thydzik’s technology blog

how are you?
nǐ hǎo ma
the older son
dà érzi
our son is very grown up
wǒmen de érzi hěn dà le
the younger daughter
shăo nǚér
how many children do you have?
nǐ yǒu jì gè xiǎo háir?
we have three children
wǒmen yǒu sān gè xiǎo háir
are they with you [plural]?
tāmen gēn nǐmen zài yìqǐ?
where is the bathroom?
xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr?
the bathroom is over there
xǐshǒujiān zài nàr
my family is in America
wǒ de jiārén zài Měiguó
my family is in China
wǒ de jiārén zài Zhōngguó
my family is with me
wǒ de jiārén gēn wǒ zài yìqǐ
how many people?
jì gè rén?
how many people in your family?
nǐ jiālǐ yǒu jì gè rén?
there are four people in my family
wǒ jiālǐ yǒu sì gè rén?
we going to go to Hong Kong tomorrow
wǒmen míng tiān yào qù Xiāng Gǎng
is your family going to go to Hong Kong?
nǐ de jiārén yào qù Xiāng Gǎng?
are you going to take a plane?
nǐ yào zuò fēijī?
we are going to take a plane
wǒmen yào zuò fēijī
where is your family?
nǐ de jiārén zài nǎr?
my family is in America
wǒ de jiārén zài Měiguó
my son is here
wǒ de érzib zài zhèr
he is very gown up
tā hěn dà le
the children are here, but my wife is in America
xiǎo háir zài zhèr, kěshì wǒ de tàitai zài Měiguó
she is going to take a plane
tā yào zuò fēijī
how many people are in your family?
nǐ jiālǐ yǒu jì gè rén?
there are three people in our family
wǒmen jiālǐ yǒu sān gè rén
we have two younger sons, one older daughter
wǒmen yǒu liǎng gè shăo érzi, yī gè dà nǚér
can you speak Mandarin?
nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma
nǐ huì bùhuì shuō pǔtōnghuà
I can speak a little
wǒ huì shuō yìdiǎnr
I understand what you are saying
wǒ míngbai nǐ shuō shénme
in my family
wǒ jiālǐ
there are five people in our family
wǒmen jiālǐ yǒu wǔ gè rén
wait one moment
děng yìhuĭr
would you like to go to Hong Kong?
nǐ xiǎng qù Xiāng Gǎng?
yes, we are going to take a plane
xiǎng, wǒmen yào zuò fēijī
we would like to take a plane to Hong Kong
wǒmen xiǎng zuò fēijī qù Xiāng Gǎng
where is the airport?
fēijīchǎng zài nǎr?
we are going to go to the airport
wǒmen yào qù fēijīchǎng
two thousand Renminbi
liǎng qiān kuài rénmínbì
it’s too much
tài duō le
it’s enough
gòu le
how many hours?
jìgè xiǎoshí?
three hours
sān gè xiǎoshí
I would like to take a plane to Hong Kong
wǒ xiǎng zuò fēijī qù Xiāng Gǎng
I have forty Renminbi
wǒ yǒu sìshí kuài rénmínbì
forty five units
sìshí wǔ kuài
it’s not enough
bù gòu
we have a lot of money
wǒmen yǒu hěn duō qián
we have enough money
wǒmen qián gòu le
my wife is in Hong Kong
wǒ de tàitai zài Xiāng Gǎng
the children are with me
xiǎo háir gēn wǒ zài yìqǐ
how many hours is it?
yào jìgè xiǎoshí?
it’s going to be three hours
yào sān gè xiǎoshí