【Elementary Chinese】基础汉语- Revision of Post Office

【Elementary Chinese】基础汉语- Revision of Post Office

C: Yajie, first of all, remind me… how do I say Post Office? Y: it's called yóujú. C: Yóujú. Y: Yóu means post, C: Yóu. Y: Jú, a subdivision of a governmental department. C: Jú. Y: Yóujú. C: Yóujú, so if I wanted to go to a post office, I could say yóujú zài nǎr? Y: exactly. Yóujú zài nǎr? C: Zài nǎr means at where, Y: And post office is yóujú ,so where is the post office is yóujú zài nǎr? C: right. Yóujú zài nǎr. Conversation 1: A:请问邮局在哪? B:就在前面拐角处。 C: So once I'm inside the post office, I'll want to mail a letter. Y: You can say wǒ yào jì fēng xìn. C: Wǒ yào jì fēng xìn. Y: Wǒ means I. C: Wǒ. Y: Yào means want to C: Yào. Y: Jì means mail, C: Jì. Y: Fēng1 is short for yì fēng, which means one. C: Fēng. Y: And letter is xìn. C: Xìn. Y: Wǒ yào jì fēng xìn. C: Wǒ yào jì fēng xìn. I want to mail a letter. Conversation 2: A:我要寄封信。你知道邮局在哪吗? B: 就在前面。 C: Now what if I want to send a package? Y: Well, you can say "wǒ yào jì gè bāoguǒ." C: Wǒ yào jì gè bāo guǒ. Y: Wǒ means I. C: Wǒ. Y: Yào means want to, C: Yào. Y: Jì means mail, C: Jì. Y: Gè is short for yí gè, which means one, C: Right. Then gè is the measure word for package. Y: Right. Package in Chinese is bāoguǒ. C: Bāoguǒ. Y: Wǒ yào jì gè bāoguǒ. C: ǒ yào jì gè bāoguǒ. I want to send a package. Conversation 3: A:我要寄个包裹。 B:寄到哪? A:寄到香港。 C: You know what, someone sent me a package! Now I have to go to pick it up. Let's review this sentence again. Y: Okay, it's "wǒ yào qǔ gè bāoguǒ". C: Wǒ yào qǔ gè bāoguǒ. Y: Wǒ yào, I'd like to do something, C: Wǒ yào. Y: Qǔ means take, C: Qǔ, and package and bāoguǒ. Y: Yes. Wǒ yào qǔ gè bāoguǒ. C: Wǒ yào qǔ gè bāoguǒ. I'd like to pick up a package. Conversation 4: A:我要取包裹。 B:请给我看一下你的包裹单和身份证。 ******************* Sentences in the week Post Office. 邮局 where is the post office? 邮局在哪? I'd like to mail a letter. 我要寄封信。 I want to send a package. 我要寄个包裹。I'd like to pick up a package. 我要取包裹。All in today's Chinese Studio. ******************* Y: It's been a useful week for you Cam, I can tell. Now you can send those presents home to your family. C: well, actually Yajie, I'm hoping to use this Chinese when I pick up packages from my family hopefully! Let's get to our question of the day. Y: Sure. How do you say "I'd like to pick up a package" in Chinese?