Lesson:28 您 好，你 要 什么？
Hello, what do you want?
A: 您 好，你 要 什么？
Hello, what do you want?
B: 你好，你们 有 咖啡 吗？
Hello, do you have coffee?
A: 有。
Yes, we do.
B: 你们 也 有 啤酒 吗？
Do you also have beer?
A: 对不起，没有。您 要 橙汁 吗？
I'm sorry. We don't have beer. Do you want some orange juice?
B: 我 不 要 橙汁，我 要 西瓜汁。
I don't want orange juice. I want some watermelon juice.
A: 我们 也 有 西瓜汁。
We also have watermelon juice.
B: 我 要 一 杯 咖啡 和 一 杯 西瓜汁，一共 多少钱？
I want to have a cup of coffee and a glass of watermelon juice. How much altogether?
A: 一共 五十八 块。
58 yuan.
B: 谢谢。
Thanks.
A: 不客气。再见。
You are welcome. Good - bye.
Chinese Character and Word.
没 /méi/ 有 /yǒu/ 和 /hé/ 要 /yào/ 杯 /bēi/ 汁 /zhī/ 没有 /méi yǒu/ 一共 /yī gòng/ 西瓜 /xī guā/ 多少钱 /duō shǎo qián/ 咖啡 /kā fēi/ 啤酒 /pí jiǔ/ 橙汁 /chéng zhī/ 西瓜汁 /xī guā zhī/
Chinese Grammars.
1: The optative verbs “要”
“要” are optative verbs used before a verb to express one's wish.
For example:
你 要 几 斤？
How many kilos do you want?
要 两 斤。一共 多少 钱？
Give me 2 jin. How much altogether?
我 不 要 橙汁，我 要 西瓜汁。
I don't want orange juice. I want some watermelon juice.
我 要 一 杯 咖啡 和 一 杯 西瓜汁，一共 多少钱？
I want to have a cup of coffee and a glass of watermelon juice. How much altogether?
2: Conjunction “和”
“和” can be considered “and”
For example:
哥哥 和 我 都 是 大学生
My brother and I are both college students.
马丁 想 买 电子词典 和 电脑。一 部 电子词典 七百八十 块 钱，一 台 电脑 五千九百 块 钱，一共 需要 六千六百八十 块 钱。
Martin wants to buy an electronic dictionary and computer. An electronic dictionary costs seven hundred and eighty yuan, One computer costs five thousand and nine hundred yuan, It needs six thousand six hundred and eighty yuan altogether.
我 父亲，母亲，我 先生，一个 女儿，和 我。
My father, my mother, my husband, a daughter, and me.
我 要 一 杯 咖啡 和 一 杯 西瓜汁，一共 多少钱？
I want to have a cup of coffee and a glass of watermelon juice. How much altogether?
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