a syllable-for-syllable transcript of what youre hearing. This transcript includes the English narrator (12pt Times New Roman) and all of the spoken Chinese in simplified text (18pt Sim-Sun). I used 18 point for the Chinese text because as a beginner I often had difficulty distinguishing different characters apart. If youre smart and print out the pages double-sided, youll notice that the page numbers and lesson numbers are printed on the bottom outside corners and times for the lessons are in 3-minute intervals on the outside margin next to the corresponding line of dialogue. Enjoy!

LESSON SEVENTEEN This is unit seventeen of Pimsleurs Mandarin Chinese One. Carter CarterPlease listen to this conversation between Mr. Carter and Mrs. Carter. In it you will hear the woman say, or I dont have enough money.

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How would you say the number, thirty-three, in Mandarin?

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How about forty-four?

Twenty-three

Thirteen

Thirty-seven

Ask me if I have any money.

Answer, I dont have any.

Now say, As for me, I have some.
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I have a lot.

Do you remember how to say, I can, meaning, I am able to?

Say, I can give you some.

I can give you some money.

Do you remember how to ask, Can you?

Try to answer, Yes, I can give you some.
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Say, Okay.

Say, It is for you.

Ask, Is it for me?

Heres how to ask, Do you have renminbi for me?

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You dont need the . Ask again if I have renminbi for you.

And how would you answer, Yes. Here you are, for you?

Do you remember how to say, Its enough?

Now tell me that its not enough.

Try to ask, Is it enough?

Tell me that it is enough.

Ask again, Is it enough?

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She says, I have enough. In Mandarin enough can also mean, have enough. Try to say, I have enough.

I have enough money.

Notice the word order. Tell me that you have enough money.

Try to tell me that you have enough renminbi.

Say, Here you are, forty-five renminbi.

Ask, Is it enough?

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Say, Its too much.

Say, Give me four renminbi.

And now say, forty.

Try to say, Now, I have forty-one renminbi.

Do you remember how to say, I have enough money?

Now say, I have enough renminbi.

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Say, twenty-one.

Say, thirty-one.

Try to say, fifty-one.

Whats the number, fifty, in Mandarin?

Thats a falling-rising tone and a rising tone. Say again, fifty.

Now try to say, sixty.

Say, sixty-one.

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Say, fifty-seven.

Ask, Is it enough?

Ask how much money you owe.

Say, thirty-one renminbi.

Say, fifty-three renminbi.

Ask, Is it enough?

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Try to ask her if she has enough money.

Say, Its not enough.

Try to say, I dont have enough.

And how would you say, Its too much?

Heres how to say, Its too expensive.

Say expensive, using a falling tone.

Tell me that its too expensive.

It isnt too expensive.
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You drop the with the negative. Say, It isnt too expensive.

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Say together, Its too expensive. It isnt too expensive.

Say, Im giving you sixty-one renminbi.

Ask, Is it for me?

And how would she ask, Do you have American currency for me?

Now she asks, Can you give me some money?

Say, Give me American dollars.

Say, I dont have any American dollars.

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Ask, Can you speak English?

Now say, You speak very well.

Do you remember how to say, I can speak Mandarin?

Say, You can speak Mandarin.

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Tell her that she speaks very well.

Heres how to say, You speak too quickly.

What part of that do you think means, quickly or fast?

This word is pronounced with a falling tone. Say, You speak too quickly.

Say, I dont speak well, or literally, I speak not well.

Try to say, I dont speak quickly.
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Try to say, You speak very quickly.

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Say, I dont speak quickly.

Now tell her, You speak too quickly.

Imagine that youre having a conversation with the desk clerk at a hotel in Beijing. You have sent him to get a newspaper for you, giving him one-hundred renminbi. He has now returned with the newspaper and youre arguing with him about the change. When he tells you how much he is going to give you, tell him no and claim ten renminbi more than whatever sum he mentions. Here he comes now.

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He just said, Here you are, the newspaper. Now respond to what he says next.

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Say again, No, its forty units.

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Give me forty-one renminbi.

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Tell him its not enough. Ask him to give you fifty renminbi.

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Say, It isnt fifty-three units. Its sixty-three units.

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Tell him that you do understand what he is saying.

How does he tell you that he can speak English?

How does he ask you if you can speak Mandarin?

Tell him that, yes you can speak Mandarin.

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How would you say, Youre not speaking quickly?

Tell him to give you some money.

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Tell him to give you sixty-one renminbi.

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He asks, Is it enough?

How do you think he would ask, Do you have enough money?

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Say, I have enough money.

Say, Now its enough. Thank you.

This is the end of unit seventeen.

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