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Bargaining IV: Do you take credit card? 你收信用卡吗?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by rolling piggy

You:  How much is this? Staff: 55 RMB. You:  That’s too expensive. Give me a discount. How about 35 RMB? Staff: OK. Your: Thanks. Can you take credit card? Ok. 好吧. (listen:)20110421_OK  • 好 means good. Pronunciation: hǎo (3) • 吧 tones a sentence into a … Continue reading →

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Bargaining III: Give (me) a discount.便宜一点吧

Posted on April 20, 2011 by rolling piggy

Continuing on with the conversation: You:  How much is this? Staff: 55 RMB. You:  That’s too expensive. Give me a discount. How about 35 RMB? Give me a discount.  (listen:) 20110419_give me a discount  • 便宜 means cheap. The pronunciation is: 便 pián (2) 宜 yí (2) • 一 means one. Pronunciation: yī … Continue reading →

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Bargaining II: Too expensive. 太贵啦.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by rolling piggy

You:  How much is this? Staff: 55 RMB. You:  That’s too expensive For how to count from 1-99, please reference a few past posts about numbers. To say “it is 55 RMB” in Chinese: 五十五元. (listen:)20110419_55 RMB  • 五 means five. Pronunciation is: wǔ (3). • … Continue reading →

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Bargaining I: How much is this?这个多少钱?

Posted on April 18, 2011 by rolling piggy

For a small dose of culture trivia of shopping, please check out yesterday’s post. (listen:)20110418_ how much is this  • 这 means this. Pronunciation: zhè (4) • 个 means individual or acts as a unit. e.g. two apples is 两(2)个(unit)苹果(apple). Pronunciation: gè (4) … Continue reading →

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