我要买耳机。
wǒ yào mǎi ěrjī 。
I want to buy earphones.
Learning Chinese? Our mandarin lesson for today features a short but simple dialogue covering the way
real Chinese shoppers ask for prices. We expect it will come in handy the next time you're strolling down
the street and see imitation Apple products available for one-tenth of their normal retail price.
wǒ yào mǎi ěrjī 。
I want to buy earphones.
Píngguǒ de háishì pǔtōng de ？
Apple earphones or normal earphones?
duōshǎo qián ？
How much money?
Píngguǒ de yībǎi èr ， pǔtōng de sānshí 。
Apple earphones are 120, normal earphones are 30.
gěi wǒ pǔtōng de 。
Give me the normal ones.
yào
to want
verbmǎi
to buy
verbqián
money
noungěi
to give
verbshí
ten number 百 bǎi hundred number 耳机 ěrjī earpiece
nounPíngguǒ
Apple
nounháishì
or conjunction 普通 pǔtōng regular
adjectiveduōshǎo
how much other 红的 hóngde red ones
nounhēide
black ones
nounguìde
expensive ones
nounbīngde
iced ones
nounchángwēnde
room temperature ones
noun