门锁了。
mén suǒ le 。
The door is locked.
We've all been in this sordid situation. Your date was a wild success and you've come back home for a
nightcap. But just as you step to the door you reach into your pocket and find something wrong: it has
been picked clean. But by whom? Was it your surly waiter? The child selling roses who snaked after you
down the street, pulling at your arm? The shifty group of ragged layabouts who operated that makeshift
coat-check outside the restaurant?
Whoever the culprit, it seems you will now be spending the rest of your evening walking around looking
for an open locksmith. So fire up your iPod and tune in to this podcast for all the language you'll need to
get things fixed. Or at least all the language you'll need to complain about your lost keys to anyone who
will listen, locksmith included.
mén suǒ le 。
The door is locked.
nǐ yǒu yàoshi ma ?
Do you have the keys?
méiyǒu 。
No.
o , tiān na !
Oh, goodness gracious!
mén
door
nounsuǒ
to lock up
verbyàoshi
key
nounyǒu
to have
verbtiān
na dear God
phrasexīn
new
adjectivejiù
old
adjectivehuài
broken
adjectiveèrshǒu
secondhandadjective 手机 shǒujī cellphone
nounqìchē
car
nounzìxíngchē
bicycle
noun