Lesson 216 Animals 第二百一十六课 动物 (1)

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, I'm Brendan.
Y: And, wo shi Y, ni hao B. What would you like to learn this week?
B: You know Y, I love animals, and, it's about time I learnt how to talk about them in Chinese, is that ok?
Y: Good topic, let's check our key words of the day.

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Key words of the day
Panda 大熊猫 Tiger 老虎 Lion 狮子 Peacock 孔雀 Do you like animals? 你喜欢动物吗? I don't like animals. 我不喜欢动物。What's your favorite animal? 你最喜欢哪种动物? All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: Hey Yaj, I do love animals, how do I ask, do you like animals?
Y: You can ask me: 你喜欢动物吗?
B: ni2 xi3 huan dong4 wu4 ma?
Y: 动物 dong4 wu is animal,
B: dong4 wu,
Y: 喜欢 xi3 huan means like,
B: xi3 huan,
Y: 你喜欢动物吗 ni2 xi3 huan dong4 wu ma?
B: ni2 xi3 hua1 dong4 wu ma? Do you like animals? and what about, yes I do?
Y: Glad to hear that… you can say 喜欢。
B: xi3 huan. since xi3 huan means like, right?
Y: Yes. 喜欢 xi3 huan,
B: xi3 huan. Yes I do.

Conversation 1:

(1)A: 你喜欢动物吗?
B: 喜欢。

(2)A: 你喜欢动物吗?
B: 那还用说,当然喜欢了。

B: Now, I think most people have a soft spot for one animal or another, but just in case, someone doesn't, I guess we add a bu to the sentence, to say we don't like, is that right Y?
Y: Very good, let's give it a try. I don't like animals.我不喜欢动物。
B: wo3 bu4 xi3 huan1 dong4 wu4
Y: 动物 dong4 wu4 is animal,
B: dong4 wu4,
Y: 不喜欢 bu4 xi3 huan1 means don't like,
B: bu4 xi3 huan,
Y: 我不喜欢动物 wo3 bu4 xi3 huan dong4 wu4
B: wo3 bu4 xi3 huan dong4 wu4 I don't like animals. How about the Chinese for tiger?
Y: That's 老虎。
B: lao2 hu3…and lion?
Y: 狮子。
B: shi1 zi... And of course, China's very own panda. Do you say panda in Chinese?
Y: Bu dui, no we don't. You should say 大熊猫。
B: da4 xiong2 mao1,
Y: 大 da4 means giant,
B: da4,
Y: 大熊猫 da4 xiong2 mao1
B: da4 xiong2 mao1 giant panda.
Y: Let's review these animals by checking the following conversation. Listen up. ..

Conversation 2:

(1)A: 我喜欢老虎和狮子,你呢?
B: 我不喜欢动物。

(2) A: 中国最具代表性的动物是什么?
B: 当然是国宝大熊猫了。

B: Pandas are my favorite animals. What's your favorite Y?
Y: Let's try the question in Chinese: 你最喜欢哪种动物?
B: ni3 zui4 xi3 huan na2 zhong3 dong4 wu4?
Y: 最喜欢 zui4 xi3 huan means like the best,
B: zui4 xi3 huan,
Y: 哪种 na2 zhong3 means which one,
B: na2 zhong3,
Y: 动物 dong4 wu4 is animal,
B: dong4 wu4,
Y: 你最喜欢哪种动物 ni3 zui4 xi3 huan na2 zhong3 dong4 wu?
B: ni3 zui4 xi3 huan na2 zhong3 dong4 wu? What's your favorite animal? …. So tell me Y, what's your favorite animal?
Y: it's peacock. Although it usually costs a few hours to see its beautiful feathers open… I think it's worth it.
B: It does… how do you say peacock in Chinese?
Y: it's 孔雀 kong3 qu4.
B: kong3 qu4. peacock.

Conversation 3:

A: 你最喜欢哪种动物?
B: 我最喜欢孔雀。你呢?你最喜欢哪种动物?
A:我最喜欢大熊猫。

B: we learned a lot of animals today, I'm afraid that I can't remember all of them.
Y: it's okay… let's review them all by checking Key words Reminder.

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Key words reminder
Panda 大熊猫 Tiger 老虎 Lion 狮子 Peacock 孔雀 Do you like animals? 你喜欢动物吗?I don't like animals. 我不喜欢动物。What's your favorite animal? 你最喜欢哪种动物?All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: The zoo is about to close… Gotta go.
Y: And it's time for our question of the day too. How do you say, "what's your favorite animal", in Chinese?